Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy As you look at the video above, you will see that a whooping-cough epidemic has broken out in this country. The State of Texas has the worst of it; they are under a health alert. Already two babies have died. Medical authorities are […]
Archives for September 2013
Syria, intervention, and a bit of follow-up
I wrote a comment on my being an Antiochian priest and how that affected my viewpoint on the Syria situation. Since then, my local Metropolitan, as well as various Patriarchates and the Pope have weighed in on the situation. Since my original blog post was written, the Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, […]
Anglicanism–weird and weirder
Back in 2010 a story broke loose about an Anglican vicar in Canada. The story made it all the way to the BBC. Reverend Marguerite Rea of St Peter’s Anglican Church, in Toronto, received complaints from Christians all over Canada after she fed communion bread to a German Shepherd cross named Trapper. Area Bishop Patrick […]
Preventable diseases and trusting God
In an AP story from yesterday: NEWARK, Texas — The teachings of televangelist Kenneth Copeland and his family focusing on the virtues of trusting God to keep healthy are under scrutiny after a cluster of measles cases linked to his family’s North Texas megachurch revealed many congregants hadn’t been vaccinated against the highly contagious disease. […]
