Reflections in Christ

Today we read the Gospel of the Publican and the Pharisee, and of course, if we must choose one, we should strive to follow the way…

The feast of the Meeting of the Lord marks the end of the Nativity season. Forty days ago, we greeted the newborn King with the…

Yesterday was the final Sunday “after Pentecost,” when we read the last of the Sunday lections from Saint Luke’s Gospel. And ...

In my previous blog piece, “Why I Am a Christian (Part 1)” I examined the question of why one should believe in the physical Resurrection of Jesus from the dead. I looked at the essential historical…

Many years ago, when I was tucking my eldest daughter into bed, she asked me a question:  “Dad, why do we believe in the Resurrection?”  I have always taught both…

In 1956 an American game show debuted called “To Tell the Truth”.  Each round of the game introduced three people all claiming to be the same person, and a team of panelists would ask them questions.  Those pretending to be…

In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. I greet all of you with joy on the occasion of the patronal feast of our cathedral, the feast of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker. Saint Nicholas is known the world over; in some ways…

Some heresies never seem to die, but have a disconcerting tendency to pop up in every generation, rather like the emerging heads of the whack-a-mole in the children’s game…

Like many Orthodox clergy, I have lost track of the number of times my Protestant brethren have objected to the priestly title (in my case, “Father Lawrence”), citing the Bible which commands that they…

I greet you with joy on this holy occasion. And I thank you all for your gracious hospitality. I do not intend to speak at length, but I hope you will allow me to reflect brief…