Father Orthoduck flies south for the winter. Many years ago, when he flew south to one of the Andean countries, he ran across some British missionaries who told him about Oxfam. What is Oxfam? Well, from their website: Oxfam International is a confederation of 13 like-minded organizations working together and with partners and allies around […]
On us and popular religiosity
When I was a missionary with the Anglican Church, we prided ourselves on having a “rational” faith. Now, rational did not mean that there were no mystical elements to what we believed. Neither did it mean that we had figured out all mysteries. Neither did it mean that we had no traditions, rather we prided […]
On Thanksgiving and popular religiosity
Well, yesterday Father Orthoduckâ„¢ gave a real-life example of the negative side of popular religiosity, that is, he showed how our popular religiosity with regards to ex-cons actually contradicts and goes against both our official religiosity and even what we declare and believe about ourselves as Christians. In fact, when most people think about popular […]
On recidivism and our responsibility
Father Orthoduck recently received a note in which a person commented on the problems that an ex-con faces, and there is significant truth in what that person said. The problem is an offshoot of the popular religiosity subject which Fr. Obregón is beginning to discuss on his Orthocuban posts. In the USA officially we believe […]
What is popular religiosity?
OK, so what is popular religiosity and why is it important that we know what it is? Well, first let me print a couple of quotes that will help you begin to understand it. You need not read the quotes to understand the posts that will come out after this one. [Warning: the quotes are heavy going.] Today I am […]
On children raised as Christians
Recently Fr. Orthohippo posted: An evangelical is slow to understand how a person could know God (including Jesus) from birth, even if they lapse and leave their faith for a time, and return later. A Catholic or Orthodox wonders how an evangelical can ignore the wisdom and history of the Church and insist on individual […]
Why I don’t go to church – excuse 103
Father Orthoduck saw this cartoon today and thought that it expressed very nicely some people’s thought pattern. This is the famous, “I don’t think of God until I am in trouble” thought pattern. And, if God does not answer the prayer, then they take that as proof that God does not really care. A variation […]
What the second professor taught me
Yesterday, I wrote about the influence of one of my seminary professors on my life, and the lessons I learned from him, both about being logical and about knowing the limits of human logic. Today I want to talk about the second professor, Dr. Jerry Flora. He was raised as a good Brethren believer and […]
Good commentary on failing newspapers
Father Orthoduck found the above comic to be a most apt commentary on why newspapers fail. There are even good statistics showing the effects of the newspaper sensationalization of the news on the average person in America. For instance, ask yourself, are you more likely to get murdered or raped or burglared today or twenty years ago? Most […]
A tale of two professors
The first seminary I ever attended deeply formed me. [Yes, I have attended more than one seminary.] That seminary was Ashland Theological Seminary in Ashland, OH. There were professors there that I still remember to this day. And, there was an attitude there that I wish to this day that I could replicate in my life. […]
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