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January 2023

January 24, 2023

DeSantis And The Teaching Of History

We are to remember the past, including, and especially the wrongs which were done, but...

January 23, 2023

Most Debates Will Not Produce Faith

One of the worst approaches to the Christian faith is to treat it as if...

January 22, 2023

Zacchaeus Shows Us The Way Beyond Injustice

Zacchaeus, even if he tried to be an ethical tax collector, still was a tax...

January 18, 2023

Republicans Are Using The Debt Ceiling To Promote Evil Policies

The Republicans, especially those in the House, seem hell-bent to destroy the common good (and...

January 17, 2023

We Should Follow Christ For Grace, Not Mere Material Profit

We are not to follow Jesus, and use Jesus, for the sake of personal gain...

January 16, 2023

Martin Luther King Jr.’s Interfaith Witness

Martin Luther King Jr. understood that the civil rights movement needed to bring all of...

January 15, 2023

We Should Embrace Hope, Even In The Midst Of Failures

We can hope that we everyone will be saved because our God is a living...

January 13, 2023

The Threat Of Mass Extinction Is Real

The mythic stories recorded in Genesis, however one interprets or reads them in regards to...

January 11, 2023

Teachers Need Wisdom, Knowledge And Experience

As a society, we encourage people not only to be prideful, but also to be...

January 09, 2023

Personalism Not Individualism Nor Collectivism

Christian personalism is founded upon and engages what is learned from the teaching of the...

January 08, 2023

The Church Of Christ And Its Historical Institution

The mystical body of Christ, the church of Christ, subsists in the institutional Catholic church....

January 06, 2023

Jesus, The Begotten Son Of God

One famous heresy, popular especially at the inception of the Christian faith, is that of...

January 04, 2023

The Funeral Of Benedict XVI And The End Of An Era

The funeral for Pope-Emeritus Benedict XVI brings to a conclusion a rather difficult era for...

January 03, 2023

Books And Other Goods

One of the things the early desert father and mothers learned is that different people...

January 01, 2023

What Is In A Name?

When writing an icon, only when every other element is finished, and the figure or...

December 2022

December 30, 2022

Our Changing Relationship With An Unchangeable God

The relationship which exists between God and us, between God and creation, is impossible to...

December 28, 2022

Indifference To COVID Is Indifference To The Value Of Life

Life is a precious gift to be honored and preserved. This does not mean we...

December 27, 2022

Solovyov’s “Free Theocracy” Vs. Integralism

One of the things being promoted by various Christian is the idea of Christian integralism,...

December 25, 2022

The Transcendent Mystery Of Christ’s Nativity

Christ is Born! We have become so accustomed to hearing the story of Christ’s birth,...

December 23, 2022

Pride And Judgment

In the Systematic Collection of the Sayings of the Desert Fathers, there are many apophthegms...

December 21, 2022

We Must Not Become Like Frank Pavone

When a particular, limited good, is treated as or turned into the absolute good, those...

December 20, 2022

Two Kinds Of Goodness

Scripture appears to offer us contradictory statements about who or what is good. Some passages,...

December 18, 2022

Abraham: History, Myth, And The Incarnation

Abraham, following the directions given to him by God, left his homeland, and his extended...

December 16, 2022

Some Thoughts Concerning The Use And Value Of Translations

Translations serve an important purpose. They help people engage texts which are written in a...

December 14, 2022

Law, Order, And The Common Good

If we are not careful, law and order can be used as a tool to...

December 12, 2022

Poemen, The Good Shepherd

Abba Poemen, whose name means, “shepherd,” was well regarded and remembered in the Alphabetical Sayings...

December 11, 2022

All Are Called To The Eschatological Feast

While the great eschatological feast is yet to come, it is also something which we...

December 09, 2022

Pride And Temptation

We have been warned, many times, not to let pride get the best of us,...

December 07, 2022

Love And Worship

Because God’s activity can be said to be not other than the divine essence, even...

December 06, 2022

To Find Peace, Let Go

We are made for greatness. We are made for righteousness. However, it is important for...

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