The Joy of the Cross
“Rejoice in the Lord; rejoice in the Lord; rejoice in the Lord. May the Lord guard your soul and body and spirit from every evil, as well as…”
Reflections in Christ
Christian Love in the Face of COVID-19: The Ethics of Staying Home
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that…
Lenten Distancing
Church closed. Community members scattered widely. Weeks without normal daily and weekly routine, without spiritual instruction, without icons to…
The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
Anyone wandering about near a freezing cold pond one night near the city of Sebaste in the year 320 would have seen an astounding sight: forty…
The Triumph of Orthodoxy, Us, and The Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ
We have completed the first week of the Great Fast! We began it one week ago by receiving the universal impetus gathered as the…
Windsor Castle: a Change in Perspective
In 1992, a spotlight was left too close to a curtain in Windsor Castle in England, and the heat from that spotlight caused the…
Will We See our Pets in Heaven?
I suspect that every pastor has been asked this question at one time or another, and it usually comes from one of the more junior members of the…
Sheep Dog or Guard Dog?
In an issue of the Road to Emmaus journal I read a wonderful interview with Fr. Artemy Vladimirov, a priest in Moscow, in which…
The Lord’s Prayer: The Final Doxology
For most English speaking people in our culture, the Lord’s Prayer ends with the words, “For Thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and…”
The Lord’s Prayer: “Lead Us Not into Temptation, but Deliver Us from Evil”
The next petition in the Lord’s Prayer is, “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil”. These two conjoined sentences…