The Onion, a satirical Christian news magazine, reports on their Onion Radio News broadcast about a man Randall Devoraux who tried to use reverse psychology on God in his prayers. But the word from The Onion is that they were neither fooled nor … [Continue reading]
Introducing Fr. Orthoduck
There will be a new "character" on this blog, Fr. Orthoduckâ„¢. Who is Fr. Orthoduckâ„¢? Sometimes Fr. Orthoduckâ„¢ will be my alter ego. He will be less well-behaved version of myself when he is in that role. He will tackle those subjects that are … [Continue reading]
The treatment of illegal Latinos
A new report  about Latinos illegaly living in the USA came out today that says in part: They are routinely cheated out of their earnings and denied basic health and safety protections. They are regularly subjected to racial profiling and … [Continue reading]
Torture and religious politics
Recently, the first of the memorandums on interrogation techniques were released. They make difficult reading. In fact, in language that is every bit the equal of the clinical language found in files from both the old Soviet Union and the WWII German … [Continue reading]
Surgery postponed
Well, unexpectedly, the anesthesiologist postponed my surgery late yesterday. He said he did not like the way that my EKG looked, so I have to go to a cardiologist on Wednesday. Will keep you updated. … [Continue reading]
Did CS Lewis go to heaven?
"Did CS Lewis go to heaven?" is the title of a provocative monograph published back in 2003. You can read it here. Its provocative conclusion is: So we ask again: Did C. S. Lewis go to Heaven? And our answer must be: Not if he believed what he … [Continue reading]
Post Paschal Ponderings
I find that whenever I have a period of heavy liturgical responsibility, it is matched by heavy pastoral responsibilities during the same time. It was the same during this Holy Week. You need to know during Holy Week, the Orthodox have services in … [Continue reading]
Synaxarion of Pascha
Mary Magdalene, and the other women who were present at the burial of our Saviour on Friday evening, returned from Golgotha to the city and prepared fragrant spices and myrrh, so that they might anoint the body of Jesus. On the morrow, because of the … [Continue reading]
Synaxarion for Holy Saturday
On Saturday, the high priests and Pharisees gathered together before Pilate and asked him to have Jesus' tomb sealed until the third day; because, as those enemies of God said, "We suspect that His disciples will come and steal His buried body by … [Continue reading]
Synaxarion for Holy Friday
When Friday dawned, Christ was sent bound from Caiaphas to Pontius Pilate, who was then Governor of Judea. Pilate interrogated Him in many ways, and once and again acknowledged that He was innocent, but to please the Jews, he later passed the … [Continue reading]
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