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I Hate It When THAT Happens

BlogJune 12, 2015249Views 0Likes 1Comment

I was talking to someone the other day and we were discussing a fairly important subject when it dawned on me "We are not really speaking the same language." It frustrated me and, I confess, I was at a loss as to how to bridge this gap in our understanding each other. You see, this…

Diluted Medicine

BlogJune 11, 2015241Views 0Likes 4Comments

A German doctor named Samuel Christian Hahnemann was dissatisfied with the medicines of his day. He lived in a day before the discovery of vaccines, the germ theory, and systematic medical testing. He is said to be the father of homeopathy medicines and developed the idea that if you diluted the basics of a disease then…

Alas, Poor Yorick!

BlogJune 10, 2015320Views 0Likes 0Comments

I love this line from Shakespeare: "Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! My gorge rims at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know…

Know Them By Their Fruits

BlogJune 9, 2015333Views 0Likes 0Comments

Marketing experts expect U.S. companies to spend over 200 BILLION dollars on advertising and marketing this year. While TV advertising is still number one in marketing dollars, online ads are gaining ground, with the mobile ads starting to appear on the phone screens of Americans gaining the most ground. And do you know why American companies will…

Sheep And Wolves

BlogJune 8, 2015332Views 0Likes 0Comments

"If you want a guarantee, buy a dishwasher!" These are the plain spoken words of a wise man to me early on in my spiritual journey that eventually led me to the Orthodox Church. He was responding to my questions about assurance of salvation and my mindset that still saw my relationship with God and my…

Do Not Swear

BlogJune 5, 2015246Views 0Likes 7Comments

There is a radicalness to the Gospel of Jesus that simply confounds most in our world, even those of us who claim to follow the Man from Galilee. The truth is this radical message is in stark contrast to much of the underlying philosophy and "epistemology" (an important word worth looking up and exploring!) of most…

A Stranger They Will Not Follow

BlogJune 4, 2015304Views 0Likes 0Comments

I was a nervous wreck! A 15 year old teenager with his best buddies were sneaking into a movie theater without paying! I can hear the voice of my mother in my head "Young man, you carry your family name. That should make you think twice about doing things you know you shouldn't!" We didn't get…

Doing the Hard Work of Communion

BlogJune 3, 2015251Views 0Likes 1Comment

There seems to be a cottage industry that has developed in America all surrounding the notion that modern life is lonely. It seems this sense of loneliness flows from the notion that we are to be "self sufficient" and not "need" anybody to help us. We live in a society of radically autonomous people all…

Blessed are the ….

BlogJune 2, 2015270Views 0Likes 5Comments

A dear priest friend of mine is on pilgrimage to the Holy Land and other holy sites in the area. Recently he and his fellow pilgrims came to the final resting place of Lazarus, the man the Lord raised from the dead. And that got me started thinking about Lazarus and his miraculous healing and…

Radical Communion

BlogJune 1, 2015250Views 0Likes 2Comments

Here's something I saw on the internet (so it must be true) the other day: "Fall in love with someone who doesn't make you think love is hard." I could see many of my friends see this and go "aww, isn't that sweet?" And many people I know would quickly agree with this sentiment. But…

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