144. Thirty Years Later – Reflections after being Orthodox since 1989, Part One

First, let me apologize for all the spelling errors in last week’s Post (now corrected). I am recovering from Shingles (ugh!! If you can get the Shingles vaccine, please do!), and it was hard to concentrate. This concludes the medical segment of our program.  Part One: The Thirty-year Search   . I was chrismated on September 16, […]

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143. Greece 2012, Part Two – All by myself, Wicked Church Hopping, then Home

All Alone Khouria Dianna flew home and I was on my own on Crete. The place where I stayed was over a mountain, down the cliff to the Libyan Sea on an incredibly scary one lane gravel road. Pictures don’t begin to do it justice. That’s a 500 foot drop-off to the left. The nearest grocery, petrol […]

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142. Greece 2012, Part One: Too much Talk, some mild Philosophizing, and some Travel

Summer is about to flee here in the north, but September is the perfect time to visit Greece – not too hot, fewer tourists, lower prices, warm water. So in September 2012 I was off to my second favorite place in the world. (Wisconsin is first.) That was then. This is now. I can’t travel […]

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141. Guns in Church, Part Two – Protecting Orthodox People, Contributing to Society

I know that most gun violence in America takes place at home. However, here we’re talking about church. Trying to Protect our People in Church I just read in a conservative on-line magazine that it’s absurd to worry about gun violence one way or another, since chances of any of us getting shot up are so […]

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140. Guns in Church, Part One – 2009, Now, Statistics, Back in the Old Days

In summer 2009, when I was still pastor of Saint Nicholas, Cedarburg, I posted this notice at the three entrances to the church. Firearms are not permitted at Saint Nicholas Church. The Church is a sanctuary of peace. Here’s what brought this on: All churches and businesses in town had just received a letter from the […]

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