Christ is risen! OK, THAT got my attention! Bill was notorious for falling asleep in Mr. Thompson's Lit class. To be fair, the class was right after lunch and all of us sometimes struggled to "stay focused" during some of Mr. Thompson's lectures, but he really worked hard to keep...
Christ is risen! T.S. Eliot, one of the 20th century's major poets, said: "And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness." It strikes me as significant that an author would write something like that. And, in...
Christ is risen! It almost seems unbelievable to think that our society could actually get to the place where we say that someone has outlived their "usefulness" and withdraw medical care from them because they aren't "worth" saving for society. And yet, we are creeping dangerously close to that mindset...
Christ is risen! So, why is it so easy to take advice from a stranger, but not your own family? Alright, I'll confess to being a bit frustrated. Here's the story: I had a dear family member bend my ear for several hours about a problem. At the end of...
Christ is risen! I like this quote: "A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you've been taking." Yep, I bet you know that feeling of being so fed up with the everyday activities of life that you say "STOP!" And yet, why is it that...
Don't miss this very important discussion about the Great and Holy Council of the Orthodox Church coming up this Pentecost in Crete! This historic event will be important to every Orthodox believer as our bishops gather to witness to the world the beauty and wisdom of our timeless Orthodox...
Christ is risen! "What would Jesus do?" That phrase was popular a few years ago, and I confess to being amused by this fad of "easy religion." One of the main reasons was that the life of Jesus is not easily categorized as the comfortable "Jesus" we moderns would prefer....
Christ is risen! Ah, the beauties of Springtime! And the hay fever! For those of us susceptible to the reign of terror that is pollen season; the watery eyes, the stuffy nose, basically all the bad stuff on all the commercials we see for medicine to combat this scourge of...
Christ is risen! "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them." This startling quote from the great American poet Henry David Thoreau captures an insight into the challenge of our human lives. All too much of the time I find myself...
Christ is risen! The young man was very frustrated. His dad had just gotten him a new hunting dog and this was the first time the young man had to train the dog himself. The process was a lot tougher than the boy realized and he was out of answers. You...
