OK, I understand much of what you have been saying, but why must I have a sponsor, or why is a baby expected to have godparents? Well, in the book of Hebrews, it says: For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of […]
Why do you make it so hard to become Orthodox? – part 02
So, why is a catechumen encouraged to take on a “new” name when they are chrismated? What’s in a name? Taking on a new name is not necessary, but it is highly encouraged. The background to a name change goes all the way back to the beginnings of God’s special interactions with Abraham and continued […]
Why do you make it so hard to become Orthodox? – part 01
Last week one of my readers asked me to comment on the year-long process to become Orthodox and be allowed to participate in the sacraments. Let me begin with a bit of contrast. Recently, an evangelical who worked on the Mike Huckabee presidential campaign, and is a blogger, wrote a posting listing ten problems with […]
My big fat Greek food festival
Besides church, I was invited today to the big annual ethnic food festival at the local Greek Orthodox parish. It was wonderful! I ate too much. I will regret it tomorrow, and I do not regret it in the slightest today. I had the opportunity to watch the different Greek dance teams, that ranged from […]
The appropriate way to discuss income redistribution
Hopefully no one will be offended, but below is the appropriate way to discuss income redistribution.
More chimpanzee inkblot test
Two days ago, I commented on the flap surrounding the New York Post chimpanzee cartoon. Well, it is still meandering its weary way through the “national” media, like a soap opera that refuses to end. Nevertheless, there is something that we can learn out of all this, as Christians. Part of our family’s missionary training […]
French Foreign Legion — still there and “romantic”
Many of us, of a certain age, have seen the movie Casablanca on TV. And, we were impressed by a tremendously romantic movie. We may have also seen many of the clearly B movies that Hollywood turned out in the 1950’s that involved the French Foreign Legion. I believe that the character of Captain Renault […]
Chimpanzee inkblot test
Sometimes a political cartoon, or actually any sort of cartoon, can function as a type of Rorschach inkblot test. That is what we see in a cartoon may reflect our own internal thoughts more than they reflect either anything in the cartoon itself or anything that the author intended. But, sometimes there is actual agreement […]
Why don’t we reach out to the inner city?
A fellow blogger has asked the question as to why non-inner city Christians do not do more inner city work. I was going to answer his question, and then I realized that my answer would be too long for a simple comment, so I decided to put it here. There are a complex of reasons why non-inner city […]
Confusing thoughts
The day before yesterday, my wife and I were at a gas station when we were hailed by a “typical” homeless person. By typical I do not mean to menospreciar (depreciate) the person, I am simply giving a description. He did not ask for money, but for a ride back to his sleeping area. He […]
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