Monthly Archives: May 2010

Splitting hairs or Splitting Reality?

Posted on May 30, 2010 by

I would encourage any American who sees themselves in the independent middle between the two major U.S. political parties to read Farhad Manjoo’s TRUE ENOUGH: LEARNING TO LIVE IN A POST-FACT SOCIETY.  I had mentioned the book in a blog … Continue reading →

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God Questions His Creation: Genesis 9:5-7

Posted on May 29, 2010 by

See:   God Questions His Creation:  Genesis 9:3-4 (b) Genesis 9:5 For your lifeblood I will surely require a reckoning; of every beast I will require it and of man; of every man’s brother I will require the life of man. 6 Whoever … Continue reading →

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The 1st Episcopal Assembly: An End for the Beginning?

Posted on May 29, 2010 by

The inaugural Episcopal Assembly of the canonical Orthodox bishops in North America met this past week in New York.  This is a new effort initiated by the Patriarch of Constantinople to bring canonical order and unity to North America (and … Continue reading →

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The Gospels: God’s Judgment of Jesus

Posted on May 28, 2010 by

One of the unusual aspects of the Four Gospels is that while an inordinate amount of the writing is devoted to the last week of Christ’s life (His arrest, crucifixion and resurrection), relatively little explanation is offered in the Gospels … Continue reading →

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God Questions His Creation: Genesis 9:3-4 (b)

Posted on May 28, 2010 by

See:  God Questions His Creation:  Genesis 9:3-4 (a) Genesis 9:3 Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; and as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything. 4 Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, … Continue reading →

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The Anniversary and the Appendicitis

Posted on May 27, 2010 by

What do an anniversary and appendicitis have in common? Normally, not much, but occasionally they happen on the same date, as was the case for me and the 25th Anniversary of St. Paul Parish.   The Anniversary was 25 years in … Continue reading →

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God Questions His Creation: Genesis 9:3-4 (a)

Posted on May 26, 2010 by

See:  God Questions His Creation:  Genesis 9:1-2 Genesis 9:3 Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; and as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything. 4 Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that … Continue reading →

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Stewards of God’s Spiritual Gifts

Posted on May 26, 2010 by

God bestows on the members of His Church gifts of the Holy Spirit for us to use for the building up of the Church and for ministry (Ephesians 4:11-12) This is the problem of the Israelites who found that the … Continue reading →

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God Questions His Creation: Genesis 9:1-2

Posted on May 25, 2010 by

See:  God Questions His Creation:  Genesis 8:20-22 (c) Genesis 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. 2 The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon … Continue reading →

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25 Words for St. Paul’s 25 Years

Posted on May 25, 2010 by

We had a wonderful Anniversary celebration.  It was not a fund raiser, we charged nothing for the catered meal (rather it was paid for from the parish budget), and we sold no ads in any commemorative book.  We celebrated, gave … Continue reading →

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