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I’m pretty agnostic about this one … Thanks to Ron Ford. Read more

That’s the premise of this week’s Orthodixie Podcast: A priest, married with children, quits — just walks away from the ministry. Why? Thanks to all the listeners who sent in suggestions. Y’all will be sent a free download of the new audio version of the book We Came, We Saw, We Converted — The Lighter Side of Orthodoxy in America. FYI, the podcast features song snips from the Beatles, George Jones, Jackson 5, Bob Marley, Ray Parker Jr, Sam Cooke,... Read more

“Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.” — C.S. Lewis, born November 29, 1898 Source Image Source Read more

The wife and I touched down in the City by the Bay at lunchtime on Saturday, November 20th. It was a long shot — but, as it was only a week away from our 23rd wedding anniversary [today], I’d asked our host to forgo the speaking stipend in lieu of extra plane fare and a hotel room. We landed here. The Hotel Griffon (highly recommended). The view of the Bay Bridge from our hotel room! After an anniversary lunch at... Read more

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The 2010 contest deadline has been extended. Send your ideas in now, regarding THIS, before it’s too late. Meanwhile, here’s last year’s “listener supported” Orthodixie Thanksgiving Podcast. Enjoy! Most stories about the history of Thanksgiving concern the harvest celebration of the pilgrims and the Indians that took place way back in the autumn of 1621. The one I’m revisiting concerns the Thanksgiving of 2012. It involves a Russian deacon, an Antiochian priest, a Greek layman, an Episcopalian laywoman, a Roman... Read more

Thanks to all who have participated thus far in the annual Orthodixie Podcast writing exercise! But, while traveling in San Francisco today, I accidentally hit a button on my BlackBerry which deleted several emails for the contest. Pics and thoughts of trip to San Francisco — Joy of All Who Sorrow Cathedral (ROCOR), Holy Trinity Cathedral (OCA), Holy Trinity Church (GOA), St John’s Academy Gala, and St Tikhon’s Chapel / St John Maximovitch’s Apartment — forthcoming. BUT: Please, if you... Read more

Last year around Thanksgiving, the Orthodixie Podcast took a serious turn with: Thanksgiving: The Eighth Ecumenical Campfire. The Blurb: “A Roman Catholic Priest, two Orthodox clergymen, a Baptist boy and an Episcopalian gal, along with a Greek layman — unexpectedly — share a Thanksgiving campfire. What do you think happens?” Having set the storyline, I solicited listeners’ ideas for the follow-up: Thanksgiving: The Eighth Ecumenical Campfire – Part 2. That episode, Part 2, was written almost entirely by AFR listeners.... Read more

On Sunday, November 14th, His Grace, Bishop BASIL visited St Joseph Church, Houston. Uh oh.Sayidna’s mitre is missing and, in hopes of jogging the memories of the gathered faithful, he says: “It’s like a Byzantine Crown, making me look about yay high.” The bishop points toward the north door of the altar and asks the congregation if they have seen anyone leave that door with his mitre? Alas. No one fesses up. The clergy in the altar go into hiding.... Read more