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December 2024

December 13, 2024
Trials and tribulations are a part of life. We might wish they were not, especially...
December 12, 2024
Christian doctrine, and the tradition in which it is found, is important, but we must...
December 10, 2024
Over the weekend, I noticed more and more people are getting sick. At my local...
December 08, 2024
The mother of God, Mary,  a remarkable woman, was herself born of another remarkable woman,...
December 06, 2024
God created everything, making it all good. To be sure, it is not good in...
December 04, 2024
There is a story concerning St. John of Damascus indicating that his right hand had...
December 02, 2024
Not long after I was chrismated, one of my Orthodox contacts asked me what I...
December 01, 2024
The Jesus prayer, one of the more important meditative prayers of the Christian tradition, used...

November 2024

November 29, 2024
While Christians all have one and the same calling – that is, to be united...
November 27, 2024
It was not long after I was chrismated, becoming Byzantine Catholic, that I was in...
November 26, 2024
Extremes can destroy us. We can find many examples where something which is good loses...
November 24, 2024
Christians are called to peacemakers, but to do that, they must not confuse peacemaking with...
November 21, 2024
While we tend to think of Judas in hindsight, that is, as the one who...
November 19, 2024
One of the most frequent responses I have been given by many American Christians when...
November 18, 2024
Too many Catholics misunderstand the eucharist, not because they reject the real presence, but because...
November 17, 2024
It is impossible to study patristic theology, to study the teachings of the early church...
November 14, 2024
We are to look after and care for the living. Yes, we are to learn...
November 13, 2024
On the feast of St. John Chrysostom, it is important to remember the reasons why...
November 11, 2024
I’m not going to leave. I am not going to let myself be forced out....
November 10, 2024
The Apostle Paul, after being freed by grace from the chains of sin and the...
November 08, 2024
While faith and reason should go together, that should not mean we confuse what we...
November 06, 2024
I’m writing this, when it looks as if Trump is going to be the next...
November 04, 2024
Greed underlies many problems in the world today. Our system of government and economic engagement...
November 03, 2024
Even when we sin, when we embrace unlove instead of love, that sin leaves us...
November 01, 2024
God doesn’t want us to be mere servants; we should not think God as being...

October 2024

October 30, 2024
God made us not only to exist on our own, to live our lives and...
October 28, 2024
I have many concerns about the 2024 presidential election in the United States. I especially...
October 27, 2024
As the Christian faith is often presented as some sort of moralistic legalism, with God...
October 25, 2024
Discussing and explaining the Christian faith requires positive declarations, declarations which come out of and...
October 23, 2024
Eastern tradition says that James, the brother of the lord, is Jesus’ brother, not by...
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