The blog of a Cuban who became an Eastern Orthodox priest.
Everything that moves, everything that is alive, is yours for food. Earlier I gave you the green plants, but now I give you everything for food. But you must not eat meat that still has blood in it, because blood gives life. -- Genesis 9:3-4 I … [Continue reading]
Seldom have bureaucrats managed to so unite Democrats and Republicans, liberals, moderates, conservatives, libertarians, and anarchists. In fact, they have united more factions than Father Orthoduck even knew existed in the United States of America, … [Continue reading]
You mean that the Israelis knew how to write Hebrew around the time that the Old Testament said they knew how to write? Yes, as shocking as it may seem, it appears that the Old Testament was telling the truth when it says that King David and the rest … [Continue reading]
How do you know when you belong? There are many answers, but I know exactly when I knew that I belonged in the town of Choco, and it had to do with a ch'uspa, a bag, similar to the one that you see pictured with this post. [For those of you who do … [Continue reading]
Yes, that is my hand holding the separated heel on a hiking boot. It has been cold in Florida the last few days, so I thought that I would put the hiking boots on to keep my feet slightly warmer. But, when I went to put on my size 7½ hiking boots, I … [Continue reading]
What do you call a group of Orthodox fiction writers? Are they a gaggle? Are they a herd? Are they a zeal? Are they a flock? ("Quoth the Raven, 'Nevermore!'") Are they a colony? Are they a tribe? Maybe they are even a pod? Well, whatever they are, … [Continue reading]
Father Orthoduck is happy to announce the winner of the 2009 Pluto award. The book is written by a Christian author. If you click on the image, it will take you to the author's blog, should you be interested in reading the book. … [Continue reading]
Father Orthoduck is pleased that yet another Christian author has written in. And, this fantasy author is a fellow Antiochian Orthodox! Even better, at the end of the book, which is a novella, there is a chapter by the author explaining how his … [Continue reading]
"You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind." This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." On these two commandments hang all … [Continue reading]
In yesterday's post, I began to talk about the idea of thinking Christianly. There is, of course, a philosophical component to that, but that is not all that I was talking about. Nevertheless, do let me make a comment on philosophy and thinking … [Continue reading]
