Human Suffering and the Suffering of God
As we remain cloistered due to the ensuing pandemic, in the midst of Holy Week, it is apt to consider the meaning of human suffering. Where…
Reflections in Christ
“The Grace of the Holy Spirit has gathered us together”
In an earlier age, ascetic monks would have spent their days of Lent fasting and praying alone in the desert beyond the Jordan. And on this…
Following Live Streaming and Finding the Streams of Living Water
Thirty years ago when I was a young novice at Saint Tikhon’s Monastery, I recall being moved while reading an account of the Athonite…
Two Saints in the Twin Cities: Historic events in the life of the Cathedral of Saint Mary and Orthodoxy in America
Yesterday we commemorated the repose of Saint Tikhon of Moscow, Englightern of North America, and celebrated the Feast of…
The Sign of the Prophet Jonah in our days
“For those with eyes to see and ears to hear,” these days of being in the belly of the whale, physically separated not only from one another, but…
The Pascha No One Wants
True leadership brings people where they need to be but don’t want to go. No Christian worth their salt believes Christ went to…
The Good Place
I have just finished watching the series finale of a wonderful television show called The Good Place, starring Kristen Bell and Ted…
“On behalf of all and for all”
At the direction of our Archbishop Alexander, I served the Divine Liturgy Sunday with only four people present: the choir…
Some Thoughts on the Crisis and the Call of the Corona Virus
The Bishops of the Holy Orthodox Church love their flocks and ever strive to lead them to well-watered and rich pastures. They…
The Annunciation
St. Ignatius of Antioch, martyred in Rome in about the year 107, wrote that along with the death of the Lord, the virginity of Mary and her giving…