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August 2018

August 21, 2018

Admit and Condemn

One of the earliest leaders of the church, Nicolaus, was called out in the Apocalypse...

July 2018

July 12, 2018

Decay: A Contemplation Inspired By A Trip To The Dentist

The Psalmist, pleading to God, once indicated how God’s justice could be seen in the...

April 2018

April 26, 2018

The Garbage Man

The kingdom of heaven is like a beautiful golden statue, intricately carved by the best...

March 2018

March 30, 2018

Poem For Holy Friday

The End of the Beginning A Poem on the Death of God The bronze...

March 16, 2018

Without Him Nothing Was Made

Scripture is not meant intended to be a book which we simply pick up and...

March 14, 2018

Tell Congress To Reject Pompeo and Haspel (Updated)

President Trump’s firing of Rex Tillerson has led to a new shift in his administration....

February 2018

February 22, 2018

We Cannot Ignore Puerto Rico

Out of sight, out of mind. Evil spreads in the darkness where the light of...

December 2017

December 14, 2017

When We Trip And Fall In The Pilgrimage Of Life, God Is There Ready To Help

One of the normative phases of spiritual development is found when a spiritual pilgrim goes...

December 06, 2017

Charity Presupposes Justice

If doing what is just is the same as charity, then love burns cold. Charity...

November 2017

November 28, 2017

Christians Must Unite With The Workers Of The World Against The Elite

Throughout Scripture, devastation done to the earth is connected with and seen as a reflection...

November 13, 2017

To See The Kingdom of God

Jesus was and is king, king of all creation, though as he himself indicated, his...

September 2017

September 21, 2017

When We Do Wrong, We Excuse It by the Good

No one does evil for the sake of being evil.

August 2017

August 13, 2017

Denounce Racism and Sexism So We Can Work to Bring the World Together as One

Christians are called to be imitators of Christ, indeed, to be christs in Christ. They...

May 2017

May 10, 2017

On The Sacrament Of Baptism: Part Two

This is the second post of a series on the sacrament of baptism. Click here...

May 05, 2017

The Sunday Of The Paralytic Man

Following the feast of the resurrection, and the witness of the resurrection represented by the...

May 01, 2017

Even In Silence, There Will Be Temptation

He said also, "He who wishes to live in solitude in the desert is delivered...

April 2017

April 24, 2017

On Rahab, Prostitute and Prophet of God

In listing the ancestors of Christ, Matthew brings forth a large variety of figures, among...

March 2017

March 30, 2017

For the Fifth Sunday of Lent (The Sunday of Mary of Egypt)

St. Mary of Egypt, at the age of twelve, left her parents, moved to Alexandria,...

March 17, 2017

For The Third Sunday of Lent: The Adoration Of The Holy Cross

During their long journey from Egypt to the promised land, the people of Israel would...

March 14, 2017

Columbo And The Gospel

Coming from the tradition started by Dostoevsky in Crime and Punishment, the television series Columbo,...

March 09, 2017

Reflection For The Second Sunday of Lent (St Gregory Palamas Sunday)

And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was...

February 2017

February 13, 2017

Self-Deception Can Use A Good For Evil

Self-deception lies behind much, if not all, of the evil we do. There is always...

January 2017

January 10, 2017

Of Trump And Hypocritical Idolatry

It should be seen as a major concern that not only is the combined wealth...

January 03, 2017

Going Full Salvian In the Time of Trump

Last summer, I searched Amazon for used copies from the Fathers of the Church series...

December 2016

December 26, 2016

Death and the Birth of Christ

During the long celebration of Christ’s nativity, two important events are also commemorated. One is...

December 19, 2016

Temptation Is A Part Of The Path To Salvation

Abba Anthony said to Abba Poemen, "This is the great work of man: always to...

November 2016

November 16, 2016

We Have Only Ourselves To Blame

There is a reason for everything. Every act brings about an effect. The potential used...

November 13, 2016

Woe To Those Who Know What Is Right And Promote What Is Evil

Open your mouth for the dumb, for the rights of all who are left desolate....

August 2016

August 01, 2016

By Death He Conquered Death, And To Those In The Graves Of Ignorance He Granted Life

There are many ways theologians and commentators have understood the fall of humanity expressed in...

July 2016

July 27, 2016

Encourage Through Love, Not Discourage Through Judgment

It happened one day that one of the brethren in the monastery of Abba Elias...

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