Indeed, one lesson of history is that religious beliefs evolve in response to changing cultural attitudes. The transformation, in part, reflects altered interpretations of scripture and tradition. Some Faith Leaders Call Equality Act Devastating; For Others, It’s God’s Will, 10 March 2021 The quote above is from an article in an NPR story about The […]
Telling God what he already knows
Am I bothering You too much? I’m sorry. As the good book says… aaahh, why should I tell You what the Good Book says? Tevye speaking, Fiddler on the Roof, film, 1971 Tevye, in the movie, had the right of it, “why should I tell You what the Good Book says?’ I can remember in my younger […]
The last warrior standing wins
A brother asked Abba Sisoes, ‘What shall I do, abba, for I have fallen?’ The old man said to him, ‘Get up again.’ The brother said, ‘I have got up again, but I have fallen again.’ The old man said, ‘Get up again and again.’ So then the brother said, ‘How many times?’ The old […]
Excess is not the same as holiness
There is an old saying: “Excesses meet.” Too much fasting and too much eating come to the same end. Keeping too long a vigil brings the same disastrous cost as … sluggishness… Too much self-denial brings weakness and induces the same condition as carelessness. Often I have seen men who would not be snared by […]
Who are we really?
“If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart? During […]
I am not as tolerant as I would like to be
As with many people in the USA, I like to think of myself as a person who responds graciously to others. My self-image of a priest may be based more on old Bing Crosby movies in which he played a priest than in the reality I experience. My behavior is certainly not as based on […]
The danger of memés and inspirational quotes
Memés have become a favorite way to communicate on social media along with the short spicy tweet. But, that creates a problem. To reduce a complex problem to a 160-word summary almost always leads to a misrepresentation of the problem. And, that representation is always in favor of a position in which you believe and […]
Becoming a monster: on culture wars
I am only very slowly beginning to understand why throughout the entire Scriptures and in Holy Tradition there is a warning about how you ought to relate to other people. Though I do not agree on most things with Nietzsche, yet I am coming to heartily agree with the quote below. Wer mit Ungeheuern kämpft, […]
Another abortion anniversary 2021
Forty-eight years ago the Roe v Wade decision was handed down by the Supreme Court. Another anniversary has come. Most people do not realize that the State of Texas did not forbid all abortions back then, it only forbade elective abortions. Therapeutic abortions were permitted, as life-threatening complications, such as an ectopic pregnancy could arise. […]
Non-Christians speaking truth, second installment
God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. They know […]
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