Bright Week to-do’s and -don’t's
May 6th, 2013 | Orthodox perspective, Slider | Grace | 8 CommentsA few little things as we enter the Pascha season.
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‘The reign of life has begun’
May 5th, 2013 | Orthodox perspective, Slider | Grace | 4 CommentsSome old thoughts on what is perpetually new and perpetually amazing.
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Mpn. Anthony: ‘Life would not let them escape it’
May 3rd, 2013 | Orthodox perspective | Grace | 2 CommentsWords from Mpn. Anthony Bloom put our Holy Week fatigue into perspective. ” … When at night we hear the announcement of the Resurrection, we too will be able to suddenly come alive from that terrible numbness,”
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Living and feeling the liturgy
May 3rd, 2013 | Orthodox perspective | Grace | 3 Comments“Liturgy is not a rigid thing to be repeated unconsciously. It is an expression of the human need to talk to the Lord … ” — His Beatitude, Patriarch JOHN X (Antioch)
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St. Kassiani: Hiding from His footsteps
May 1st, 2013 | La Vida Iglesia | Grace | No CommentsA quick story about one of the beautiful hymns that will go by much too quickly. The hymn highlights the woman who anointed Christ’s feet with oil. It is known as the Hymn of Kassiani and it comes almost at the end of the Bridegroom service tonight. The hymn is beautiful enough to stand out [...]
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Our tumult, God’s serenity
April 10th, 2013 | Books, Orthodox perspective, Slider | Grace | 2 Comments“Instead of seeking to share God’s serenity, we ask God to share our tumult.” — Mpn. Anthony Bloom, “Courage to Pray”
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Are Christian churches being threatened?
March 26th, 2013 | Culture gone mad, La Vida Iglesia, Slider | Grace | 4 CommentsAre we offensive for being defensive?
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Fasting and rejoicing
March 19th, 2013 | Orthodox perspective, Slider | Grace | 1 CommentI had been thinking of the upcoming fast with a certain grimness, intent on bearing down this Lent. Now I wonder if I missed the bigger picture.
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Words of wisdom — afterthought
March 8th, 2013 | Caution: The moving walkway is ending, Pop goes the culture | Grace | 9 CommentsQuantity of human interaction doesn’t guarantee quality. And what becomes of wisdom and truth in the process?
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Winter’s hope with feast and folklore
February 3rd, 2013 | Orthodox perspective | Grace | 2 CommentsThrough no fault of our own, a feastday of hope and light is paired up with an old superstition about foretelling the end of winter. And so on this day of the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple, I don’t mind stopping to consider the coincidence that pairs it with Groundhog Day.
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