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Power Doesn’t Mean Authority

Christ is risen! Most people confuse power and authority. They think power IS authority but they are mistaken. In fact, I'd say the modern obsession with power is precisely because we have lost the ability to appreciate real authority. Just look at any community in the aftermath of some event that turns that community upside down.…

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Counterfeit Communion

Christ is risen! St. Maximus the Confessor says "Food is not evil, but gluttony is. Childbearing is not evil, but fornication is. Money is not evil, but avarice is. Glory is not evil, but vainglory is. Indeed, there is no evil in existing things, but only in their misuse." So, the evil one only wants to…

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To Obey Is to Love

Christ is Risen! It's easy to hear "Obedience is better than sacrifice" but it's usually hard to do. Especially in our very individualistic, modern society, obedience "feels' like slavery. Of course it feels like slavery because IT IS a kind of slavery. Look at our Lesson today in John 2:1-11: At that time, there was a wedding at…

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