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December 2024

December 04, 2024

Christians Often Are The Cause Of Their Own Problems

There is a story concerning St. John of Damascus indicating that his right hand had...

December 02, 2024

Can We Learn From Bulgakov’s Fight Against Nationalism?

Not long after I was chrismated, one of my Orthodox contacts asked me what I...

December 01, 2024

The Jesus Prayer

The Jesus prayer, one of the more important meditative prayers of the Christian tradition, used...

November 2024

November 29, 2024

Finding Our Focus

While Christians all have one and the same calling – that is, to be united...

November 27, 2024

Thanksgiving And Hope

It was not long after I was chrismated, becoming Byzantine Catholic, that I was in...

November 26, 2024

Finding Balance: Moderating The Extremes

Extremes can destroy us. We can find many examples where something which is good loses...

November 24, 2024

Peace And The Spiritual Battle

Christians are called to peacemakers, but to do that, they must not confuse peacemaking with...

November 21, 2024

Judas : Apostle, Friend, And Lover Of Christ

While we tend to think of Judas in hindsight, that is, as the one who...

November 19, 2024

By Labeling People Criminals, Tyrants Try To Justify Abuse

One of the most frequent responses I have been given by many American Christians when...

November 18, 2024

The Purpose Of Communion

Too many Catholics misunderstand the eucharist, not because they reject the real presence, but because...

November 17, 2024

St. Gregory The Wonderworker Reminds Us To Be Grateful

It is impossible to study patristic theology, to study the teachings of the early church...

November 14, 2024

Care For The Living

We are to look after and care for the living. Yes, we are to learn...

November 13, 2024

St. John Chrysostom’s Contradictions

On the feast of St. John Chrysostom, it is important to remember the reasons why...

November 11, 2024

I Am Not Going To Leave

I’m not going to leave. I am not going to let myself be forced out....

November 10, 2024

True Freedom

The Apostle Paul, after being freed by grace from the chains of sin and the...

November 08, 2024

Our Engagement With Our Faith Must Be Holistic

While faith and reason should go together, that should not mean we confuse what we...

November 06, 2024

What Next?

I’m writing this, when it looks as if Trump is going to be the next...

November 04, 2024

We Must Not Defend The Ways Of Greed

Greed underlies many problems in the world today. Our system of government and economic engagement...

November 03, 2024

The Work Of Peace

Even when we sin, when we embrace unlove instead of love, that sin leaves us...

November 01, 2024

Friends Of God

God doesn’t want us to be mere servants; we should not think God as being...

October 2024

October 30, 2024

Eternal Life And The Trinity

God made us not only to exist on our own, to live our lives and...

October 28, 2024

PRS* XXIV Kamala Harris And The Common Good

I have many concerns about the 2024 presidential election in the United States. I especially...

October 27, 2024

Works And Grace

As the Christian faith is often presented as some sort of moralistic legalism, with God...

October 25, 2024

The Value And Limitations Of Dogmatic Propositions

Discussing and explaining the Christian faith requires positive declarations, declarations which come out of and...

October 23, 2024

The Righteousness Of James

Eastern tradition says that James, the brother of the lord, is Jesus’ brother, not by...

October 22, 2024

PRS* XXIII We Must Not Normalize Trump

I don’t understand how anyone could treat the current presidential election in the United States...

October 20, 2024

Legalism, Liturgy, And Paul: Being Open To Grace

Often, we find many of our fellow Christians looking down upon us with disdain due...

October 18, 2024

Christianity And The Dignity Of Women

Christianity teaches the dignity of every human being. Everyone is made in the image and...

October 17, 2024

No Salvation Outside Of The Catholic Church?

There are many doctrinal and dogmatic statements made by the church which., while true, they...

October 15, 2024

PRS* XXII Politics

If I had my way, I would find myself staying away from politics and all...

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