Stewardship Part 3: What can we offer to the Lord?
There are several passages in Genesis which make mention of offerings, designed to honor the Lord and serve as an expression…
Reflections in Christ
Help Just One
“Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels…
That Was Then, This Is Now
I was born and raised in the greater Toronto area (known to locals as the “GTA”) and came to faith in the early 1970s. For the students…
Stewardship Part 2: Offering our best
A few weeks ago, I offered some comments on God as Creator of all things visible and invisible. All that exists has…
Christ as Hierophant
Every Sunday our little parish celebrates an abbreviated Matins service before the Divine Liturgy, and…
What is a saint?
All-hallow’s Eve—Halloween—is the night before the sacred remembrance of the Feast of All Saints on the calendars…
The Next “Battle of the Calendars”
At 6:00 p.m. next Saturday evening, October 31, 2015, I will intone the opening doxology of Great Vespers…
A Poor Man Named Lazarus
Our Lord’s parable of Lazarus and the rich man is unique among the parables, for in this parable alone one of the…
Stewardship Part 1: Scriptural Giving
At the 18th All-American Council in Atlanta, the Assembly voted to move to proportional giving in the coming year. As we prepare for…
“God or Nothing”
Recently, I was browsing through some journals at a bookstore, and I picked up the current issue of one of my favorite religious…