Clik here to view.
The Great Confusion – reflections on the disruption of God’s order in our lives
The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them (Gen 1:21) Last night I went to a talent show at my kids’ school. It was enjoyable to watch an entirely random blend of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lent – an intimate journey to God. Lessons from the sermon on the mount
What is Lent? By most popular definitions lent is a period of abstinence, total or partial, from food. It is basically a diet. If it is not understood as a diet, then is often considered a period of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Last Temptation
Coming back home from spring break was always a joy in my childhood. Somehow over the break the nature was magically starting to come back to life. White blooming cherry trees, budding branches with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Year of Firsts
It is the custom in the Orthodox Church on August 6th, the day of the Transfiguration of our Lord on Mount Tabor, to bring the first fruits of the fall harvest into church, as a first offering to God...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Holy Week and Pascha 2013
Enjoy the photos from our first Holy Week and Pascha in the New Church Continue reading
View ArticleClik here to view.
The conflict that never was – How science and Christianity can live together...
Talk given at the North Texas Orthodox Missions 2013 event called "How to Talk with Your Children and Grandchildren About God". You can also listen to the live recording of the talk on Ancient Faith...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Staycationing with God – Looking for meaning right here and right now
Summer is again upon us we start again to dream of exotic vacations, foreign cities, singular experiences, new friends and so on. We want to escape the mundane drag of everyday life and discover the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Zooms and Primes in Today’s Christianity
Warning: This article contains some details about photography techniques. However, reading it until the end will prove highly beneficial. :) There is no secret for anyone that I like photography. I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Humble Perspective
Recently Pope Francis made a couple of affirmation in an impromptu press conference that made the headlines of all major news agencies. They deal with the very “hot” issue of the Christian view on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Miley Cyrus and the Beheading of St. John the Baptist
The entire Internet is still in a state of consternation after the recent performance of Miley Cyrus at the MTV Video Music Awards. Since I am way past the MTV viewers median age, I found out about it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Cure for Depression from St. Silouan the Athonite
The greatest plague of the 21st century is not AIDS, nor cancer, nor the H1N1 flu, but something that affects much more people in ways we can barely start to understand: depression. Reportedly one in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Honey, what shall we do with our kids on Halloween?
Romanian Traditional New Year Dress-up All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful; all things are lawful for me, but not all things edify. (1 Co 10:23) Spending all my childhood and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Tao of Whatever and the Abolition of Man
Living in a multi-cultural, post-modern world brought to us by the new era of rapid communication, we are more and more exposed to cultures that are, or at least seem to be, very remote from our own....
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Great Fast – by Metropolitan Isaiah of Denver
Metropolitan Isaiah - photo courtesy of Vladimir Grigorenko As we enter into the holiest period of the year in preparation for the glorious Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, we ask...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Are we religious or are we faithful?
I read a very interesting article a few weeks ago that caught my undivided attention. The title was very daring to begin with: “Religious people are dangerous” and, on top of that, it was written by an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Free time and information overload
Most probably the inventors of the internet, which modestly started as a small information sharing network, did not hope, even in their wildest dreams, that in less than 50 years their invention will...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Sunday of the Romanian Saints – a universal celebration of all the Saints
An icon of all Romanian Saints By Prof. Dr. Rev. Dumitru Staniloae Romanian Christianity has given fruit to many and wonderful saints, even though, the humility characteristic to our nation, or other...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Icon of the Kingdom
Every year, in the first Sunday of Lent, we celebrate our Orthodox heritage. It is a wonderful festivity involving a touching procession with icons, lifted up high, around the church and ending in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
From Hearsay to Social media – a Tale of Rumor Spreading
“Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.” - Socrates There is a story that circulates in Christian and Jewish circles about gossip. I was not able to track...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Union for the Kingdom
In case you haven't been following the news, the Supreme Court has recently ruled in favor of the recognition of same-sex unions throughout United States. Does this come as a surprise? Absolutely not!...
View Article
