Father Orthoduck can remember being a duckling and watching anxiously as now-Senator John Glenn orbited the Earth in Friendship 7 on 20 February 1962. At that point Father Orthoduck was still an immigrant duckling having arrived in the USA only 13 months before. He can remember the great wonder he felt when he watched those […]
Why do the Orthodox not use instruments in worship? Part 05
Father Orthoduck is happy to present a well-considered answer from another Orthodox reader, Mr. Nathan Speir. He is a chanter at my Orthodox parish, has a Bachelor of Music degree, and is also an instrumental composer. So, he is not against musical instruments, per se, but does consider that instruments do not belong in worship. […]
Happy Bastille Day 2009
Father Orthoduck wishes to throw a shout out to the French. Happy Fête de la Fédération. The Storming of the Bastille in Paris occurred on 14 July, 1789. The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the center of Paris. While the prison only contained seven prisoners at […]
For the Russian Orthodox among us
You mean the great O listens?
The headline reads, WHITE HOUSE MAY CAVE ON PUBLIC OPTION However, if you click on the link, you will find that it goes to a rather sedate Wall Street Journal article which has a different headline. The headline on that article is quite different. In fact, that article is a rather humdrum article that says […]
We need Osama to attack again?
To say that Father Orthoduck is somewhat surprised by this interview on CNN would be an understatement. Is this analyst really saying that we need Osama bin Laden to attack us again so that we will wake up and take stronger security measure than the ones we already have taken? Father Orthoduck is thoroughly hoping […]
The Lost Art of Righteousness – Fr. Orthohippo
Fr. Orthohippo recently posted the below on his post. It is a good analysis about the masks the self-righteousness bears. It was interesting to Father Orthoduck that conventionality is one of the better masks worn by the Pharisee. ==================== “Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail […]
Second Amendment pumpkin chuckin
Father Orthoduck wishes to contribute this video to the Second Amendment discussion on one of Father Ernesto’s posts. This is a video of the Second Amendment, the world champion pumpkin chucking gun for several years running. Last that Father Orthoduck read they had not yet reached the one mile mark in chucking that pumpkin, but […]
Fr. Orthohippo runs 4 July contest
My friend Father Orthohippo is running a 4th of July contest. He asked me to reproduce it below. I have disabled comments on this post because it does no good to post your answer here. You have to click on his name, at the beginning of this paragraph, and go to the website to enter the […]
On designing your own religion
Father Orthoduck was quite amused to have the comic above published on the same day as the latest commentary by Terry Mattingly on church trends. In his blog he comments: Today’s megachurches offer members new options. Grandmother may attend a service with hymns or — as Baby Boomers turn 60something — folk music or soft […]
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