No, there is no such thing as the Appalachian Orthodox Church. However, there are people that have considered what an Orthodox hymn would sound like that follows the tonal rules but has Appalachian harmonies. About a year ago, I posted a “Christ is Risen” sung to those harmonies. Today, I am posting a megalynarion sung […]

  Comment 1: “Those who live by the sword, die by the sword.” A recent article commented, “And he [Trump] was able to exploit their resentments and frustrations because those same Republican leaders had been nurturing those feelings for years with attacks on Mr. Obama, Democrats, illegal immigrants and others.” Part of the establishment Republican […]

We have a fallacy in this country about small businesses. We love to speak about small businesses as the avenue to new job growth. We speak about small businesses as though the people involved were these independent self-sufficient people who have built their businesses without any help. But, that is very far from the truth. […]

For Lent I have been reading a book from several years ago titled, “Everyday Saints and Other Stories.” Without going into the backstory, there is a passage that records a happening at a Russian monastery during Soviet rule. “When the order came to close the monastery caves, Father Alipius ordered the keeper of the keys: […]

“And, so it begins,” as the saying goes. We begin Holy Week. “Behold the Bridegroom!” But, the Bridegroom is not dressed in clothes of fine linen. Rather, the Bridegroom is dressed in bloody clothes, holding the false hyssop scepter in his hands. We are reminded that, in his first coming, many of the virgins were […]

In the world of medicine, there are many abnormalities that cause one to think deeply about theology. Among the most difficult of them are the genetic abnormalities associated with pregnancy and birth. They are difficult for Christians because they remind us that we need to be careful about how we word our theologies and make […]

No, this is not a theological post. The headline literally says what it means. While this is a photograph from a few years ago, my mother still looks pretty much the same, but a little thinner and grayer hair. In five days, mother turns 92 years old. She made the decision to come live with […]

Well, after my website being down for nearly a month; we are back!!!! So, what happened? Well, the web is increasingly going toward having to use SSL to connect to websites that want to have a good reputation with ranking services, such as Google, etc. The reason is for increased security. So, being a bit […]

Today is the Sunday of Saint Gregory Palamas among the Orthodox. Imagine my surprise when I found an article in a sci-fi magazine that was written by a Christian. You can find it here. In it I found the following quote: “And while it makes perfect sense that the love of a god (let alone […]