you want to love and be loved but to find someone to teach you how requires wading through a world of rock stars, pornographers, and people as clueless as yourself. Under their twisted supervision earnest seekers become victims and then victimizers as everyone is doing what the movies, songs, and buddies tell them they're supposed … Continue reading When You’re a Young Man…
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Looking for Light
There are dark things happening in the world. As much as I try, for the sake of my soul, to keep the news at arm's length, it finds a way in. Its hard to watch cameras sharing scenes of violence, especially knowing they're doing it mostly to keep your eyes glued to the screen for … Continue reading Looking for Light
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On Faith and Longevity…
another study on the positive link between faith and longevity. Indeed we are, sometimes despite our best efforts to deny it, spiritual down to our bones.
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A Brief Thought on Heaven…
A life beyond this and the understanding of "more" is instinct to humans. If we don't accept the options already revealed we will create ones that suit us because we truly do have a sense of eternity within. John Lennon sang "Imagine there's no heaven..." and then spent the rest of the song describing his … Continue reading A Brief Thought on Heaven…
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On the Body and Funerals…
In my family I am alone as an Orthodox Christian Priest and I wonder, at times, what that must be like for all of them as they try to understand why I am what I am and believe as I do. There's really very few categories in our common world where Orthodox Christian Faith fits, … Continue reading On the Body and Funerals…
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All Earthly Cares…
To realize that your cares are earthly, and that they will not and cannot accompany you into eternity is already a revelation. “Dust you are, and to dust you return” the priest will pronounce at your burial. All that is earthly shall remain in the earth. That includes cares you consider so momentous that your entire focus … Continue reading All Earthly Cares…
The Beautiful Path 