Fr. Lawrence Farley · May 22, 2012
In contemporary Orthodoxy, we are accustomed to referring to Christ as one of the Holy Trinity. He is usually referred to as “Christ our true God”, and the Gospel of John, which stresses His divine status, is, I would...
Fr. Lawrence Farley · May 18, 2012
If one is the type that is easily discouraged, one can find today much that is discouraging—secularism is making inroads, even in the Orthodox Church, men of power scorn and minimize the insights proffered by Christians,...
Misc. Authors · May 15, 2012
If one reason why parishes and dioceses and local churches sometimes do not grow is because they are comfortable in simply ministering to their own ‘people’; another is because when they actually...
Misc. Authors · May 11, 2012
Many gay men and lesbians claim that the Christian faith is the guiding rule of their lives. Some of them hold that their sexual orientation is given by God, that it is good, and that there...
Fr. Lawrence Farley · May 08, 2012
The best place to access the views, questions, prejudices and challenges of the World is, I believe, the office water-cooler. The next best places would be the Huffington Post and (for Canadians), the CBC. The water-cooler...
Fr. Lawrence Farley · May 01, 2012
Fellow fans of C.S. Lewis (aka “our father among the saints”) will perhaps recognize the title of this piece as taken from an essay of Lewis’ own. This was the title of a sermon he preached at the Church of St. Mary the...
Fr. Lawrence Farley · April 25, 2012
Under my black cassock, I am wearing a brown coat. Not literally, of course, but certainly metaphorically. That is, I am an unapologetic fan, defender, and devotee of the TV series Firefly. My family owns three (that’s...
Fr. Lawrence Farley · April 17, 2012
The April 2 edition of Newsweek Magazine featured a piece (just in time for Western Easter) by journalist Andrew Sullivan. It is a heartfelt piece, urging its readers to ignore (i.e. reject) all forms of contemporary...
Fr. Lawrence Farley · April 04, 2012
In the Gospel of John, we read that Christ attended a wedding in Cana of Galilee along with His disciples, and that His Mother was there too. When the wine gave out, she asked Him to do a public miracle, openly manifesting...
Lenten Reflections · April 03, 2012
“God created the world and blessed it and gave it to man as his food and life, as the means of communion with Him.” – Fr. Alexander Schmemann
As we find ourselves towards the end of Lent,...