I enjoy conversations (not as much the sometime arguments) with my sons. As they grow in understanding and engage in the wider world outside our home, they show me the world in new ways and refresh my understanding of it. Things I’ve held as true without question they question, and I have to think aboutContinue reading “We All Need Restraint”
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It Ain’t Superstitious If It’s True
I can’t remember ever being particularly superstitious. I have never feared walking under a ladder, or dreaded bad luck if I broke a mirror, and never thought twice about going out on a Friday just because it was the 13th. None of these or many similar things ever really made sense to me. How couldContinue reading “It Ain’t Superstitious If It’s True”
You Shall See Greater Things Than These*
When I was in the process of becoming Orthodox, one practice I found difficult to accept was the veneration of icons. Bowing and kissing seemed an awful lot like worship to me, dangerously close, so close that maybe we’d be better off if we just didn’t do it. Well, no, in fact we would beContinue reading “You Shall See Greater Things Than These*”
An Orthodox Priest Abroad 