The number of law enforcement officers shot to death in the line of duty rose more than 50% last year, according to the Washington-based National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. – CNN article Two police officers have been killed … [Continue reading]
Accusations of dishonesty are often inappropriate
I suspect that many of us have been part of accusing someone else of drawing conclusions simply because they are followers of or members of [fill in the blank]. There are times when it is legitimate to say such. But, if we are honest, most of the … [Continue reading]
When we lose our boundaries in our church advertising
Notice that the date of this event is on Easter Sunday. When interviewed, the pastor of this congregation claims that this comes from the verse in Hebrews that says to “strip off” everything that entangles us and keeps us from getting closer to … [Continue reading]
Guess who is not in charge?
“Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew that those jobs needed doing and so … [Continue reading]
An unexpected materialism in some Orthodoxy
“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” -- C.S. Lewis “A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.” -- C.S. Lewis In some quarters of Christianity … [Continue reading]
C.S. Lewis as a Lenten meditation
This Lent, I have been using C.S. Lewis’ book Mere Christianity as a way of self-examination. Why C.S. Lewis? Why not an Orthodox classic, such as the The Philokalia of the Niptic Fathers or another one such as The Ladder of Divine Ascent? Well, for … [Continue reading]
Totalitarianism or Individualism? Neither one!
Christianity thinks of human individuals not as mere members of a group or items in a list, but as organs in a body—different from one another and each contributing what no other could. When you find yourself wanting to turn your children, … [Continue reading]
Troublesome thought
This will be a very short post. But, it is something that has been on my mind lately. And, it has to do with both political parties. Both political parties are driving us into very dangerous ground. Why do I say so? Well, in the last few days, I … [Continue reading]
Saint Ambrose on temptation
The devil does not have only one weapon. He uses many different means to defeat human beings: now with bribery, now with boredom, now with greed he attacks, inflicting mental and physical wounds equally. The kind of temptation varies with the … [Continue reading]
Consent is not everything
With the movie Fifty Shades of Grey coming out, everyone is talking about it. I have reached my ad nauseam point. So, why am I mentioning it? Well, over on Internetmonk.com, a wonderful article on consent was written by Damaris Zehner. She makes the … [Continue reading]
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