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Playing Pretend Christian

BlogAugust 14, 202319Views 0Likes 1Comment

It's easy to do! And that should be your first clue that something is very deeply wrong with you! Yes, you. Actually, I mean me! I'm talking about the ease at which we will say we believe and then live as if that statement isn't true at all! It's easy to do; just get cut off…

But You Promised

BlogAugust 11, 202321Views 0Likes 0Comments

As a dad, I hate hearing this from my children "But you promised." It is both frustrating and, sometimes, embarrassing because I had, in fact, promised and hadn't followed through! As with most realities in life, it's complicated. Yes, there are times I've said "I promise" and was just saying it to get the kids happy…

Truth Comforts the Suffering

BlogAugust 10, 202320Views 0Likes 0Comments

But Truth is a Person, and that is the key difference in facing suffering from a Christian perspective. Our world is filled with suffering. I was telling a story of my days as a police officer and my struggles (to this day) in dealing with the suffering of children. I was almost suspended from duty one…

He Saw With His Own Eyes

BlogAugust 9, 202328Views 0Likes 1Comment

Ask any police officer or investigator and they will tell you having an eyewitness to an event is great, and not so great. The reason is eyewitnesses are notorious for filtering what they see through what they think they remember. So, we were trained on how to weed out what they thought they saw from…

Tell Me HOW it Works!

BlogAugust 8, 202350Views 0Likes 1Comment

"But, how does it work?” That was the question burning in my mind as a young, curious, typical pre-teen boy. So, I did what any normal kid would do. I took the clock apart! Still didn’t get my question answered because I didn’t understand the gears and spring system concept, and the clock never worked…

This Is A Lonely Place

BlogAugust 7, 202320Views 0Likes 2Comments

The Miracle of the Lord feeding the multitude reveals the purpose of the Church. The loneliness of modern society calls on the Church to come to the aid of society to rescue lonely people with the gospel of Jesus Christ

To Be Pitied

BlogAugust 7, 202318Views 0Likes 0Comments

"For pity's sake," a phrase I heard my grandmother used and the context was a conversation about a man who just couldn't seem to stop making trouble for himself. She had tried and tried again to help this man stop abusing himself, but he refused even "for pity's sake." But even St. Paul understood this concept…

An Invitation to Cleanse the “Temple” of Your Heart

BlogAugust 4, 202316Views 0Likes 0Comments

If you have a younger sibling then you've heard this before: "She did it! Why can't I?" I know I've heard it in my house on numerous occasions, especially when the younger kiddo wonders out loud "What about me?" But sometimes (actually, many times) the younger child isn't developmentally ready to take on the task that…

Are You Able To Drink This Cup?

BlogAugust 3, 202317Views 0Likes 0Comments

When I think of the requests we make of God, I find my own requests break down into a few categories - Personal needs, Family concerns, Parish concerns, and Hopes and Fears. But one of the blessings of being Orthodox is that the wise prayers preserved in the Faith cause my prayers to ever expand to…

Truly Marvelous

BlogAugust 2, 202318Views 0Likes 0Comments

It's the second day of the Dormition Fast! The wisdom of the fasting disciplines of the Church is meant to reinforce the reality that unless the faith is holistically practiced, that is it affects every aspect of your person, the real danger of compartmentalization exists! One aspect of Orthodoxy that first caught my attention was this…

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Playing Pretend Christian

But You Promised

Truth Comforts the Suffering

He Saw With His Own Eyes

Tell Me HOW it Works!

This Is A Lonely Place

To Be Pitied

An Invitation to Cleanse the “Temple” of Your Heart

Are You Able To Drink This Cup?

Truly Marvelous

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