Nostalgia for the Yet To Be

There are moments in time in which our hearts are at once captured by the intensity of yearning and the delight of satisfaction, moments when our hearts are penetrated by the new which seems yet so ever familiar and true. New vistas of heart and soul open before us, and yet we know this is [...]

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CBS 60 Minutes Mt Athos Special

The entire segment and behind the scenes video can be viewed at the following links: Part I: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7363712n Part II: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7363715n Behind the scenes: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504803_162-20056220-10391709.html

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The Bright Resurrection of Christ, the Pascha of the Lord

The Paschal Hymn Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life. The Paschal Hymn of the Theotokos The Angel cried aloud to her who was full of grace: Rejoice, O pure Maiden, and again I say, Rejoice; thy Son hath risen the third day [...]

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Christian Philosophy? X

First a personal note: This is not the longest series of posts I’ve done on any one particular set of reflections, and due to both the limitations of this format I must really draw this to a close. Clearly more could be said. Tighter and more rigorous arguments could be made. Nor is this my [...]

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Christian Philosophy? IX

[For the previous eight posts in this series of reflections, see here.] It has been more than a year since I last posted in this series—an eternity in the blogosphere. It might be helpful to pause and recapitulate some of the pathmarkers. My project here has been to “think out loud” on this blog in [...]

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More is More

I spoke briefly with our building’s handy-woman yesterday, and somehow the conversation meandered into Holy Week services. As I explained how many services we have at our parish (which are not all the services that can be done), and their length, I got that look that was a mixture of curiosity and disbelief. It happens [...]

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St Peter and the Betrayal

What must it have been like for Peter, the Chief of the Apostles, on that night Christ was betrayed? As Mark presents it, Jesus had recently, extravagantly, been anointed for his burial. Then, in Mark’s presentation, Judas agrees to betray Jesus. Peter, seemingly, walks through this unaware.

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St Thomas

Can you bear the weight of this, my soul All the voices down all the years Tallying up all the failures Accumulated at your dirty feet Which all your striving, all your deeds Cannot make tip the scales And what do you do When you’ve run out of all you can do The consequences piling [...]

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Kansas Men

Only a man can show a boy how to be a man. No woman can do it. This is a hard but necessary truth, and inescapable. There are as many ways to demonstrate this as there are men. It is not a matter of one’s occupation or social status, though these, to be sure, shape [...]

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