Father Orthoduck wonders what the liturgical rules are for a fire. Well, I guess that Father Orthoduck had better explain. Yesterday, Father Orthoduck was assistant priest at a Divine Liturgy in which he had been asked to help because the deacon was out of town. In Orthodox worship the deacon (or junior priest) cleans up […]
Archives for November 2010
Advent is coming up.
Advent begins in nine days. Advent is the English name descended from the Latin name for the season. It is called either the Nativity Fast or St. Philip’s Fast. And, like Lent it is 40 days long, but it is a lighter fast than the Lenten fast or the Dormition Fast. But, this is not […]
Rash of fired and/or suspended reporters
Have you noticed that there has been a rash of either fired or suspended news media reporters? From Juan Williams to now Keith Olbermann the rash of suspensions has been interesting and rather sad. There have been others fired or suspended but these are the most recent two. In fact, it has been open season […]
You know you are spending too much time on World of Warcraft when …
For those of you in the know: “It is all that lag in Dalaran that slows the game down and I have to wait.” Or: “I wish my guild leader would not take so long to start a raid.” Or: “But this is the week with the fest that gives special gear.” Or: “I am […]
Country whipping around
Well, the last two years politically have been a type of roller coaster. Two years ago the Republicans were thrown out. Now two years later, the Democrats are thrown out of the House of Representatives. I am fairly sure that we are in for another two years of turmoil. If nothing else, I suspect that […]
God’s grace to parents
I got a sad and humorous chuckle when I read the cartoon above. I agree with grandma in the cartoon a little more than I agree with mom. I do not see myself as a great parent. I will still, in my darkest moments, look back and wonder how many things I could have done […]
Just what is evil? – a port from Fr. Orthohippo’s blog
Father Orthohippo and I served as fellow pastors twenty-some years ago, until my wife and I went to missions 21 years ago. I have permission to port material from his blog to mine and the reverse is also true. He is just beginning a series on evil. I am going to post the first entry […]
Wacky plea for civility
I could not find a way to actually hook this into my blog site so that you could watch it, a la YouTube. So, please go to here. Make sure to watch it all the way through or you will miss the surprise ending. It is one of the more creative and humorous adverts of […]
