Orthoanalytika show: 20101017I’m postponing the “Orthodoxy and ETL” for yet another show - forgive me!The Battle for CreationLuke 6:31-36 (New King James Version)And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise.“But if you love … [Continue reading]
An Orthodox Christian Statement on Poverty
Orthodoxy and PovertyWe are all called to work, and we are all called to prayer and almsgiving for the poor (just as we are all called to exhibit every virtue, regardless of “status”).“There are two moral motives of labour: work to sustain oneself … [Continue reading]
Homily – A Funeral Sermon
A Funeral Homily Thessalonians 4: 13-17 St. John 5: 24-30 (His Eminence, Archbishop Antony gave the homily this week, so I offer this funeral homily (given 10/15)). Unity in Love, Now and Forever. This is my opportunity to give you some perspective … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
Orthodoxy – The Stream between the Extremes
[This talk was given as part of Diversity Week at the University of Rhode Island. Chaplains of different faiths gave talks on this same theme.]IntroductionThe main point of my remarks today is this: people make a huge and tragic mistake when they … [Continue reading]
Homily – The Disease
The Sunday after the Exaltation2 Corinthians 11:31-12:9St. Mark 8:34-9:1A Superbug is destroying mankind. Will you do what it takes to survive?I do not know how closely you follow the news, but there is a serious disease that is wreaking havoc … [Continue reading]
Homily – The Joy of the Cross
The Sunday before the ExaltationGalatians 6: 11-18St. John 3: 13-17The Cross is more than a symbol of Christian mythology: it is a symbol and mechanism of our - and creation’s - transformation.Sermon on the Cross (Sunday before the Exaltation).John … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
Homily – A Teaching Liturgy
The 17th Sunday after Pentecost 2 Corinthians 6: 16-7:1 St. Matthew 22: 35-46 This week we celebrated a “teaching Divine Liturgy”. Fr. Anthony stopped at various points throughout the Liturgy to explain what was happening and why. Glory to … [Continue reading]
Homily – The Sanctifying Quality of Work and Rest
The 15th Sunday after Pentecost2 Corinthians 4: 6-15St. Matthew 22: 35-46Labor 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 … [Continue reading]