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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537. A Church for Super-masculine Men?

  Pray for the people of Ukraine and Gaza. +++ “If you are here because you think this is a place where you can reinforce some cultural masculinity [or] because you think this is the place to rebel against what you see going on politically around you or socially around you, please…go somewhere else.” Those […]

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536. Miscellany: 1) The World: back to normal? 2) Advice from a Wizard. 3) Why Orthodoxy “works” – and much more…

    Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!   …..4) Science slashers: Do they not believe in the Creator? 5) The Pope and the Patriarch. 6) Atheist discovers Theosis. 7) Statistics on Religion in Ukraine and Russia, Pentagon Inefficiency: a moral issue? and Gaza Prisoner Exchange These  are assorted items I’ve come across, each […]

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535. Saint Augustine of Hippo: superb pastor, preacher, author, loving father, and theologian – but whose theology inadvertantly confused Western Christianity for fifteen centuries

  Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!     Saint Augustine of Hippo commemorated on June 15 But…but… you say, today isn’t June 15. It’s May 15. You are correct. Explanation: senility? Over the years I’ve made a long list of saints who I think would make interesting reading. Somehow I got Saint Augustine […]

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