Our Saturday Guest Blog comes to us from Orthodox Christian Network. It is a wonderful series of teachings on the Creed of the Orthodox Faith. While this is certainly a project that will take time, this is a wonderful resource for your own education and edification concerning the central confession of our Orthodox Faith.
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A few weeks ago we were all at home, just sitting in the living room when there was a noise outside the back door. My wife turned to me and asked “did you hear that?” I had and went to investigate. It turned out to be nothing more than a bullfrog trying to get…
My dear bride has a hard and fast rule for my two girls: “Wash your hands!” You see, my wife is a trained elementary school educator and part of that training has to do with hygiene. Teaching children to wash their hands before they eat, after they play, and after their potty breaks is all…
G. K. Chesterton once said “True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare.”
So true. Real contentment is something that doesn’t come “naturally” in a world that is always telling you…
Recently, the American actor James Garner passed away. He was known for several roles but one of my favorites was in the 1969 comedy “Support Your Local Sheriff.” In this movie Garner plays a character that becomes sheriff in an old West town just for the money, and, well, comedy ensues.
The truth is there…
The late Fulton Sheen once said “Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.”
And there is simply no other vice that destroys both parties as jealousy. It cankers the soul of the one who experiences it and it reduces the object of jealousy to a forever unreachable “thing.” No wonder jealousy and envy occupy…
Today we remember the Prophet Elias, the Glorious prophet from the First Testament. His life recalls all the hardships of choosing to stay faithful to God in an age where such faithfulness is unpopular. It also reminds us of the temptation in such faithfulness to forget that we aren't the only ones who are staying…
Today our guest blog post comes from a wonderful priest, Fr. Joseph Huneycutt and his blog Orthodixie.
“An honest to goodness email from a real person: Hi Father Joseph! How are you? At the fair last week someone asked me “Who are you with?” and I thought of your book.”
Read the rest here – Ordained by Waffle House
The act of communication is an amazingly difficult task, because we humans communicate on so many levels: Verbal (obviously), Visual (both in writing and gestures, facial expressions), Auditory, and Sensory. We communicate, intentionally and unintentionally along all these spectrums all the time. And guess what, we still struggle with misunderstanding!
Just think of the…
Have you ever thought about all those people Jesus healed during His ministry here on earth? They were so happy, grateful, and changed. In some cases (the illness of leprosy) they were now free to rejoin society, be reunited with their families, and finally get their life back. They went on to live their lives.…