541. My First Trip to Greece, Part Two – 1) Popular Orthodoxy. 2) The Face of Saint Nicholas.

  Pray for the suffering people of Ukraine and Gaza. _________________ A Week on a Greek island The conference ended and with my wife’s leave – I have a wonderful wife – I had something I had long wanted: a week to bum around on a Greek island. I felt prepared. I had learned enough […]

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540. My First Trip to Greece: Part One – at the end of which, Saint Nicholas begins to make his move.

  Pray for the people of Ukraine and Gaza.   I’m old, now. I won’t see Greece again. Nevertheless, I often still go there. On my trips I kept a daily travel journal. I wrote one time: “Why am I keeping this journal? So when I get old and can’t travel here any more, I’ll […]

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539. My Search for The Church – Part Two: I find The Church.

  Pray for the people of Ukraine and Gaza. _________________ If you have not read last week’s Post, you really should. Never begin anything in the middle. (Easy access is at the bottom of this Post.) However, for those of you who have read Part One but can’t remember anything about it: A Quick Reprise […]

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538. My Search for The Church – Part One: What caused me to search.

  Pray for the people of Ukraine and Gaza. +       +       + Before we begin: June in the United States is now “LGBTQ Pride Month”. Some years ago I wrote two articles on the subject. If you’re interested, you can access them at the bottom of this Post. + […]

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