A Retro Church
A number of years ago I was chatting with a co-worker at my secular job and she asked me to what church I belonged. When I answered…
Reflections in Christ
by Fr. Lawrence Farley
Loving the Sinner
The concept of loving the sinner while hating the sin has fallen upon hard times. Fallen man finds it very difficult to hold…
Advice to the Confused
I suppose that most pastors have had the experience of a young parishioner approaching them privately and confiding in them their…
Do We Really Need Deacons?
Recently I overheard a conversation about deacons and someone opined that if there were no deacons…
I Wonder Where the Lions Are?
These past days have seen the departure from our midst of two men who have justly been described as “lions of the OCA”...
A Floating Axe-head
It is very easy to miss the story of the floating axe-head. Indeed, a book containing stories in 2 Kings…
A Reason for the Hope that is in Us
“Blessed are those who have not seen, and yet believe.” These words of Christ, spoken to Thomas and recorded in John…
In the Beginning: Lessons from Genesis
The first thing one must do before reading a book is to recognize from which library shelf it came—that is, its literary genre. For…
(Another) Merry Hipster Christmas!
The “Hipster Nativity Set” is (sadly) back in the news. A year or so ago, some enterprising entrepreneurs created this…
The Marks of the Church: The Church as One
Every Sunday we confess in the Creed that the Church is “one” — that is, we confess the unity of the Church of…