October 2024 – An Orthodox Priest Abroad

Well, That’s Too Bad

And just like that, I have lost all emotional interest in the World Series. The worst part about it isn’t even that I haven’t got a team to root for. As a rule, I cheer for three specific teams: the Chicago Cubs, and whoever is playing the Dodgers and the Yankees. Now that the latterContinue reading “Well, That’s Too Bad”

Icons: Not Just for Clicks

The empire was collapsing. Over several decades the followers of the new religion of Mohammed pushed their way out of Arabia conquering as they went. First fell the ancient See of Jerusalem, the Holy Land where the Lord was born, lived and conducted His earthly ministry, and then Antioch, whose first bishop was St. IgnatiusContinue reading “Icons: Not Just for Clicks”

It Revs My Engine

As any boy who grow up in the Midwest, I had friends and family who owned and worked on cars. My uncle Bob owned a garage on the same rural lot as his home, where I spent many of my childhood days in Ohio, and a cousin drove a racing striped Chevy Nova that announcedContinue reading “It Revs My Engine”

Enter Into Grief and Be Light

Whether it’s the way things used to be or the way things are now or some combination thereof, all of us have some vision of the way things ought to be. It’s a vision to which we attach much value, often investing significant emotional capital in it. And because of our investment we become farContinue reading “Enter Into Grief and Be Light”

Every Head a Billboard

Living overseas I tend to be out of the loop when it comes to U.S. professional sports news, sports opinion in particular, which may be why I haven’t heard about the latest MLB money grab: selling ad space on their players’ heads. Uniforms have already caused a lot of controversy this season, and it wasContinue reading “Every Head a Billboard”

Time to Shake Off the Cobwebs

It has been quite some time since I posted anything here on my blog, and though I feel a little built guilty about that, the principal reason mitigates that feeling significantly: We’ve had guests and travelled extensively over the Summer. Our preoccupation with hosting and with planning and executing our trips—including a long, significant tripContinue reading “Time to Shake Off the Cobwebs”