I think people sometimes over think Orthodoxy. There is so much depth and richness to it that it can become, by its sheer volume of content, an ocean of esoterica even to the point of distraction. Be, as best you can, like Jesus and you will be Orthodox even if you’ve never read “The Rudder”.
Beyond depth…
A Priest of the Orthodox Church and his wife lost their daughter today just weeks after they buried a granddaughter. I cannot imagine the depth of grief that must be within them. There are no words…
May God fill the anguished silence with Himself.
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I'm thinking…
it’s January, the temperature is dropping, and night has already arrived before 6 pm.
Time to write
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This is true…
Whatever happens it is still going to be 2010 anno domini, the year of our Lord.
That makes all the difference.
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This is not a joke…
A Danish newspaper declares that President Obama is “greater then Jesus”.
I guess 2009 can’t end soon enough…
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It's a strange world…
My Facebook page had, as part of its rotating series of ads, an advertisement for a men’s waxing service including a “brazilian” wax. I googled it just because while I had heard of waxing this was the first time I had heard of this particular form.
The struggle for beauty is often bizarre.
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The sleet…
is already starting to fall, lightly now but with great fury in a few hours. They say up to 20 inches of snow will fall with rain and frozen ice mixed in. The world will go still for Christmas whether it wants to or not.
Nativity services at St. Elias have been cancelled, a victim of what will come. I had been hoping everything would move south or north but the center of the storm is bearing down on us and even leaving the house looks like it will be a chore. I am at once comfortable with the idea that the people of St. Elias will at least be safe in their homes and disappointed that this evening will pass us by. I mark my years by Christmases and absent a Liturgy the evening seems, well, absent.
Yet all is in God’s hands. There is much I don’t understand but this I do.
If I don’t get back to writing for a few days know that I will be out with the snowblower, cutting a hole in the snow even as it continues to fall and filling the air with its distinct and comforting note. Be blessed this Christmas and may it’s Gift be in your heart always.
Christ is born! Glorify Him!
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Memory Eternal…
It has been reported that his Eminence, Archbishop Job, of the OCA Diocese of the Midwest unexpectedly fell asleep in the Lord this morning.
May his memory be eternal.
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It's things like this…
that reaffirm my doubts about capital punishment. Had this man been sentenced to death…
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PC greeting for the season…
Please accept with no obligation, implied or explicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all. I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2010, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great. Not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country nor the only America in the Western Hemisphere. Also, this wish is made without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee.
Hat Tip to Mr. Baltz.
