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September 2010

September 02, 2010

Life Update: What we did in Alaska!

Joan and I have returned home from our adventure in Alaska this past June. The...

September 02, 2010

Video: The Orthodox Church destroyed on 9/11 wants their church built

A little while ago I put up a video about the controversial mosque that was...

August 2010

August 31, 2010

Saint of the Week: Gregory the Great

This week the Church in the West remembers Gregory the Great (Gregory the Dialogist if...

August 30, 2010

St. Basil the Great blasts Sola Scriptura

This week's Patristic quote comes from Saint Basil. It deals with how Scripture and tradition...

August 25, 2010

Saint of the Week: Augustine of Hippo

This week the Western Church remembers Augustine of Hippo. If you are a part of...

August 23, 2010

St. John Climacus on the blessing of a conscience

This week I would like to highlight two sayings by one of the fathers, St. John...

August 17, 2010

Saint of the Week: Bernard of Clairvaux

This week the Western Churches remember Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Bernard worked for peace within...

August 16, 2010

St. Anthony on fighting against sin

Hey everyone! I have decided to incorporate some weekly series into Orant. One of which...

August 06, 2010

Join the New Orant Page on Facebook

Hey After a lot of thinking I have come to the conclusion that that facebook...

August 05, 2010

Michael Bloomberg on religious freedom

This week New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg spoke in favor of building a Mosque in...

August 02, 2010

Read “Orthodoxy” by G.K. Chesterton

There is probably no book outside of the Bible I quote more then "Orthodoxy" by...

July 2010

July 26, 2010

Have you ever prayed the Jesus Prayer?

Long time readers of this blog will know that I love the Jesus Prayer. The...

July 22, 2010

Who wrote the Bible?

I ran into this Video today via Doug Pagitt... I thought it was pretty good.This...

July 17, 2010

Survey: How do you use your creativity to do the work of God?

This week the New York times reported that creativity in the USA was down. The...

July 10, 2010

What is Sunday Morning for?

Have you ever heard someone say something like, " Church must be relevant to the...

June 2010

June 20, 2010

After Pentecost: “Guest Blogger” Mos Def

We continue our series "After Pentecost." Exploring the life of the Christian in "Ordinary Time". Todays perspective is brought by...

June 14, 2010

How the west gave up it’s common life

My history professor at North Park, Phil Anderson, is rather keen on quoting Blaise Pascal's...

June 07, 2010

After Pentecost: Guest Blogger Soong-Chan Rah

We continue our series "After Pentecost." Exploring the life of the Christian in "Ordinary Time". Todays perspective is brought...

June 04, 2010

After Pentecost: guest blogger Yasuyuki Kamata

We continue our series "After Pentecost." Exploring the life of the Christian in "Ordinary Time". Todays perspective is brought by...

May 2010

May 27, 2010

Life Update: I’m off to Alaska!

My wife and I are going to Alaska today. We will be gone for over...

May 23, 2010

Reading “The Descent of the Holy Spirit” icon

Today is Pentecost! The icon for this festival is known as "The Descent of the...

May 22, 2010

If Resurrection is a life beyond death what is it?

A few days ago Zac Smith passed away. I never knew him accept through a...

May 18, 2010

Six things to remember when God seems distant

1) Prayer is an encounter, but also a relationship - Often times we set aside...

May 16, 2010

The new way to get your Christian Book published

A few months ago Zondervan and Baker Publishing announced a new way to try to...

May 08, 2010

Exposing the liturgy of the Mega Church

I love liturgy. I really do, there are few things in life that get me...

May 07, 2010

Where did your brand of religion come from?

Fellow blogger and Orthodox know-it-all Silouan Thompson recently pointed out the following story to me...

May 06, 2010

Changed into God… Reflections on Theosis

A few weeks ago I was driving to Michigan from my home in Chicago. I...

May 06, 2010

Changed into God… Reflections on Theosis

A few weeks ago I was driving to Michigan from my home in Chicago. I...

May 04, 2010

Book Review: ReChurch by Stephen Mansfield

I have heard of Stephen Mansfield for a number of years. He became well known...

May 03, 2010

Facts about Global Christianity

Here are some interesting figures from Mark Noll's The New Shape of World Christianity: How...