Pandemic Ponderings Pascha—One Year Later
During the pandemic, I have often heard people refer to this as “a crazy time.” Or they say that we are living in “a crazy world” now. Others refer to the pandemic in general as “all this craziness.” ...
Reflections in Christ
For Thine is the Kin-dom?
Several times a week I drive past a certain church, and recently I was moved by curiosity to find out what their…
A Call for Monastic Vocations, on the Anniversary of the Monastic Tonsure of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon
The Emigration of Abraham
Significantly the story of the salvation of the world began in a pagan place far away from what would eventually…
Homily at the Funeral Service for the Mitred Archpriest Basil Summer
The newly-departed priest of God, the Mitred Archpriest Basil, was many things to many people. As such, he was a living model of the…
Are You Comfortable?
Recently I was reading a foreign-language newspaper (well, the English part of it) and there was an article in it…
Does God Have a Body?
Not so long ago I was asked by a very young child at church the question, “Fr. Lawrence, does God have a body?” She…
What In the World Can Be Done with Magda?
In discussions about hell and the sad fact that not everyone will be saved (as is clear from the words of Christ, the writings…)
Zacchaeus and the Salvation of Sinners
Zacchaeus lives in the Church, abiding as an image of us all. In some sense, everyone of us is Zacchaeus…
Remarks at the Funeral Divine Liturgy for Protopresbyter Daniel Hubiak
On behalf of the Holy Synod of Bishops, I extend the heartfelt condolences and sincere prayers of all the bishops, monastics…