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Monthly Archives: November 2009
Remixing Lawrence Lessig’s REMIX
I read Lawrence Lessig ‘s REMIX: MAKING ART AND COMMERCE THRIVE IN THE HYBRID ECONOMY to learn something about copyright law and what constitutes “fair use” of material. I am specifically interested in what this means for blogging, though probably … Continue reading
Being Christian: Reclaiming the Christmas Season
We continue our preparation for the celebration of Christ’s birth this week. Though consumer and familial pressures may try to push the Christmas season into a time of materialist consumption, we Christians know it is a season to make room and make time … Continue reading
Thanksgiving 2009
“Lips that utter frequent thanksgivings shall be blessed by God, and the grateful heart is visited by grace.” (St. Isaac the Syrian) We Orthodox pray fervently and frequently for God to bless the entire world with an abundance … Continue reading
Glory to God for All Things Ode 9 Illustrated
Akathist: “Glory to God for all Things” by Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Tryphon (+1934) See Ode 8 ODE 9 Why is it that on a feast-day the whole of nature mysteriously smiles? Why is it that then a heavenly gladness fills … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Charity, Glory to God for All Things, Orthodoxy, Thanksgiving, Uncategorized
Tagged Akathist, Compassion, Glory to God for All Things, Mercy, Thanksgiving
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Church Unity: The Spirit’s Gift of Leadership
Some modern Christians like to believe that the early Church was constant charismatic experience with no order to it. However, history shows a different reality: along with charismatic experiences, there was an order emerging in church life. Leadership and order … Continue reading
Glory to God for All Things Ode 8 Illustrated
Akathist: “Glory to God for all Things” by Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Tryphon (+1934) See Ode 7 ODE 8 How near You are in the day of sickness. You Yourself visit the sick. You Yourself bend over the sufferer’s bed; his … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Creation, Glory to God for All Things, Orthodox, Thanksgiving, Uncategorized
Tagged Akathist, Glory to God for All Things, Healing, Thanksgiving
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The Folly of Wealth
While wealth and prosperity may be a blessing from the Lord, they represent a certain temptation, humanly speaking, for those trust in their wealth. Our Lord Jesus told this parable: At that time, Jesus told them a parable, saying, “The … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, death, Judgment, Orthodox, Orthodoxy, Thanksgiving
Tagged American Dream, Charity, Generosity, Last Judgment, Luke 12:16-21, Prosperity, Wealth
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The Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple (2009)
The Feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple celebrates not an event recorded in Scripture, but rather calls us to contemplate the very process by which God brings us to salvation. Metropolitan St. Philaret of Moscow said … Continue reading
Posted in Incarnation, Orthodox Church, salvation, Theotokos, Uncategorized
Tagged Entrance of the Theotokos, God's Temple, salvation, Theotokos
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God’s Mercy: Our Freedom and Our Judgment
St. Paul wrote in Ephesians 2:4-10 – God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ by grace you have … Continue reading
Posted in free will, Judgment, Orthodox, theology, Uncategorized
Tagged Ephesians 2:4-10, Faith and Works, God's Grace, God's Justice, God's Mercy, Judgment, Sinner
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