Well, I will just comment that I am old enough to remember when the team that won the post-season playoffs on a regular basis was Chicago. In fact, I can even remember the Los Angeles Lakers being the team to beat. And then there were the Celtics … [Continue reading]
Pope Francis and the “cult of money”
Here is a quote from the AP concerning a talk that Pope Francis gave recently: VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis has denounced the global financial system, blasting the "cult of money" that he says is tyrannizing the poor and turning humans into … [Continue reading]
Geek goodness is a singing astronaut
My geeky juices are flowing at watching this video. And, what do you know? The astronaut even has a good singing voice. So, this is a good time to remind you that Doxacon, (where Faith and Truth meet Science Fiction and Fantasy) the Orthodox "geek" … [Continue reading]
The IRS wants you — to behave
I have no long comment to make about the IRS. The comments are certainly being made by every news organization. What I find interesting are the groups from the other side that are now coming out and saying that they, too, believe that they have been … [Continue reading]
Stick & Stones … Words will never hurt me.
As a priest, I hear confessions. In fact, I hear confessions all the time, not simply when I am officiating the formal Sacrament. But, many times when people think that they are confessing to God, they are really telling me of an event in their lives … [Continue reading]
Jodi Arias and forgiveness
As many of you know, Jodi Arias was found guilty of first-degree murder today in Arizona. No, I do not want to write about the crime or about the trial or about the verdict. I want to write about the aftermath. I came home from work and turned on … [Continue reading]
Holy bread and not so holy blood
Well, Father Orthoduck must admit that, uhm, he embarrassed himself again. Sunday, in preparation for Pascha, Father Orthoduck was helping out the parish priest by preparing the Proskomedia. If you want to know how that is prepared, you can go here. … [Continue reading]
You mean some know we exist in the USA?
Current Republicans and civil rights
I come from a Communist country. This means that I come from a country in which the rights of the people are subservient to the State. Or, to put it even more briefly, individuals have no guaranteed rights. Not so surprisingly, Fascism evokes the … [Continue reading]
Drones, a month, bombs, and a 180 degree turn in opinion
From Fox News on 07 March 2013: Sen. Rand Paul declared victory Thursday after Attorney General Eric Holder assured him that the president cannot use a drone to kill a non-combatant American on U.S. soil -- an assurance Paul had sought during his … [Continue reading]
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