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June 2022

June 19, 2022

a quick historical note on Juneteenth

St. Moses the Black of Ethiopia With all due respect Happy Juneteenth! Morning readings include...

September 2021

September 03, 2021

will of God vs. “what God has done”

...moreover he has put a sense of past and future into their minds, yet they...

August 2021

August 25, 2021

peace, love, and good questions in Ecclesiastes 3

Everyone wants personal peace, probably at least since the peace movement in the 1960's. However,...

August 15, 2021

regarding Solomon and the authorship of Ecclesiastes

With the expansion of the Davidic Kingdom, Solomon would have had more exposure to the...

August 13, 2021

timed writing | are you a writer?

Oh, again with a free writing, perhaps timed. I went for a jog today and...

March 2021

March 18, 2021

on all the Gifts of the Spirit

Does the Holy Spirit operate the same way with all of us, or not? Scholars...

October 2020

October 10, 2020

epiklesis | Hippolytus, Sarapion, and SS. Addai and Mari

I culled down this article from a reaction paper. We were given this open statement...

September 2020

September 12, 2020

Justin Martyr on Communion

Which was the more developed position on the role of the elements in conveying the presence...

April 2020

April 26, 2020

Reading & Message | Gideon’s Risk

Gideon seems to be risking his life to obey the Lord. When was the last...

March 2020

March 29, 2020

Reading & Message | Live in Harmony

Lay Reading | Matthew 6.19-34 It's amazing how Scripture gives us what we need in...

July 2019

July 19, 2019

Ephesians 4 on honesty and anger management

In the previous couple blogs posts, I've explored the person in relation to community from...

July 11, 2019

Ephesians 4 on community renewal

Ephesians 4.20-21: But that is not the way you learned Christ! - assuming that you have heard about...

February 2019

February 06, 2019

Simplicity: on the offer of perfection to the Rich Young Ruler

If thou wilt be perfect. Great enterprises are always left to the free choice of...

January 2019

January 30, 2019

Simplicity: Jerome on the choice of the Rich Young Ruler

This is part of a short series exploring the thoughts of three different Early Church...

January 21, 2019

Simplicity: Origen on the allegiances of the Rich Young Ruler

This is part of a short series exploring what three different Early Church Fathers teach...

January 15, 2019

Simplicity: Clement’s stark conclusions about the Rich Young Ruler

This introduction will serve to set up the blogs for the next couple weeks. I'm...

October 2018

October 16, 2018

The Deadly Sin of Acedia

Scripture and leaders in the Early Church speak of deadly vices or sins. We would...

August 2018

August 29, 2018

On the Supernatural as the Natural Life (a/v)

We're running a parallel track in these videos with the C.S. Lewis series. He's is...

June 2018

June 20, 2018

The Trinity: Recognizing Beauty in Doctrine

There is a revealed beauty in the language that God gives us to describe Him,...

May 2018

May 09, 2018

The Call of Ambrose

How do we overcome our reluctance to answer the higher call?

March 2018

March 10, 2018

Cruz, Coffee, & Stormtroopers: A Christian Response to the Hero’s Journey

We decided to share a family moment and take the opportunity to point out some...