I can say with confidence that when it comes to church, we don’t want cool as much as we want real.
Restoring The Resurrection Gospel To The Orthodox Parish
by Fr. John A. Peck When we prepare to preach the Gospel, the Orthodox priest is almost certainly hogtied by one weakness – the Orthodox lectionary calls for the Resurrectional Gospels to NOT be read during Sunday Divine Liturgy, the only service most of his parishioners are going to attend. The problem, of course (for […]
Samson and Soteriology
by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon For why Samson is included among the Bible’s heroes, see the article The Bible’s Ultimate Party Boy. Among Old Testament “types,” Samson arguably provided the most memorable example of a man who gave his life for the people. When he brought down the roof of the pagan temple on both […]
The Theological Necessity for Humor
by David Athey Obviously not all humor or laughing is good or holy or brings good to our souls, but laughing at ourselves – that’s a winner. In a collection of essays called “Holy Laughter”, Conrad Hyers says, “A common trait of dictators, revolutionaries, and ecclesiastical authoritarians alike is the refusal to laugh at themselves […]
Private Sector Jesus
By Johnnie Moore I believe, like the singer Bono, that the solution to poverty throughout the world is Free Enterprise. Often, Christianity allows its enemies to define early Christianity – even the Lord Jesus – as socialists or communists. Would Jesus be what we call today a ‘socialist’ or ‘capitalist.’ (Let’s leave aside ‘communalism’ and […]
It’s Red Wings Season
In the Peck household, October means many things, but mostly it means Red Wings season. Yes, I know – it is officially hockey season, but hockey means Detroit Red Wings here. My wife, She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed (Quae-pararenda-est*), has always been a hockey fan. We often went to see the MSU Spartans while we were in college together.
A New Generation Of Orthodox
With the Cross of Jesus going on before… “A new generation has grown on the spiritual ruins of Orthodoxy, and it’s impossible today to preach Christ just by appealing to the tradition and inherited memory. We need to make specific missionary efforts. The Church’s goal is to make an impact on people. This goal is […]
IOCC Expands Effort to Address Growing Food Needs in Greece
$1 Million Challenge Grant Announced by the Jaharis Family Foundation Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — The Jaharis Family Foundation, Inc. announced a $1 million Challenge Grant to International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) toward the expansion of its program to address the need for sustainable access to safe and nutritious food facing a rising number of people […]
On Fornication (It’s Still A Sin)
by Fr. Lawrence Farley It is still and forever a sin, but just as important, it destroys the soul. Our present secular culture has fixed a great gap between people of my generation (i.e. those from the Jurassic period) and modern young people. And this gap is most easily observed when looking at our divergent […]
What is “The Lukan Jump?”
By Archbishop Peter (L’Huiller) The Archbishop of New York and New Jersey in the Orthodox Church in America, Archbishop Peter was a renown expert in Canon Law, the Typikon, and Liturgical tradition. In this short article, he explains what exactly the “Lukan Jump” is, and why the Orthodox calendars of Scripture reading continue to include […]