Reflections in Christ

In the late Metropolitan Kallistos Ware’s classic The Orthodox Church, he describes the Church as “a continued Pentecost”.  This is true, but it is important not to misunderstand his…

One of the first things that clergy do after entering the church on Sunday morning for Divine Liturgy is to put on special clothes called “vestments”.  They are highly stylized…

In my last piece I discussed the Old Testament view of the atonement.  Here I would examine the New Testament understanding of the atonement.  ...

It is perhaps significant that there is no obvious and complete explanation of atonement and how it functioned in the Bible.  My guess is that this was because it was too obvious to the ancients to require…

Recently I was asked a very important and perceptive question by a very smart catechumen, a man converting from Roman Catholicism.  He…

This question is often asked by concerned Church people, especially those in the “mainline” churches here in Canada such as the United Church, the Anglican Church, and the Roman Catholic Church.  Church…