The Word that leaped
Father Richard Rohr wrote something beautiful: “If the major division between Creator and creature can be overcome, then all others can be overcome too.” And he goes on to say, […]
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Why Everlasting is Better
A Calvin And Hobbes comic strip from 1989 shows Calvin, the young, often precocious boy, in seemingly deep conversation with Hobbes, Calvin’s pet tiger and sidekick. Calvin speaks: “History is […]
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Words? Or the Word?
Many of us spend a lifetime, or half a lifetime, thinking that life’s truths lie out there, elsewhere, away from home – far from where we are. But then, some […]
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Thanks to Think About
“What is impossible with men is possible with God,” we heard Jesus say at the conclusion of today’s Gospel reading, the encounter between Jesus and the rich ruler (Luke 18:18-27). […]
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Sunday School Creativity
The older children today explored the theme of Mary as the Khora, the Land of the Uncontainable, inspired by a recent Bible Study and a famous icon in the Church […]
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The Logos plays
A trooper pulls over a priest and immediately smells alcohol on his breath. The next thing he notices is an empty wine bottle lying on the passenger seat. “Have you […]
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The φιλότιμος Samaritan – a Sermon
There are different ways of reading and reacting to today’s Gospel parable of the Good Samaritan. One can feel very inadequate when comparing oneself to the Samaritan. One can feel […]
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Reversal of kingdoms – Sermon
Christianity is often seen as a religion of personal salvation; the religion of “Jesus, my personal Lord and Savior.” Today’s Gospel parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus may be […]
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Prosforo Lesson
The children of Sunday School learned to prepare prosforo loaves. They prepared a total of 9 loaves which will be used to teach valuable lessons to the children in coming […]