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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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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497. Nicholas: the Saint who doesn’t seem to have been but actually was and now definitely is

 Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker Bishop of Myra December 6, 343 Saint Nicholas was Bishop of the city of Myra on the south coast of Asia Minor (now Turkey) in the Fourth Century, back in the days when the Greek-speaking world stretched across much of the eastern Mediterranean. * He is perhaps the most popular, most […]

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492. Truth, Hope, Decency

Enough! In my commentary, I always intend to work right up to the edge of politics, but never jump into the chaos down there. I have political opinions, of course, but that’s not my area of expertise. However morality is. And the political immorality, cruelty, crudity, vulgarity, lying, distortion of truth this year have gone […]

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