It’s always funny to hear people talk about what they think the Faith means by eternal life. I remember one movie from the 1990 called “Ghost” with Patrick Swayze and…
It was embarrassing. But, in my defense, it was an automatic response. I was walking with some friends at a mall and we were passing by a candle shop. The…
"What you don't know won't hurt you!" Really? I've found that, sometimes, what I don't know hurts me pretty bad.
But what's worse is misunderstanding what I actually do know. In…
My doctor once told me to MOVE. He wanted me to exercise more because he was insistent that "if you don't use it; you lose it!" He went on to…
I've noticed that some folks appreciate straight talk and some folks don't. In fact, there seem to be whole cultures where plain talk is discouraged because certain cultures consider it…
He was a canny businessman. He actually took real pleasure in knowing he had gotten the better of his business associates in deals, in negotiations, and in life. He seemed…
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Faith is something we humans take for granted. We seem to just assume that we “have” faith or we “keep” the faith merely by wanting to do so, but is that true faith?
Is…
Isaac Newton once said "Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things." How I resonate with that. Simplicity is the enemy…
"Do you pray to Zeus?" What? Yep, the lady was serious when she found out I was a Greek Orthodox priest, she wondered if we prayed to Zeus! Holy Moly!…
It doesn't make sense. Jesus says some difficult things in His teachings and the Church continues this "challenge" to our intellect. The Lord says things like "If you want to…