...for my wife, who will (Lord willin' and nothing happens before then), be induced on Monday morning, July 2nd, to give birth to our se...

For those of you who haven't already done so, I recommend that you start browsing the explosion of podcasts that has taken place over at...

This is Hope. Hope is silly. Hope likes to laugh REALLY loudly, then stop. We don't know why. But we thought this was really, really fun...

Father Basil told me about this. I...I just...have no words...

Fr. Tom Hopko has said that there are people who are interested in the Jesus Prayer who are neither interested in Jesus nor prayer. May we n...

Fr. Stephen Freeman has, in his usual, peaceful style, put together a great post entitled, " Why is Love so Difficult? " I encou...

Not sure where this originally comes from, but I really appreciate it, having majored in English Ed and Spanish and having been a Spanish te...

Celebrated five years of marriage with the love of my life last night. The little stinker spent the night at my mom's (BIG fun!) while ...

In case anybody missed the " Faith and Works " post from a little while ago (as well as the huge discussion the followed in the co...

Oooookay...rant comin' up.... Things have been up in arms lately here in North Texas regarding some decisions made in some (very) small ...

Almost a month ago, I was alerted to the fact that Francis J. Beckwith, former President of the Evangelical Theological Society, had convert...

For the military in Lebanon fighting against islamic militants in a refugee camps. The linked article says this is the worst (internal) fi...

Tomorrow (Lord willing), I'll go up to Denton for the introductory class in an ongoing course in NT Greek that is being offered out of S...

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...