OrthoAnalyika Shownotes: 27 September 2009 Note: be sure to subscribe to the podcast. 2 Corinthians 4: 6 - 15 & St. Matthew 22: 35 - 46 For the first part, go here. The second part was an interview with Fr. Dn. Borislav Kroner. For the … [Continue reading]
Feasting, Equilibria, and Afghanistan
OrthoAnalyika Shownotes: 13 September 2009 Note: be sure to subscribe to the podcast. 2 Corinthians 1: 21-2:4 & St. Matthew 22: 1 - 14 Stories are one of the ways that we preserve our culture; they help remind us of who we are, where we … [Continue reading]
No Logic without Love
OrthoAnalyika Shownotes: 6 September 2009 Note: be sure to subscribe to the podcast. 1 Corinthians 16: 13-24; St. Matthew 21: 33-42 [Then Jesus spoke this parable]: There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around … [Continue reading]
Believing in Vain, Movies, Vestigial Communitarianism
OrthoAnalyika Shownotes: 30 August 2009 Note: be sure to subscribe to the podcast. 1 Corinthians 15: 1-11 St. Matthew 19: 16-26 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you … [Continue reading]
Principles and Nostalgia
OrthoAnalyika Shownotes: 23 August 2009 Note: be sure to subscribe to the podcast. 1 Corinthians 9: 2-12; St. Matthew 18: 23-35 If I am not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. My … [Continue reading]
Bishops, Health Care, and a Missionary
OrthoAnalyika Shownotes: 16 August 2009 Note: be sure to subscribe to the podcast. Homily1 Corinthians 4: 9-16 ; St. Matthew 17: 14 - 23 For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men condemned to death; for we have been made a … [Continue reading]
Temples, the Three Little Pigs, and Birthers
OrthoAnalyika Shownotes: 09 August 2009 Note: be sure to subscribe to the podcast. For the last few weeks, St. Paul has been using the image of the Body to help us understand our relationship with Christ and one another. When we imagine the Church … [Continue reading]
A Quick Post
Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! I am slowly getting back into a regular groove. Much of this involves cleaning up/filing all the piles of books, papers, service materials, etc. that have been growing around my office chair and in the parish … [Continue reading]
More Thoughts on American Orthodox Church Unity
I have gone back and edited the most recent podcast (20090405_Mary.mp3) to take out the commentary on His Beatitude Mp Jonah’s talk. Unfortunately, I should have edited it beforehand. I was trying to make the point that many Ukrainians would be … [Continue reading]
Some thoughts on death, community, love, and funerals
As persons made according to God’s love, we were made to live in community. So it is natural for us to provide mutual support to one another through hard times. When one of us is sick, we visit them. When one of us is grieving, we console them. We … [Continue reading]