If you cannot see the comic at the top of this paragraph (for instance, if you are on Facebook), click the link to the original blog post, or my commentary below will not make sense. I am an Adjunct Professor. Well, that is a bit of a stretch. I used … [Continue reading]
Sometimes we look at the wrong end of the telescope
Philosophers and theologians enjoy debating the fine points of various issues. After all, it is important that we have neither invalid, nor illogical, nor inconsequent thinking in our formulations. In other words, we are trying to make sure … [Continue reading]
What if I told you …
I like the meme above. “What if I told you, you can be against police murdering citizens and citizens murdering police at the same time.” Reading the current political compost, one would be convinced that one must either support the police or the … [Continue reading]
County clerks, Christians, and government
So, I was asked my position on Ms. Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who was jailed for refusing to follow the law, even after losing her appeal to the Supreme Court. I answered: "Every public official is subject to the rule of law." This is not … [Continue reading]
Old Testament interesting stories
Teaching high school Sunday School last school year and now teaching junior high school this school year has been a challenge. In order to keep some interest in the younger tweens, I am in the process of telling them some of the “funnier” stories in … [Continue reading]
Immigration and my personal story
Lately there has been much discussion of undocumented immigrants and anchor babies. But, in the midst of that discussion, the fate of legal immigrants is not being discussed. Why do I mention that? Well, because if the citizenship of natural-born … [Continue reading]
Democrat, Republican, Orthodox
I have not written for a while for various reasons. Most of them have to do with an incredibly heavy workload lately. But, I ran across the meme above, and found it quite worthwhile. The original version was on phatmass.com, this is a repost of a … [Continue reading]
Oikonomía, a better way to pastor
There was God’s Will to consider, and God was understood often to give people not what they wanted but what they needed. He dealt with people not according to fixed principles of justice but in ways that would best bring about each soul’s salvation. … [Continue reading]
Appalachian Orthodox Paschal Hymn
Father Justin Patterson of the OCA uploaded the video above to Facebook. It is the Paschal troparion sung to Appalachian harmonies, but conforming to tonal rules of the Slavic Orthodox. It was sung at a music workshop at the All American Council of … [Continue reading]
Yes, there are Eastern Orthodox fundamentalists
There is an argument among some Orthodox as to whether it is appropriate to speak of there being fundamentalist Orthodox. I would argue that there are. From a lecture by The Rev. Joshua Raja John (UK Anglican), I abstracted the slide above. It has a … [Continue reading]
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