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: … [Continue reading]
Screwtape Letters, Class 4 (chapters 9-12)
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 … [Continue reading]
A Paralytic, the Woman at the Well, and More on an Orthodox Political Economy
OrthoAnalyika Show: 2 May 2010 Note: be sure to subscribe to the podcast Homily on the Paralytic: Acts 9: 32 - 42; St. John 5 : 1 - 15 Introduction: Healing, not ReligionOur readings today give examples of Christ’s ministry to mankind (in the … [Continue reading]
Screwtape Letters, Class 3 (chapters 5-8)
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 … [Continue reading]
Screwtape Letters, Class 2 (chapters 1-4)
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 … [Continue reading]
Screwtape Letters, Class 1 (Preface)
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. … [Continue reading]
Myrrhbearers, Love, Gay Marriage, Death, and Taxes
OrthoAnalyika Show: 18 April 2010 Note: be sure to subscribe to the podcast St. Mark 15:43-16:8 What the Myrrhbearers Teach Us about Love Introduction: today’s “Feast of Association”Today we celebrate a “Feast of Association”; a “Feast of … [Continue reading]
Pilgimages, Pascha, and an Orthodox Political Economy
OrthoAnalyika Shownotes: 21 March 2010 Note: be sure to subscribe to the podcast An Exhortation to Prepare for Pascha The Prologue of The Canterbury Tales, by Goefrey Chaucer Whan that Aprill, with his shoures sooteThe droghte of March hath perced … [Continue reading]
Back to Gadgets – my redneck hot tub
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 … [Continue reading]
Logosmoi, Ladders, and the Ascetic Struggle
OrthoAnalyika Shownotes: 14 March 2010 Note: be sure to subscribe to the podcast Homily on the Sunday of St. John of the Ladder Do you want joy? Do you want peace? Do you want an end to anxiety? An end to despair? An end to boredom and … [Continue reading]