One of my readers asked me to speak to the issue of homosexuality and the Orthodox Church. This is one of those times that I am simply going to quote a statement by the bishops of the Orthodox Church in America: Convinced of these God-revealed … [Continue reading]
A helpful clarification on the news media
My last two posts have been on the news media and the dangerous ground that they are treading. Yesterday, a journalist was kind enough to make some helpful distinctions as to what is generally found under the heading of media--notice that the word … [Continue reading]
Casey Anthony and freedom of the press, part 02
Casey Anthony is a good example of a hard person upon which to base future jurisprudence. She is not a likeable person. She regularly lied during the investigation. She did not report her daughter as missing. She partied without an apparent care in … [Continue reading]
When freedom of the press runs amuck
Great cases like hard cases make bad law. For great cases are called great, not by reason of their importance... but because of some accident of immediate overwhelming interest which appeals to the feelings and distorts the judgment -- Oliver Wendell … [Continue reading]
Some hope for stem cell research
The quote below is from a CNN news article: (CNN) -- For the first time, a patient has received a synthetic windpipe that was created in a lab with the patient's own stem cells and without using human donor tissue, researchers said Thursday. Look … [Continue reading]
For the Orthodox, Church history is family history
I was asked on another blog how much the Orthodox know about Church history. I posted the reply below: When I first read the question my reaction was to say that the Orthodox are extremely well versed in Church history and that it plays an important … [Continue reading]
. . . difficult and left untried
The great ideals of the past failed not by being outlived (which must mean over-lived), but by not being lived enough. ... The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried. -- G.K. Chesterton, … [Continue reading]
Happy July 4, 2011
Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime. -- A politician from the 1950's. I like the quote above. It is a quote that could be applied to Christianity as well. Let me give you … [Continue reading]
When evil enters the Church
The story below is from the time of the Nestorian controversy. It gives us an idea of what can happen when evil men misuse the Church for their personal gain. But, it also gives the witness of a holy man standing up to that evil. Our Lord warned that … [Continue reading]
If this is how you treat your friends
La Santa Teresa de Ávila was reputed to have said: If this is how You treat Your friends, then it is no wonder You have so few of them. I was reminded of this by a quote I read on an Internetmonk post. The author of the quote below was going … [Continue reading]
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