24th Sunday after PentecostSubmission to the logic of Love will lead you to change your life; but is there something you’d rather be doing than the will of the omniscient and all-loving God?Ephesians 2: 14-22St. Luke 8: 5-15Unity: a source of peace … [Continue reading]
Homily – Christian Citizenship
October 31, 2010 By
Apostle and Evangelist Luke We should approach our civic obligations the same way we approach all our actions: as opportunities to exercise Christian virtue. We must also resist the temptation to let politics become our religion and government our … [Continue reading]
Homily – The Battle for Creation
October 17, 2010 By
21st Sunday after PentecostGalatians 2: 16-20St. Luke 6: 31-36It is time to leave the barracks and join the battle.God did not come into the world to preserve what He found: He came to change it. He did not establish His Church to reinforce the … [Continue reading]
Orthodoxy, the Battle, and Poverty
October 17, 2010 By
Orthoanalytika show: 20101017I’m postponing the “Orthodoxy and ETL” for yet another show - forgive me!The Battle for CreationLuke 6:31-36 (New King James Version)And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise.“But if you love … [Continue reading]
An Orthodox Christian Statement on Poverty
October 17, 2010 By
Orthodoxy and PovertyWe are all called to work, and we are all called to prayer and almsgiving for the poor (just as we are all called to exhibit every virtue, regardless of “status”).“There are two moral motives of labour: work to sustain oneself … [Continue reading]
Homily – A Funeral Sermon
October 10, 2010 By
A Funeral Homily Thessalonians 4: 13-17 St. John 5: 24-30 (His Eminence, Archbishop Antony gave the homily this week, so I offer this funeral homily (given 10/15)). Unity in Love, Now and Forever. This is my opportunity to give you some perspective … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
Orthodoxy – The Stream between the Extremes
October 5, 2010 By
[This talk was given as part of Diversity Week at the University of Rhode Island. Chaplains of different faiths gave talks on this same theme.]IntroductionThe main point of my remarks today is this: people make a huge and tragic mistake when they … [Continue reading]
Homily – The Disease
October 3, 2010 By
The Sunday after the Exaltation2 Corinthians 11:31-12:9St. Mark 8:34-9:1A Superbug is destroying mankind. Will you do what it takes to survive?I do not know how closely you follow the news, but there is a serious disease that is wreaking havoc … [Continue reading]
