OK, I'm afraid of closed in places. I think it's called "claustrophobia." The first time I remember discovering this uneasy feeling was when I was a boy and we were…
Please share this with your parish and your friends and join me and my very special guest Metropolitan Savas of Pittsburgh as we discuss the Power and Purpose of Baptism.…
The Centers for Disease Control came out with their 2012 report on Births in the US and they discovered that out of the almost 4 million births in America, over…
Don't you just HATE IT when you're wrong! I mean really, is there anything so frustrating or even embarrassing as having to admit "I was wrong." And yet, there is…
One of the famous sayings to come from the tragedy of the Russian Revolution was that "religion" was the opiate of the people. The Communist revolutionaries were convinced that the…
I failed my first driving test when I went to get my driver's license as a 16 year old. One of the last remaining "rites of passage" into the world…
"γνωθι σεαυτον" Know Yourself: with these two words ancient philosophers and Christian theologians have wrestled with a fundamental reality - We humans spend a lot of time either hiding from ourselves…
"You must be born again." Hey, where I'm from, that scripture is as well worn as John 3:16. In the '70's fad of the "Jesus Movement" (anybody who was paying…
"Do as I say, not as I do!" I remember thinking "Well, that's not very convincing." How can someone who refuses to follow their own advice have any credibility at…
For those who missed the program last night of why we Orthodox venerate the saints, here's the recorded program. Thanks to Fr. Panayiotis Papageorgiou of Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church…
