Shownotes. Click to Listen. A bit late getting this podcast published. I blame the computer malfunctions that led to a loss of Friday’s work! Happy (belated) St. Vladimir/Volodymyr Day. This is a wonderful reminder that things can change, that benighted nations can find enlightenment, and that Christ really does work in a fallen world. Local […]
20110617 Politics, the Paranormal, and Imagining Vain Things
June 17, 2011 By
Listen to the Show20110617 OrthoAnalytika ShownotesLocal News (to include consumer news):A great new product that is changing the world (it has already changed my life): CVS Poison Ivy Cleansing Scrub. Technu was good – it kept it from spreading as much as it might have. Drying lotions and cooling sprays are good, but really just […]
20110517 Uploading Minds, Bin Laden, and Death
May 16, 2011 By
Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! It is such a joy to be back in the OrthoAnalytika studio (which, by the way has moved again… this time into a dedicated man-cave in the attic). Today, we are testing a new format: I have created a new podcast (OrthoAdoration) for sharing the sounds of worship […]
20110304 Lent, News, and Evangelizing Moral Therapeutic Deists
March 3, 2011 By
The USB Symbol: a Sign of Ukrainian Orthodoxy’s Global Influence!!! Shownotes for 20110221Lesson: Lenten Epistle of the Permanent Conference of Ukrainian Orthodox Bishops beyond the Borders of Ukraine [Musical Interlude is the Lenten Prokimen “Turn not away Thy Face”, available here by St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in San Anselmo, CA.] Mail Call:Question from a new reader/listener: Why doesn’t […]
20110221 The Ontology of Evil
February 18, 2011 By
Shownotes for 20110221Lesson:Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron… But reject profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise yourself toward godliness. For bodily exercise profits […]
20110128 The Sacramental Ontology of Beauty
January 28, 2011 By
CLICK HERE FOR THE MP3Opening Lesson:“Beauty will save the world.” Prince Myshkin (recounted by Hippolyte) in Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s The Idiot.One of the things that leads truly rational and open-minded people to reject pure materialism and atheism is their superficial and patently absurd explanation of the many blessings that flow into creation from her uncreated Creator. […]
20110105 Christian Orienteering, News, and an Interview with a New Priest
January 5, 2011 By
Shownotes for 20100105 Show (click here to download) Homily on the Reading of the Names and the Birth of Christ (St. Matthew 1) Three points: what we are to do with all these names; the standard of evaluation; and the place of Christ in all this. 1. Ancestors – the reading of the names. Why […]
20101202 Armor of God and Lots of News
December 2, 2010 By
Shownotes for 20101203 Lesson: Ephesians 6:11. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. Review of last week. Angels are powerful and awesome, but do not cling to the glory due them. Their glory is trumped by their humility. Their humility is not […]
UFOs, Jersey Shore, and Freedom
November 9, 2010 By
Orthoanalytika show: 20101109 +++ Lesson: Nothing Need Divide Us Ephesians 2:14-22; St. Luke 16: 19-31 Unity: a source of peace and joyBoth readings reinforce the consistent message of the Gospel: there are no divisions in love. Pride, meanness, apathy, lust, addiction, greed, jealousy… these things pull us apart; and while they are easy and […]
The Disease, an Interview with an Ordinand, Paranormal News, and Orthodox Extremism
October 7, 2010 By
Orthoanalytika show: 20101007 The Disease I do not know how closely you follow the news, but there is a serious disease that is wreaking havoc throughout the world. It is destroying people, eating at them from the inside. This disease manifests itself in different ways. In fact, it probably has as many different symptoms […]
