The Eastern Orthodox begin all their theology with the Holy Trinity. But, it is not a scholastic conception of God with which they begin but with God as Trinity, God as Community, a more personalistic understanding. It is in the Holy Trinity and its interrelationships that the measuring rule is found for the Chaplain who […]
Thanksgiving 2017
So, today is Thanksgiving. Sadly, in today’s modern world, there is a pumpkin full of deconstructionists waiting to tell us what Thanksgiving is not, what Thanksgiving has never been, and how we should throw away this holiday. In fact, if you listen to the deconstructionists, we would essentially have to throw away just about everything. […]
The missing argument
Two days ago we had an election which certainly startled everyone. While there was an expectation of Democratic gains, nobody expected them to be as strong as they were. The gains may or may not continue. However, I did notice that there was a missing argument in the pre-election political circus. It was an argument […]
Where I stand
A few days ago, we celebrated the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. In the USA, it did not make the news that much. I saw a couple of interesting articles on the subject. One of them that impacted me was the article that said that the reason we do not speak much about the Reformation […]
Physicality of Christianity
Today’s Gospel included the woman who touched Jesus’ cloak: “As he went, the people pressed round him. And a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years and had spent all her living upon physicians and could not be healed by anyone, came up behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment; […]
Length between posts
I have noticed that it is getting longer and longer between posts. I am not sure whether this reflects how busy I am or whether this reflects the fact that talk means nothing nowadays. We live in a world in which a foreign power can insinuate itself into the halls of power of both political […]
Madness in Las Vegas
Fifty-eight people dead, hundreds wounded. Another tragedy in America. The news media is already having a field day. You can already go to the various news sites and see multiple stories all saying the same thing. We really do not know anything yet, but they are going to fill up our space with stories that […]
The Passion of the Chaplain
Today several of us chaplains were having lunch together during class break. We are all taking a Clinical Pastoral Education class sponsored by one of the Veterans Affairs medical centers. You are probably not aware that the Department of Veterans Affairs has Clinical Pastoral Education training in various medical centers around the nation. This should […]
Russia, fake news, and fallout
In a post on Facebook® based on a story from CBS News called, “How Russia-linked groups used Facebook to meddle in 2016 elections,” I said: The sad part of this story is just how many people preferred to believe these stories while putting down Snopes and other reliable fact-checkers. The big success for Russia was […]
Three simple things
I like the sayings of the Desert Fathers (and Mothers), sometimes they are complex and sometimes they are simple. The one from today is simple. “These three things God requires of all the baptized: right faith in the heart, truth on the tongue, temperance in the body.” — Abba Gregory the Theologian I like the […]
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