Homily – It takes courage to be a Christian

The Sunday of Orthodoxy   [On this, the First Sunday of Great Lent...anathema!... we are reminded]  It takes courage to be a Christian. Today we remember our religious heritage – the way that the Gospel of Christ, the unchanging Truth of … [Continue reading]

20120224 Seeds, News, and Judgement

Shownotes The Prodigal Son - Eating Pig Pods... and loving it! News Update on the homestead: prepping purchases of note (traded the jeep for a Smart Car, little house in the woods, pantry system from Shelf Reliance, Abortion safer than giving … [Continue reading]

Homily: The Last Judgment

The Sunday of the Last JudgementSt. Matthew 25:31-46; 1 Corinthians 8:8-9:2If you break the rules long enough, eventually you are going to suffer. Or, put another way, if you act stupid long enough, it will eventually catch up with you. … [Continue reading]

Homily: Eating Pig Pods – and loving it

Homily on the Prodigal SonSt. Luke 15:11-321 Corinthians 6:12-20A Metaphor on FoodOne of the best ways to understand sin is as those things that damage our health [explain].  We were made so with feedback loops so that we could diagnose the things we … [Continue reading]

Homily – Publican and Pharisee

All of creation is pregnant with potential - less full of lifeless atoms or particles than of seeds just waiting to be brought forth into fruition.  And here I speak not just of literal seeds (although it is almost time to start working with those … [Continue reading]

20120206 A Pregnant Creation, Mail Call, and Islam

Podcast Notes Homily on Zacchaeus et al. (due to the delay in recording, this was bumped by a Homily on the Publican and the Pharisee) Mail Bag What should I do if there are no regular Orthodox services in my area? What are the most healthy … [Continue reading]

Homily – Zachaeus Sunday

Run the Experiment in Your Life! (they did - and look at them!) Zacchaeus Sunday, the Commemoration of St. Peter's Chains, and the Eve of St. Anthony the Great.Gospel: St. Luke 19:1-10Epistle: Acts 12:1-11What if we lived as if we believed all this … [Continue reading]

20120120 Theophany, Local News, and a Review of History

Podcast Notes: Talk a little about Theophany. Before the news... A word from a sponsor (satire) - Guido-vich and Mak-mech-enko Revenue Consultants.With the new immigration comes new opportunity.  The first immigration brought hard work and … [Continue reading]

Homily – Repent… and change the world

The Sunday before Theophany; 2 Timothy 4:5-8, St. Mark 1:1-8This is the Sunday before Theophany, when we remember St. John and his ministry, and how he prepared the world for the God-man Jesus Christ through his ministry of repentance. History of … [Continue reading]

20120113 Spirituality of Christmas and Theophany

In this (welcome back) edition, we go back to the old format; starting with a reflection, covering a few news stories and satirical advertisements and the like, then finishing with the Volya (Freedom) segment that treats a topic of interest in some … [Continue reading]