We were blessed to be present at St. Sava 's first liturgy on their new property -- outdoors, tent over our heads, hay under our feet --...

This article --written by an African-American professor, as the page states at the bottom--details the ranks of black soldiers--slave and f...

(The following is my response to a private email regarding this post at the Triablogue blog. Parts pertaining to the other party's pri...

Go here to vote for the cover of the Orthodox Study Bible that you most like. Be sure to tell me which one you chose! (I voted for number...

And, on a lighter (yet sardonic) note... The Apple iRack

The Canticle of Solomon records the maidens of the Shulamite woman asking her this question (Song 5:9), and it is surely a question solely ...

My lovely wife is now a proud alumn of Texas Women's U, having just finished her Masters of Library Science. She's pictured here w...

Another great session - in preparation for the upcoming (and, this year, long!) Apostle's Fast, we went over this article in depth (unf...

Moscow and ROCOR end schism

...titled "The Unbiblical Doctrine of Sola Scriptura " has been published on OC.net. There's a link in the sidebar, or you ca...

So John tags me for this " Thinking Blogger " thing that's been going around (his tag's here ). Pot and kettle, sir. Po...

The Faith and Works post has kept me busy as of late -- read with pleasant surprise that I'd been tagged here by Owen to answer a meme...

Troparion - Tone 3 You were a pillar of Orthodoxy, Hierarch Athanasius, supporting the Church with divine doctrines; you proclai...

Much is made in the literature/blogs/podcasts of Evangelical converts to Orthodoxy about how faith alone does not save, but faith and works...

And, yes...that's me rockin' in there... Create Your Own PaloozaHead - Visit Lollapalooza.com UPDATE!!! - Here's another one of...

Come, O true light! Come, O eternal life! Come, O hidden mystery! Come, O indescribable treasure! Come, O ineffable thing! Come, O inconceiv...

My sidebar changed a little bit ago; you can read some other stuff I wrote during Lent (it was published on the OC.net forum) on baptism; a...

The glow of Bright Week--the week following Pascha --has receded; the regular cycles of the Church have resumed (though, mercifully and glor...

Fr. Thomas Hopko, one of my favorite voices in the Church today (if not the favorite), was interviewed (and answered excellently, imo) here...

The gates of death opened to You from fear, O Lord! When the guards of hell saw You they were afraid, for You demolished the gates of br...

I truly wanted to get the previous post up before Lent, yet I think, as Benjamin of "Unmitigated Nonsense" has done, I will take ...

I've mentioned before how amazingly spoiled/blessed I am to conduct a church school class of such bright, insightful young people. This...

Not much to say as of late, so this one's for all my fellow guitar lovers...this kid's got talent.

Long time readers will remember that title from a few years back .... Got my first good look at my second daughter today-- God, what a thin...

An article of mine on a forum I frequent was published by the admins and can be read here . UPDATE : I had submitted a second, longer articl...

The Ark, the third venture of Orthodox Christians into online, 24-hour radio broadcasting, is set to be unveiled tomorrow. Look for the l...

No clue how scientific and/or accurate it is. Put me right where I anticipated being though, so could be fun for y'all. Click here to...

In response to the "Forever and Now" post, a friend of mine asked a question in regard to Fr. Oliver's comment on women's ...

Jan. 19 -- Texas Confederate Heroes Day Why We Remember EDIT: Since the writing of this post, I have since come to hold a different opinion ...