Attack forces Indonesian Christians off campus from Associated Press
Real Life (RL)
I am an online gamer. As such, a couple of nights a week I immerse myself in a fantasy world where, with other gamers, I “group” together to accomplish objectives (usually killing evil creatures, which nets you game money, increased power for your character, etc.). Some gamers immerse themselves too deeply in the game, and […]
Relief!
Thank you for your prayers. At this point the rain has slowed down here, there have even been periods of no rain, and the skies are starting to lighten, though still completely overcast. I have checked with several of our people, and Kh. Denise has checked with several more, and everyone seems to be OK […]
. . . build Him an arky arky!
The last 48 hours brought to mind that old Sunday School song which has the lyrics about Noah building God an arky arky and bringing in the animals by twosies twosies. We have been in the bullseye of Tropical Storm Fay for those many hours. The news media have called this a historic storm in […]
That believing you may have life
On another blog a comment was made about a church sign that says, “The Bible shows us a picture of who we really are.” It said that the picture that is showed is one of marauding, murdering, racist, and xenophobic people. And, actually, there is some truth to that evaluation. Jonah is recorded as so disliking the […]
Lowering the drinking age
A website reports an interesting story on how college presidents believe that it is time to lower the drinking age to the voting age. Apparently, college drinking tends towards binge drinking precisely because it is forbidden. Actually, this is not that strange. St. Paul warned us a long time ago that if we forbid something, there is […]
Church planting
I was talking to an old friend of mine tonight. — Yes, an old friend, he is retired now and was best man at my wedding 30 years ago. — He happens to be a church growth statistic geek. When he was young, he was involved in a college campus ministry. After that, he spent […]
Frank Schaeffer and Russia
Recently, a well know Orthodox writer, Frank Schaeffer, wrote an opinion blog on the invasion of Georgia by Russia. It was answered by a rather strong column by another blogger (warning, strong language used). In the article, Frank Schaeffer says: “As Russia sees it, Bill Clinton turned the American Air Force into air support for an Islamic […]
Top urban legends
Have you received the email about . . . ? All of us get e-mails forwarded from our friends. Many of them contain some story or other that either has a deep meaning, or tell an incredible story, or give us the truth behind some event. Unfortunately many of them are wrong. And, they are […]
Martha & Mary – the Gospel of the Dormition
Sometimes the lectionary reading chosen for a particular feast can give us an unexpected insight into what our Church Fathers thought was important. The reading for today’s Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos is one such reading. It was from Luke 10:38-42, the famous passage about Martha’s anger that Mary was listening to our […]
