Working in northern Iraq’s Kurdish region day and night to help meet the needs of people displaced by the threats and violence of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Mosul and other areas, members of an Iraqi ministry team recently came into contact with a colonel from the Kurdish forces battling ISIS. The colonel was serving […]
The Kinds of Spiritual Formation
by Fr. John A. Peck There are different kinds of spiritual formation, but these are related not to a different spirituality for each, but differing degrees and intensities focused on. Just a reminder, from the last article, formation is what trains and allows us to understand and recognize the culture of the Kingdom of heaven. That is […]
The Best Church For American Christianity In Exile
By Rod Dreher Carl Trueman states plainly what many of us American Christians see: that we are living through the sending of the Church into internal exile. Excerpt: We live in a time of exile. At least those of us do who hold to traditional Christian beliefs. The strident rhetoric of scientism has made belief in the […]
The See-Thru Window
I’ve been a fan of Alton Brown since his “Romancing the Bird” episode of Good Eats. I doubled my respect for him when I saw him wear a kilt and do an episode on making haggis. He is one of the most creative, celebrated and recognizable faces on the Food TV Network. (Remember, She-who-must-be-obeyed is […]
Formed In The Tradition
by Fr. Stephen Freeman Thinking of raising Christian children (in the light of St. Silouan’s family experience), I offer these few thoughts. The Nativity season offers many opportunities for families to be guided by Holy Tradition – just as we are also swamped by the distorting demands of commercial culture. May God guard our children […]
A Christian’s Perpetual Battle
By Archimandrite Luka of Dajbabe (+ February 8, 2013) I think that if a Christian tells himself that he’s a contemporary Christian, he’s already losing the battle. He should remember that he’s a CHRISTIAN, and that he is carrying on the same battle that has been going on for two thousand years – the battle […]
Muslims Slaughter Over 70 Christians In Nigeria – Media Silent
The more the West ignores jihad, the higher the body count. Suspected Muslim herdsmen slaughtered 37 Christians in coordinated attacks on four Plateau state villages early this morning after Boko Haram terrorists killed at least 34 Christians in Borno state earlier this month, sources said. In attacks on the four predominantly Christian villages that started […]
Met. Hilarion Calls for Prophetic Witness Against Radical Islamism, Militant Secularism
by Nathaniel Torrey Addressing the World Council of Churches (WCC) this past Friday, Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev, the public face of the Russian Orthodox Church, says the continued relevance and existence of the WCC depends on how effectively it addresses challenges facing Christians throughout the world. He identifies two major challenges: militant secularism and radical […]
Gun Control & Genocide
Down through history, governments have disarmed their citizens only to tyrannize those citizens once they were disarmed.
Not So Fast: The Real Divorce Rate Among Christians
Turns out faithful Christians have a much lower instance of divorce, which I’ve said for years. The facts now back me up. Of course, Orthodox Christians, again, escape detection, but I suspect that the figures would be similar based on one’s practices. Note: FactChecker is a monthly series in which Glenn T. Stanton examines claims, […]