The Future of This Blog

I have ruminated over the purpose and existence of this blog for at least the last four years. I have often thought I’d just nuke it, but just as I’d been about to make such a resolution firm someone would communicate on one or another aspect of the blog’s usefulness to them. I’ve taken such [...]

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Your Prayers

I ask your prayers. Starting on Monday, I will be traveling to Missouri to give a presentation on the Orthodox Church to a missions class at my alma mater. I am, of course, excited about the opportunity to speak for a couple of hours about the Orthodox Church. I have never before had such an [...]

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Almost There (And None Too Soon)

Well, I continue work on the presentation about the Orthodox Church that I’ll be giving in just a little over a week. I have greatly scaled back on the talk (trying to exercise rhetorical sensitivities to my audience as mostly first-timers in their exposure to Orthodoxy). So I pushed a lot into a “supplemental resources” [...]

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Today I’m Glad I Haven’t Yet Nuked This Blog

I have on several occasions in the past seven years thought about nuking this blog. But today I’m glad for my hesitation. Lord willing I will be giving a presentation on the Orthodox Church to some folks from my heritage churches (Stone-Campbell/Restoration Movement) and I have rediscovered the rather large amount of material I wrote [...]

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Memory Eternal

Remember, O Lord, the soul of Thy departed servant. Bernie Delane Sykes died on this day in 2004 at 2:30 pm (Central time) after a three and a half year battle with the aftereffects of hemorrhagic pancreatitis. Born 3 July 1971, he was 33 years old. Give, O Lord, to Thy servant , Delane, eternal [...]

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Eternal Rest: Fr David Lynch

Update II: I just saw Ben Johnson’s obit for Fr David. Please give it a read. Also, note this from our Bp MARK: Fr. Lynch passed away in the Diocese of Toledo, so Bp. MARK is asking all Orthodox of the Byzantine Rite to pray a prayer rope for Fr. Lynch, saying on each knot, [...]

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Happy Birthday, Delaina Rose!

A year ago today, Delaina Rose Healy was born. Big sister, Sofie is quite proud and is excited about Delaina’s birthday party. We’ll celebrate simply and quietly in the park today (if it doesn’t rain) as a family. A bit more rowdy celebration is planned for later. May the Lord grant his handmaiden many years!

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Funereal Thoughts

I don’t know why, but I’ve been thinking about my funeral this morning. Don’t misunderstand, I have no intimations that my death will be coming soon. Indeed, I specifically asked our guardian angels this morning, as I always do when I pray in the mornings, to protect me and my household from an unexpected death. [...]

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