Saints, Seasons, Society, Sins, plus Travels mostly to Greece and who knows what next? by Father Bill Olnhausen
Various matters have kept me from working on that Post, especially spending a lot of time with one of our best friends who is dying. That takes precedence. Please say a prayer for Cal, that his departure from us may be peaceful. Anyway, this Post is only about half done. This Saturday and Sunday will […]
Read More »Now that I’ve got your attention (and may the Holy Fathers of the First and Second Ecumenical Councils forgive me) I’m not suggesting for a moment that the Creed be altered. However, I do I wish the it contained some reference to: The Teachings of Jesus By which I mean His directions for living, His […]
Read More »I’m a day late publishing the Post this week – forgive me – which means I’m a day late wishing you… Orthodox Ecclesiastical New Year, that is, which begins on September 1. Here, if you’re interested, is a whole Blog Post about it: https://frbillsorthodoxblog.com/2020/08/28/213-happy-new-year/ Now to the subject at hand: A Silly Introduction The […]
Read More »Six years ago, when I turned 79, I wrote three Posts covering “What I’ve Learned in 79 Years” * – choosing the odd age 79 because I figured (who knows?) I might not make it to 80. And now so suddenly I’m 85. That number just sounds wrong. But here it is, and here I still […]
Read More »Someone (I’m sorry – I still can’t remember who) wrote: “Our chief task as Orthodox is not to think about Orthodoxy, but to think about the world in light of Orthodoxy”. Of course we need to know the Faith. However, the Orthodox Faith is a “given”. Orthodoxy is built on the Rock. It doesn’t change. […]
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