In imitation of Philippa and because Alda left me a comment, here are some blogs/forums I read. Deacon Raphael (no relation, chuckle) has just posted a tear jerker. Waiter is one heck of a writer and his posts are always full of humanity and humor. I’ve recently joined Monachos.net and have been a little disappointed. [...]
Just looked over some of my blog archives. Dang do I feel guilty about my lack of posting. Not that anybody reads this (well, hopefully I still have the Faithful Four TM), but I was hoping that a this would provide a more convenient method of keeping a journal. I am going to try the [...]
[If you haven't read part one, do so now.]And now I am being pulled back to life. I begun reading and enjoying Apostle to Zaire about Blessed Father Cosmas of Grigoriou. And it occurred to me that contrary to claims, being Orthodox isn’t hard. I don’t know about you, but sometimes, in moments of despair, [...]
Signs Point to YesI know it may be a little silly to begin this post with a quote from the Magic 8-ball, but isn’t drawing lots an ancient version of everyone’s favorite childhoood prognostication device? Anyway…I can’t recall if I’ve previously mentioned this but, Father Stephen has Valdyka’s blessing to set up chapels or shrines [...]
After looking for something to read at Books-A-Million I settled on The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople by Jonathan Phillips. Seems pretty good so far, but like popular notions of the crusades, Phillips doesn’t seem to realize that the Crusades were wars of Liberation; at least that was the intent. Granted, the Crusaders [...]