Let’s be honest. Sexual misconduct is found inside both parties. It is found in Hollywood. It is found in churches. It is found wherever people have power over other people. Let’s continue to be honest. There have also been some cases in which various people used accusations of sexual misconduct to get back at someone. […]
Political self-justification
I am a ham radio operator. I have enjoyed this hobby for decades. So, this weekend I went to a ham radio get-together, a hamfest. It was in a country area of Alabama. I had great fun and met a lot of people. But, I met one person who left me aghast. As he talked […]
Who is more dangerous?
The drawing above is for a graphic novel. It reminds me yet again not to take things for granted. We often assume that the most dangerous creature is the one who looks most dangerous. In reality, that is a true statement, most of the time. But, it does not account for any other attributes that […]
Abbot Tryphon on the non-Orthodox
The Non-Orthodox What about people who are not Orthodox? It is always a pity when people who claim to be Orthodox make judgments against fellow Christians. In the tradition of Orthodoxy, wherever we find beauty and truth, it is of God, and it is our calling, as Orthodox Christians, to rejoice when we see others have […]
José y Maria, a modern portrayal of the Holy Birth
The image above is by graphic artist Everett Patterson, from his family’s 2014 Christmas card. If you click on it, it will take you to his blog post from that year. I think that it reminds us of how difficult both the journey and the birth were for them. This is also one of the […]
Of Christmas and pageants
Every year, in many churches there is a Christmas pageant. If we are honest, the singing is often questionable, and we get more fun out of spotting the odd happenings than we get out of the singing and acting. And, yet, those of us who are parents [or grandparents] often end up with tears in […]
Jefferson on lying
“He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual; he tells lies without attending to it, and truth without the world’s believing him. This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time […]
We cannot all be special
If you click on the comic above, it will take you to the page where the author’s comics are displayed. If you cannot see the comic, click here. The comic above points out both an attitude that has much for which to be commended, and a fallacy that has much for which to be criticized. […]
Who are we really? — What this means for Priests and Chaplains
===Unfortunately, for this third part, I have not been able to strip the paper of references that are specific to the course. So, there will be one or two areas that will not be fully clear because they refer to course textbooks or experiences.=== For the Chaplain, the ontological reality of our being created in […]
Who are we, really? The effects of sin.
=== This is another part of my paper for a doctoral course. As I mentioned in the first post, part of being created in the image of God is that we are drawn to community. But, what has sin done to that community? === If expulsion from Paradise is individual punishment, expulsion from Babel is […]
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