OrthoAnalyika Show: 04 July 2010 Freedom! [The history of it in our community. Ukrainian freedom (especially the Cossacks). American freedom (the minutemen, the founders).] Cossacks and the Minutemen were willing to work and even fight to defend their freedom from political tyranny. But there is an even more important kind of freedom than this that […]
Screwtape Letters, Class 7 (chapters 22-31)
May 5, 2010 By
CS Lewis, The Screwtape Letters, Class 7 (Final Class)Chapters 22-31 Chapter 22Why is Wormwood sickened by the woman the patient has fallen in love with? Why do pleasures need to be twisted before they are of use to the demons? What is the difference between noise, music, & silence? Chapter 23What does the modern version […]
Screwtape Letters, Class 6 (chapters 17-21)
May 4, 2010 By
CS Lewis, The Screwtape Letters, Class 6Chapters 17-21 Another story of spiritual warfare: 1 Kings 18: 20-39 Chapter 17It seems that there are two types of gluttony: Delicacy and Excess. What are the differences? Is one worse than the other? In Lewis’ time, gluttony of delicacy was more prominent. What about now? Knowing that sin […]
Screwtape Letters, Class 5 (chapters 13-16)
May 3, 2010 By
CS Lewis, The Screwtape Letters, Class Five Background Information on Spiritual Warfare: Where do demons come from? Revelation 12:9: And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. What […]
Screwtape Letters, Class 4 (chapters 9-12)
May 2, 2010 By
CS Lewis, The Screwtape Letters, Class Four Another Real Case Study of Spiritual WarfareFrom The Acts of the Apostles (16:16-18) Now it happened, as we [Paul et al] went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling. This girl followed […]
Screwtape Letters, Class 3 (chapters 5-8)
May 1, 2010 By
CS Lewis, The Screwtape Letters, Class Three A Real Case Study of Spiritual WarfareFrom St. Athanasius “The Life of Antony”, Ch. 5. But the devil, who hates and envies what is good, could not endure to see such a resolution in a youth, but endeavoured to carry out against him what he had been wont […]
Screwtape Letters, Class 2 (chapters 1-4)
April 30, 2010 By
CS Lewis, The Screwtape Letters, Class Two Review of Last Week: Who was C.S. Lewis? Why is fiction useful? What are three of his “main ideas”? WWII and the Battle of Britain: WWII began on September 1, 1939 when Germany invaded Poland. Great Britain and others then declared war on Germany. British rationing began in […]
Screwtape Letters, Class 1 (Preface)
April 23, 2010 By
CS Lewis, The Screwtape Letters, Class One Who is C.S. Lewis? Why do we read someone who isn’t Orthodox? Born in Belfast, Ireland (11/29/1898). Atheist at 15, become interested in mythology and the occult, especially the myths of Northern Europe. Got a scholarship to Oxford (1916), but volunteered in the British Army in 1917 (Light […]
Back to Gadgets – my redneck hot tub
March 15, 2010 By
For the last few months, I have only been posting show notes. But I’ve been working (actually, mostly just “thinking”) on a new DIY project that fits the general “OrthoAnalytika” motif*** The DIY Crunchy Hot Tub I love hot tubs, and the idea of soaking in one while the New England cold and wet season […]
20100221 Victory, Suffering, and Footsteps in the Dark
February 21, 2010 By
From the archives: This week, Fr. Anthony talks about why icons (and theology) are important; compares Great Lent to the 2 mile race; shares some mail and local news; provides some encouragement for toilers; and interviews Fr. Dn. Boris about the Sunday of Orthodoxy in Boston and an interesting visit during an evening service. Enjoy! […]
