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A silly visit from the “Easter Bunny” leads to a serious exposé of “Spring Celebration Customs”, the Bunny Basket, and the Pascha Basket — even Red Eggs — in this timely encore episode. The Orthodixie Podcast on Ancient Faith Radio. Thanks to sources: Fr John Matusiak, Fr Seraphim Holland, and St Raphael of Brooklyn. Read more

Could an ancient mystical path of inner transformation, most rigorously pursued and explored by monks and hermits, possibly bear much resemblance to what now seems to be establishing itself as the standard psychotherapeutic approach to living an effective and rational life? Would they not of necessity lie worlds apart, reflecting two different mindsets, one pre-modern and the other modern and indeed post-modern—one rational and secular, and the other mystical and sacred? As the first century Christian theologian Tertullian asked: “What... Read more

… CONFERENCE! Lunch, however, costs a little extra. More info on the Bright Week Bioethics Conference in Houston – HERE! Don’t miss out on the Banquet with Bishop Thomas, Cardinal DiNardo, and Dr Sloan! More details forthcoming! Co-sponsored by Houston Baptist University, Pope John Paul II Forum, University of St. Thomas, Orthodox Clergy Association of Southeast Texas, and Touchstone Magazine. Read more

Health Care in a Secular Culture:The Conscience of Physicians & Nurses at Risk Join us in Houston during Bright Week — just after Easter — Friday, April 29h and Saturday, April 30th: ORTHODOX: Dr H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr PROTESTANT: Dr C. Ben Mitchell ROMAN CATHOLIC: Dr Grattan T. Brown Also, invited to Friday evening’s banquet: ROMAN CATHOLIC: Daniel Cardinal DiNardo PROTESTANT: Dr. Robert B. Sloan, Jr. ORTHODOX: Bishop Thomas Schedule Register NOW! General registration is $50, Clergy registration is $30,... Read more

So I’m walking along this road the other day … When out comes this fellow, moseying along … Turns out there was three of them … And I’m walking back toward the lodge … Past the groovy little windmill … And the outdoor hot tub … And the big wooden fish … To the view from my window … Obviously, I’m being followed … Here, one leaves their shows at the door … The Eighth Annual St John the Baptist... Read more

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Okay, fine, I get it. Maybe that’s why I was found in church in my pajamas on Pascha night! But I still don’t get the appearance of Elton John, Lady GaGa, and … Carol O’Connor! Let’s think about this a sec– Elton was singing Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. In that song, I guess we could see that, like the movie, the Yellow Brick Road leads to Oz – a city of pure superficiality. All glittery, but very little substance –... Read more

“They could be the earliest Christian writing in existence, surviving almost 2,000 years in a Jordanian cave. They could, just possibly, change our understanding of how Jesus was crucified and resurrected, and how Christianity was born.” Mollie, over at Get Religion, dices up the annual “we found sump’m ’bout Jesus y’all don’t know” story. Several people forwarded me various news reports about this latest quackery. But a little poking around in the news stories’ ComBoxes led me, through a link,... Read more