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Volume IV - 2015
In our society, among our own family members and friends, including in the Orthodox Church, addiction to alcohol has been prevalent for decades. Today, its severity has diminished and is being replaced by other,…
Volume IV - 2015
Fr. Hopko had this teaching distributed as spiritual preparation in advance of the 2013 OCA Parish Ministries Conference, “Equipping the Saints for Worship, Learning and Service”, Marymount University, Arlington,…
Volume IV - 2014
The liturgical life of our Orthodox Christian Faith is meant to be full of life, engaging, and reflecting Christ’s commission to his apostles to “Go and baptize all nations….” This is not a passive command,…
Volume IV - 2012
After the Armistice in 1918, a British officer remarked, “now that this war is over, we can go back to real soldiering.” There is much truth in that statement, though perhaps not the way he intended. The war…
Volume IV - 2011
There is a saying in Oregon, “If you don’t want it to rain carry an umbrella.” Emergency Preparedness planning is similar to making a huge umbrella composed of many panes that in their entirety form a protective…
Volume III - 2010
The Department of Christian Service and Humanitarian Aid, as an important part of its ministry, has recognized and raised up the special needs of people with disabilities. Articles in the Resource Handbook for Lay…
Volume III - 2010
[Updated, Department of Christian Service, 2015]
As he went along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, for him to have been born…
Volume III - 2009
“Inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me” (Matthew 25:40). Who are “the least of these”? Of course, they are persons lacking adequate food, shelter, and clothing. They are…
Volume III - 2008
The center of worship for a family is often the home, perhaps the holiest place there is. The home is where you gather with family to eat, to raise a family, to read the word of God. Jesus said, “If anyone loves Me,…
Volume III - 2007
Church School Lenten Read-A-Thon Extra Resources
At our parish we are blessed to have as our priest’s wife, Lydia Westerberg, who is a professional librarian. She has helped us build up a wonderful parish library of…