20110105 Christian Orienteering, News, and an Interview with a New Priest

Shownotes for 20100105 Show (click here to download) Homily on the Reading of the Names and the Birth of Christ (St. Matthew 1) Three points: what we are to do with all these names; the standard of evaluation; and the place of Christ in all this. 1.  Ancestors – the reading of the names.  Why […]

20101217 Hypocrisy, News, and WikiLeaks

20101217 OrthoAnalytika Shownotes (click here for MP3) +++ Lesson: The Hypocrisy of Defending Bad Habits and Rules (St. Luke 13: 10-17)This Gospel lesson is profound. Today I would like to focus on three things that it teaches us. One: You Really Should Come to Church The first has to do with the context of the […]

Zombies, Demons, and the Victory of Love

  Shownotes for Thanksgiving, 2010   Lesson:   Ephesians 4: 1-6 St. Luke 8: 26-39   There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in […]

UFOs, Jersey Shore, and Freedom

Orthoanalytika show: 20101109   +++ Lesson: Nothing Need Divide Us Ephesians 2:14-22; St. Luke 16: 19-31 Unity: a source of peace and joyBoth readings reinforce the consistent message of the Gospel: there are no divisions in love. Pride, meanness, apathy, lust, addiction, greed, jealousy… these things pull us apart; and while they are easy and […]

The Disease, an Interview with an Ordinand, Paranormal News, and Orthodox Extremism

Orthoanalytika show: 20101007   The Disease I do not know how closely you follow the news, but there is a serious disease that is wreaking havoc throughout the world. It is destroying people, eating at them from the inside. This disease manifests itself in different ways. In fact, it probably has as many different symptoms […]

ET and Christianity – a brief literature review

Orthoanalytika show: 26 September 2010   Lesson on the Cross. The Cross is more than a mythical symbol. +++ News: UFO Expert, Biblical Scholar, and Christian Michael Heiser offers his commentary on the 9/27 UFO Press Conference at the National Press Club. Retired Air Force officers and airmen sharedtheirencounters with UFO’s that occurred at sensitive […]

Labor, Rest, and the Gauntlet of ET Life

OrthoAnalyika Show: 5 September 2010 Labor Day: a chance to rest and reflect. This is one of those great long weekends, the last hurrah of Summer and the punctuation mark that signals the transition from it to Autumn. For many, it is the opportunity to make one last trip before the school and work year […]

Feasting and an Interview with Demetra about Exercise

OrthoAnalyika show: 29 August 2010 A Lesson on the Wedding Feast (St. Matthew 22: 1-14) Two of our parish families have just celebrated weddings. Others are preparing for their own. If you do not remember the various emotions- joys and disappointments – that such an event brings with it, then I am sure they will […]

The Responsibility of the Strong, Real Ukrainians, and the Theology of Ghosts

OrthoAnalyika Show: 11 July 2010 Thoughts on Romans 15: 1-7: the responsibility of the strong How should the Christian act? Certainly people who make such a grand claim about their identity should behave differently than mere mortals! After all, the name “Christian” is meant to signify more than just what a person does on Sunday […]

The Older Son, Apocatastasis, and Aliens

OrthoAnalyika Shownotes: 31 January 2010 Note: be sure to subscribe to the podcast. The Prodigal Son   Introduction: on imitating the younger son This parable of Christ is designed to awake repentance in our hearts. We are to follow the movement of the Prodigal son through the story so that we, like him: embrace the […]