What's New 2010
December 29, 2010
New Book: Christ after Communism: Spiritual Authority and Its Transmission in Moscow Today
— Fr. Stephen C. HeadleyA story of post-Soviet Russian Orthodoxy told from within.
In this classic 1987 article Paul Johnson warns to beware of those who love humanity but have problems with people.
Obama administration has sights set on government rationing of health care.
In a stealthy move, the Obama administration has slipped end-of-life planning back into Medicare regulation.
December 10, 2010
Europe, Immigration, and Merkel’s Christian Values
— Samuel GreggRecognizing the need to reestablish Christian values in Europe.
A debate between Fr. Hans Jacobse and Matt Dillahunty
A debate between Fr. Hans Jacobse and Matt Dillahunty
Meet the Independent Payment Advisory Board
The light that illuminates come from the outside?
A Christmas reflection on the humility of Christ
A survey of Early Christian literature.
Some questions to ask yourself first.
"Any philosophy that foregoes the possibility of embracing transcendence...does an incalculable disservice to man’s capacity for self-knowledge."
Jesus reproached His disciples, but he did not like it when others did.
"So let's be clear from the outset: culture and race have nothing to do with each other."
December 1, 2010
Smart Parenting XIX. Preparing for the Extinction Explosion
— Fr. George MorelliA sane and successful way to handle extreme temper tantrums.
God does nothing out of retribution.
November 29, 2010
What Happened to Christmas? A Lesson For All Godly People
— Fr. George MorelliSecular "neutrality" is hardly neutral.
November 26, 2010
The Ethos of Orthodox Catechesis: The Mind of the Orthodox Church
— Fr. George MorelliUsing what is sacred to teach about things that are sacred.
November 24, 2010
The Imposition of Sharia Law
— Fr. George MorelliA case for the application of christian law in secular society
November 1, 2010
Giving at Thanksgiving
— Fr. George MorelliLet's walk the path of giving.
October 28, 2010
The Open Society and Its Enemy
— Melanie PhillipsThe danger George Soros' "Open Society" represents to a free society.
Undermining the cultural values of Eastern Europe.
October 27, 2010
Unceasing Prayer—Bibilography and Notes
— John KotsonisBibliography and notes.
An exhaustive look at unceasing prayer, an important part of Orthodox spiritual understanding.
October 18, 2010
Interview: The Closing of the Muslim Mind
— Jamie GlazovRobert Reilly on how intellectual suicide created the modern Islamic crisis.
October 9, 2010
The Voice from Heaven at the Baptism and the Sacrifice of Isaac
— Fr. Patrick Henry ReardonIn the experience of His baptism, our Lord received an earnest intimation of what it finally symbolized.
This 1990 interview is still compelling today.
Lord's Acton's dictum, while good, lacks something as a moral theorem.
October 8, 2010
Orthodox Mission in the 21st Century
— Metropolitan Hilarion of VolokolamskAny Christian church has to be missionary if it wants to be faithful to its call to be the Church.
October 7, 2010
Luke’s Account of the Baptism of Jesus
— Fr. Patrick Henry ReardonIt contains two curious features.
October 5, 2010
2010 Census of US Orthodox Churches
— Alexei KrindatchPublished under the auspices of the Standing Conference of Orthodox Bishops (SCOBA).
We no longer have a feel for the exquisitely human essences that mark us as sentient beings.
What do we really know about him?
Encountering Christ in the Gospel is necessary for the Eucharist that follows.
The root of the crisis in Western Civilization is moral. A brilliant and cogent cultural analysis.
October 4, 2010
Thieves Hijacking the Language of the Moral Tradition
— Fr. Johannes L. JacobseLose the language, you lose the war.
Wesley J. Smith addresses St. Tikhon's Seminary about the assault on human rights in Western culture.
Both Pat. Kyrill and Pope Benedict understand that moral virtue is the bedrock of freedom.
October 1, 2010
The Center of Godliness is Forgiveness
— Fr. George MorelliTo forgive is divine.
Pope Benedict is an example of Christ-like endurance towards hostility.
To find beauty is to find God, to find God is to find beauty.
September 30, 2010
The Widow of Nain
— Fr. Patrick Henry ReardonIt's all about compassion.
The East prays it at noon, the West in the evening.
What does the Church say about capital punishment?
We all have the image of God within us.
The 'action' is conveyed through the mind of Mary
He studied the scriptures from within.
It reveals more about Jesus as a human being than anything else He did.
Are you a landlubber?
Sin enters our life slowly.
Man is defined not by how he resembles the rest of creation, but what sets him apart from it.
Play with fire and you get burned.
September 28, 2010
Religion, Journalism, and the New American Orthodoxy
— Abp. Charles J. ChaputModern reporting and the denial of religion in culture.
September 10, 2010
The Laws Of Nature Are Also The Laws Of God - Evolution: A Psychospiritual Reflection
— Fr. George MorelliWrestling with Genesis and evolution.
September 8, 2010
The Heart: The Revelation of our True Self
— Fr. George MorelliGod doesn't hear our shouts, he looks at our heart.
August 23, 2010
Ground Zero as Metaphor: A Crossroads for America and Orthodoxy?
— George MichalopulosAmerica vs. foreign entanglements in the American Orthodox Church.
August 15, 2010
Doceticism
— Fr. Patrick Henry ReardonVestiges exist even today.
August 8, 2010
Biography and Chronology
— Fr. Patrick Henry ReardonLuke adds the biographical dimension.
August 5, 2010
Richard Hoste: Postmodern Dhimmitude
— Srdja TrifkovicThe coming struggle against Jihad is just and natural. It is inevitable even if the outcome is uncertain, just as the knowledge each of us has of his mortality does not stop us from holding on to life, and beauty, and truth.
August 1, 2010
The Theological Correspondence Between Isaac and Jesus
— Fr. Patrick Henry ReardonThey are both "beloved sons."
"For he who has wealth hoarded up cannot hope in God"
August 1, 2010
Emotional Activation And Psychospiritual Intervention: An Overview
— Fr. George MorelliSpiritual counseling and the physiology of the brain.
July 22, 2010
In The Land Of Mao, A Rising Tide Of Christianity
— Louisa LimBy some estimates, China now has 100 million Christians, more believers in Christ than Communist Party members.
Is the time coming for Christian civil disobedience?
How did public education take the shape it has today?
July 21, 2010
Finding the Balance: Privacy and the Civil Society
— Fr. Gregory JensenPrivacy in our culture has come to serve not a deepening of community life but an ever deeper sense of social isolation.
July 20, 2010
Islam’s Public Enemy #1 - Coptic Priest Zakaria Boutros
— Fr. Zakariah BoutrosJihadists have a bounty on his head.
The elite culture is completely at odds with the country it leads.
July 19, 2010
America’s Ruling Class—And the Perils of Revolution
— Angelo M. CodevillaWho are America's rulers, and by what right do they rule?
A story of emotional anguish, grief, attempts to understand, and survival strength of those who have lost a loved one in war.
Mortality, not matter, is what Christ abolished.
The challenge in Europe is overall population decline and an aging population.
Kevin Allen interviews Dr. Frank Papatheofanis, founders of St. Katherine College in San Diego.
Kevin Allen interviews Sister Sarah Elisabet Oftedal on the pernicious personal ramifications of a pro-abortion culture.
An Independence Day homily.
Chinese scholar: "The Christian moral foundation of social and cultural life was what made possible the emergence of capitalism and then the transition to democratic politics."
July 6, 2010
Good Marriage XX. Avoiding the Ultimatum Manipulation
— Fr. George MorelliWe upset ourselves by our irrational interpretations of such events or situations.
A parable of God's mercy.
The authentic Tradition of the Church requires a transformation of heart in the person charged to hand it on.
Our team came to work at the Orthodox orphanage, Hogar Rafael Ayau
Sailing the shallow waters of the internet.
It starts with "watchfulness."
June 23, 2010
Evangelicals and Global Warming
— Benjamin B. PhillipsThe public-policy response to global warming proposed by some evangelicals makes actually helping the global poor more difficult.
Europeans thought they could change human nature itself through the creation of an all-caring, all-wise European Union uber-citizen.
June 22, 2010
Six Million African Muslims Leave Islam per Year
— James M. ArlandsonMuslims giving up on converting Africa.
June 14, 2010
Jesus’ temptation in Mark and Luke
— Fr. Patrick Henry ReardonIt mirrors the Israelites in the wilderness.
Gad may be likened to Silas.
June 10, 2010
Your Conscience - Follow God’s Call
— Fr. Richard Demetrius AndrewsYour money or your life?
European solidarity-talk and social justice-speak masks a social stratification based on the proximity to government power.
Remembering a man who entered battle when the world need it.
The ancient rhythms of an Orthodox monastery
June 7, 2010
The “Myth” of Unity: A Response to a 2009 Address Given at St Vladimir’s Seminary
— George MichalopulosWill the American Orthodoxy follow a missionary or ethnic narrative?
June 5, 2010
Psalm Inscriptions
— Fr. Patrick Henry ReardonThe inscriptions that preface the Psalms are worthy of theological study.
The reality of our declining economy starting to sink in.
The socialist policies of the Democrat leadership undermine America’s economic prosperity.
Al Pacino sympathetically portrayed Dr. Jack Kevorkian in a recent HBO movie...
Will it choose America or diaspora?
Europe’s wise men thought they could change human nature; recent events are proving them wrong.
What's a good indicator of future success: grit of self-esteem?