I like this cartoon. Sadly, it says what is all too common. In most of the First World countries, the fable has taken hold that we can do whatever we wish, and God will forgive it. We are like the people in the bar who begin to drink and drink and begin to misbehave. And, […]
On wounds borne for us
Father Orthoduck has seen the feet of more than one ballet dancer. And, what is said in this comic is accurate. The long-term ballet dancer does develop hammer-toes, calluses, etc. They also regularly fight blisters, stress fractures, damaged tendons and so on. Most people are aware of the many hours that a ballet dancer spends […]
John has a demon; Jesus is a winebibber
St. Luke 7:33-35 — For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, “He has a demon.” The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, “Look, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!” But wisdom is justified by all her children. […]
Michael Vick redux
Just last May, Fr. Ernesto ran a series on penology in the USA. As part of that series he pointed out our tendency to never forgive or forget what a criminal has done. In fact, part of the problem of rehabilitation is our USA tendency to “speak with forked tongues.” Ask any good conservative Christian, […]
Forcing yourself to run the race, part 03
Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure. We get so caught up in our […]
Forcing yourself to run the race, part 02
Sometimes we are so busy disagreeing with one another that we forget how often we give very similar sounding advice or how often we handle a given situation in very similar ways. I have before argued for the Orthodox view of faith and works, but this time, I would rather look at how often we […]
Forcing yourself to run the race, part 01
One of the problems with a certain type of Christian theology is that it is so afraid that we might try to earn our salvation that it essentially destroys growing in holiness. At the other end is a certain type of Christian theology that almost measures its every act to see whether the person is […]
A year and a day
Today I had one of those sad duties that priests have to do every so often. I was present in a courtroom to watch someone being sentenced to one year and one day in jail after violating his probation. He is forty-some years old and I was sitting next to his 75 year old mother. […]
Mark Sanford and the Religious Right
Warning, warning, warning, the following quote is from a quite liberal commentator. Read it with that understanding. June 26, 2009 | Whenever the latest Republican politician is caught with his zipper undone, a predictable moment of introspection on the right inevitably ensues. Pundits, bloggers and perplexed citizens ruminate over the lessons they have learned, again […]
Susan Pevensie and salvation
Have you ever had a fictional character so stick in your mind that you keep returning to that character? Obviously the characters in the C.S. Lewis series, The Chronicles of Narnia, are such characters. But, among them stands one character that makes me ache when I think of her. Who is she? Susan Pevensie, Queen […]
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