Fr. Bill's Orthodox Blog – Orthodoxy from the Third Coast
Saints, Seasons, Society, Sins, plus Travels mostly to Greece and who knows what next? by Father Bill Olnhausen
Christ is risen! Students, we are now going to play a sort of Third Grade game, but with a serious purpose. So pay attention, and please do what I say. Now: Look around – forward, left, right, up, down – and take in and remember what you see. Next, close your eyes (wait, not yet!) […]
Read More »Christ is risen! Truly He is risen! This is a contemporary Coptic Orthodox icon. The Samaritan Woman This is one of my favorite Gospel stories. It makes me smile. Because: 1 The dialog is written so beautifully. It makes me wonder if the Apostle John was a frustrated dramatist. 2 I can see a quiet gleam […]
Read More »Christ is risen! Truly He is risen! Yes, but fifty five years years ago last February I was not. I was paralyzed. Not physically, but emotionally and mentally. On January 26 I had flown home to Ohio from seminary in New York. My father had died. I loved him so dearly, and I took it […]
Read More »Christ is risen! Truly He is risen! This Sunday’s Lessons: 1 Don’t cooperate with the rats. 2 Do your duty. 3 Never fail to help the poor and needy. But first: Last year I started a series on the Sundays of Pascha but got distracted onto something else. This year we’re going to complete it, come what may. Probably. […]
Read More »Christ is risen! Truly He is risen! Some Bible commentaries say that Saint John the Evangelist portrayed the Apostle Thomas as “the clueless one”, a shallow skeptic, and otherwise sought to “discredit” him. Really? I don’t think so! From what I read in John’s Gospel, I admire Thomas immensely, and I think John did too. Remember […]
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