I have noticed that it is getting longer and longer between posts. I am not sure whether this reflects how busy I am or whether this reflects the fact that talk means nothing nowadays. We live in a world in which a foreign power can insinuate itself … [Continue reading]
Madness in Las Vegas
Fifty-eight people dead, hundreds wounded. Another tragedy in America. The news media is already having a field day. You can already go to the various news sites and see multiple stories all saying the same thing. We really do not know anything yet, … [Continue reading]
The Passion of the Chaplain
Today several of us chaplains were having lunch together during class break. We are all taking a Clinical Pastoral Education class sponsored by one of the Veterans Affairs medical centers. You are probably not aware that the Department of Veterans … [Continue reading]
Russia, fake news, and fallout
In a post on Facebook® based on a story from CBS News called, "How Russia-linked groups used Facebook to meddle in 2016 elections," I said: The sad part of this story is just how many people preferred to believe these stories while putting down … [Continue reading]
Three simple things
I like the sayings of the Desert Fathers (and Mothers), sometimes they are complex and sometimes they are simple. The one from today is simple. "These three things God requires of all the baptized: right faith in the heart, truth on the tongue, … [Continue reading]
“Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice” is a recipe for bloodshed
“I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!” -- Barry Goldwater, Republican convention acceptance speech. Most of you will remember this … [Continue reading]
The alt-Right and Antifa
"They started by rationalizing Trump. They ended by rationalizing slavery." -- Bill Kristol Actually, it goes back farther than that. Beginning in the 1980's, with Willie Horton and Welfare Queens, conservatives began to send out a coded message … [Continue reading]
Dormition of the Theotokos icon
Dormition of the Theotokos Lyuba Yatskiv (Ukraine) I really like this icon. As is to be expected, all the apostles are mourning her passing. And why not? Scripture lists her as among the people present during the first Baptism of the Holy Spirit … [Continue reading]
The First Rule of Fight Club
Fight Club Watercolor by theonlybriman47 on DeviantArt "The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club." -- from the movie Fight Club Both the conservatives … [Continue reading]
Poetry, a neglected part of Christianity
Tomorrow is the Feast of the Dormition of Virgin Mary (of the Theotokos). But, this post is not so much about the Dormition as about the poetry associated with the Dormition. It is an Eastern tradition to sing three sets of Lamentations about the … [Continue reading]
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