Jesus Loves Me, This I Know…
...for the Bible tells me so. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsYyb1ojQhM?list=UUexfCDc6_Cu6Scuq2Y-9HWQ]
Sneakin’
When I was a boy, my little brother and I would sometimes sneak around the house before our parents woke up on a Saturday morning. One Saturday, before the sun was up, my brother and I decided we could get our own breakfast, pour our own milk, and generally...
The Power of Memory!
The ancients kept the stories of their past alive through storytelling and through communal memory. It was just expected that a young person would memorize the tales of the tribe so that he could pass on this communal memory to the next generation. Now don't laugh, but when I...
Mom’s Birthday
I suppose the whole world couldn't contain the poems, stories, and memories we children collect about our mothers. I know I owe much of my good qualities to the brave lady who raised me and my little brother. And the one quality I always remember is that, no matter...
God So Loved The World
Today we hear a familiar passage from John 3:16. We know it by heart. But have you contemplated the depth if the theology if this simple scripture? God loves! God loves Deliberately. God loves Honestly. God loves at Great Cost. God loves you in all these ways and, today, His love Demands a response! Well?
Our Saturday Guest Blog – Knowing God’s Will
Today we hear from a Saturday Guest Blog favorite - Fr. Stephen Freeman. How do we know God's Will? Read and contemplate: https://blogs.ancientfaith.com/glory2godforallthings/2014/09/05/knowing-gods-will/
September 7 Designated as Assembly of Bishops Sunday
The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America has designated Sunday, September 7 as Assembly of Bishops Sunday and releases the following encyclical: To the Most Reverend Hierarchs, the Reverend Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, the Presidents and Members of Parish Councils, the Day,...
RAPTUREMANIA! (Scary sounds in the Background)
Standing in line at the supermarket is such an education. As I'm placing my grocery items on the conveyor belt and watching them slide toward the cashier, I glance toward the ubiquitous magazines there in the check-out line and read headlines screaming at me that Big Foot has been...
An Unclean Spirit
As kids we would tease each other constantly. Now I know you never did this, because you were a nice and respectful child, but, well, we were rascals at times! I remember the one taunt that always got me was "I know you are, but what am I?" Some...