Lately there have been many calls for Presidential-candidate Mitt Romney to release his taxes. Many of you know that I have problems with various conservative proposals for what I consider to be sound Scriptural and Holy Tradition reasons. Nevertheless, I wish to defend Mitt Romney on this issue. I am defending him for two reasons. […]

Below is from a recent news story on Fox News: A Tulsa police officer and devout Christian is suing his department after being punished for refusing to go to a mosque for a mandatory cultural event. Police Capt. Paul Campbell Fields, a 17-year veteran, was docked two weeks’ pay, transferred, reduced to the graveyard shift […]

It is common in the USA nowadays for all too many to believe that the Dormition of the Virgin Mary is of a story from a very late date. But, it is not so. There are actually several Early Church Fathers who speak to the issue of the Virgin Mary and her death and translation. […]

It would be such an awful burden to be a hero responsible for the success of the Church. The reality is that we are really only quite little fellows in a wide world.

From 2 Timothy 2 (King James Version): “And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. … Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of […]

More than one Church Father, theologian, philosopher has commented that God created us with free will. The consequences of that free will is that we really can make the wrong decisions. And, when we make the wrong decision there may be consequences that we do not like. What is amazing is how often we blame […]

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Today I listened to the memorial service. I knew from beforehand that President Barack Obama had sworn not to speak the name of him who carried out the massacre in Colorado. But, I think that Gov. John Hickenlooper said it most clearly, “I […]

In 1999, in the Orthodox Observer, the Rev. Dr. Frank Marangos wrote the following prescient statement as part of his review of a movie (some of his references are to a movie current back then): The recent school-yard gun massacres and bombings are proof of what happens when absolutes are diluted and spirituality is distorted […]

Below is a three minute clip from Fermilab that gives a “simple” explanation of a Higgs boson. The film was made before the discovery of the boson, but will at least give you a small idea of what is being talked about. Mind you, the clip already assumes that you know something of science. If […]

Yesterday a friend, Fr. Peter Gillquist was buried. I was not able to go to his funeral. He was a great writer. In his honor I am posting a video that was recorded of a talk he gave back in 2001. It is an hour long so if you watch it, make sure to set […]