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Moving on the AP Wire today is THIS STORY.Dixon was raised an Old Regular Baptist — an austere faith of the Southern Appalachians about as far from Orthodoxy as possible. His conversion began when he started learning, as an undergraduate at Marshall University, about the origins of Christianity. “I just assumed the Bible was always there somehow,” he says, laughing. “From 33 A.D., they were reading the King James Version.”Click the above link for the whole article. Read more

MOSCOW. Dec 26 (Interfax) – The unity of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) will be fully restored on May 17, 2007, on Ascension Day, Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, the Moscow Patriarchate’s chief spokesman, told journalists following a Synod session. Patriarch Alexy II and ROCOR Primate Metropolitan Laurus will sign the Act of Canonical Communion on this day, he said. The signing ceremony is to take place at the Christ the... Read more

“Her womb did appear as a spiritual paradise wherein is planted the divine plant whereof eating we shall live and not die as Adam.” This hymn honors the Feast, our struggle, our Mother, and our God. Fashioned from the side of the man, Adam, the mother of all the living, Eve, bore the fruit of death to all mankind. Fashioned within the womb of the woman — the New Eve — Mary bears the Fruit of Life to the same.... Read more

Sorry for the tardiness of comment approval and dearth of blog posts but, hey, Mama-n-em are fine; spent a week in the Ol’ North State. Now, as we were: Tar on the heel, back in the saddle … Read more

My age is the right age. At least that’s what one of my seminary profs taught: “My age is the right age, and it increases annually.” One of our Parish Ministry Teams consists of a group of ladies (occasionally a gent), along with a priest, who go together to call on those requesting a visit and/or the recently or terminally ill. On second glance, you must admit, that previous sentence is curiously — technically poorly — worded. Without a doubt,... Read more

The sense of a creeping Islamic fundamentalism is all around in Bethlehem.Source“There is no hope for the future of the Christian community,” he said. “We don’t think things are going to get better. For us, it is finished.” A mosque on one side of Manger Square stands directly opposite the Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches, while in the evening the muezzin’s call to prayer clashes with the peal of church bells. Shops selling Santa Claus outfits and mother-of-pearl statuettes... Read more

Parenting is all it’s cracked up to be … and more. Personally, it took having children to help me to begin to understand my own parents. And I believe it took the blessing of children for me to better understand God. Honestly, children have helped me to better understand myself. As a priest, I learn lots about the human condition. That human condition always includes parents. We all have them, some of us are them. Regardless, as I’m sure you... Read more

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That was the day, on the Western Calendar – St John of the Cross, that I was ordained priest in the Episcopal Church at St Mary’s Parish, Asheville, North Carolina. This photo post is in honour of the living and in memory of two dear friends who fell asleep in the Lord this year. This is a pic of me and God’s blessings, the women in my life: wife, mom, grandma. The pious practice was for the newly ordained to... Read more