A Variety of Topics: Saints, Seasons, Society, the Moral Life, plus Travels mostly to Greece, and more, by Father Bill Olnhausen
The topic today is The Orthodox Environmental Movement and the contemporary Anti-Environmental Movement. The headline just above is what’s called a “grabber”. I thought if I led with today’s topic you’d all go away. That’s what happens every September when I talk about the environment. Boring, eh? So the future of mankind is boring? Back […]
Read More »This has been a long vacation, folks. I see from the Blog stats that some have headed home already. * Understandable. However, I think you who are still hanging in here will enjoy our last week in Greece. We bloggers know these things. But relax. We don’t know your names. Today we’re… Back to the […]
Read More »Why is it so hard to get to church when we’re away from home? So who wants to go to church while we’re on vacation? I (the Church fanatic) do. Let’s see if I can convince you to join me. As you know from last week’s Post, we’ve left the problems of the world behind, […]
Read More »It’s time to take a break. The Sabbath Principle: Stop working. Get away. Now that many people work online, they keep working all the time. Brothers and sisters, cut it out! if you can. Fathers, give your wives a break. And if you can, get away and go somewhere else – even if it’s only […]
Read More »Years ago an Episcopalian professor friend of mine was considering Orthodoxy. * He told me the defining “test issue” for him would be: What does the Orthodox Church officially teach about the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary? Was she taken bodily into Heaven or was she not? I responded: “Well, … …” which […]
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