Psalm 3 and the Passions

In light of my previous post, I thought I would also offer Psalm 3. Although I should point out that, so far as I know, I am only highlighting an individual application, still, I thought I would offer that over the years, as I have prayed this during morning prayers, it has seemed imminently [...]

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St. John Cassian: On Battling the Passions

[This citation is from my other blog, which I thought those who only visit this site would enjoy with me.]
And of these passions as the occasions are recognized by everybody as soon as they are laid open by the teaching of the elders, so before they are revealed, although we are all overcome by them, [...]

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Reinventing the Wheel, of Sorts

From my friend Tripp, comes this link to an article by The Alban Institute: “Church for the 21st Century”. Tripp cites the paragraphs from the article indicating (though giving no statistics) a similar sort of growth among progressive churches as among the more conservative evangelical and fundamentalist churches and megachurches. I continue to [...]

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The Flabby Little Girlyman Contraption Will Not Stop Me from Getting What I Want

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Oh, the Good Ol’ Days When Telemarketers Could Call and You Could Use This

[H/T: An unnamed radio host via email.]

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The Evangelism That Dare Not Speak Its Name

Fr John raises the question: When is it proselytizing and when not?. His interlocutors are none too shy: When Orthodox present their faith to other Christians in monological form, it’s sheep stealing. When Orthodox present their faith to non-Christians it’s evangelism.
This paradigm is, of course, built on a dialectic (and an ecclesiology) that [...]

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Reflections on St. Gregory’s Dialogue V

[Previous reflections, including a brief historical context, are to be found here.]
These are the reflections of someone particularly ignorant about such deep matters, let alone of this specific Church Father. There are others who are much more knowledgeable than me. What I will attempt with these reflections is to bring together the deep [...]

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O Virgin Pure

O Virgin Pure
by St. Nectarios
Plagal First Tone (Tone 5)
Refrain: O Rejoice, Bride Unwedded.
O Virgin pure, immaculate/ O Lady Theotokos
O Virgin Mother, Queen of all/ and fleece which is all dewy
More radiant than the rays of sun/ and higher than the heavens
Delight of virgin choruses/ superior to Angels.
Much brighter than the firmament/ [...]

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Progressive Politics, Chiliasm and the Kingdom

Via Tripp, comes a post on Utopia, progressive politics and the Kingdom.
The angst exhibited in the post is fairly typical of what one finds among those evangelicals who are anxious to remain faithful to their core Gospel convictions, but, for varying motivations, want to embrace a more socially activist way of living. And that’s a [...]

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