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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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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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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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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Encouragement for some from a pro
January 10th, 2013 | Orthodox perspective | Grace | No CommentsSt. Theophan’s name day is another occasion to recall what this well-loved Russian saint offered to sustain us for our common journey. And his admonitions about what NOT to do are on my mind.
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O Come, All Ye Faithful — the Byzantine remix version
December 16th, 2012 | Just a bit of fun, Orthodox perspective | Grace | 25 CommentsThis post originally went up in December of 2010, but I’ve seen some traffic to it recently, so I thought I’d dig it out of my own personal groove-yard. Enjoy. Yesterday, at the end of the service, we sang “O Come, All Ye Faithful” as a recessional, and one of my godsons opined that maybe [...]
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12 Days of Christmas activity book
December 6th, 2012 | Orthodox perspective | Grace | No CommentsA very cool activity book, I thought, for Orthodox families that want to have some readings, activities and crafts for the festal days between Christmas and Theophany.
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