I’m reading another Elisabeth Elliot book. I find her insights helpful and quite practical in the struggle to do God’s will in daily life. This one is Keep a Quiet Heart. I came across a short passage a while back that seems like it might be what it takes to ascend from the daily quagmire [...]
When asked to think of what Christ has done for us, most Christians would probably say that He died for our sins and rose from the dead so that we could be saved and live forever in Heaven. This is true and is the very heart of our faith. Yet Jesus had another purpose in [...]
When God sees today all the wickedness in the land, He is still looking for someone to stand in the breach. Of course, it is God’s own Son who has sacrificed Himself for our sins and who “always lives to intercede” for us (Hebrews 7:25). But Christ is the Head; where is his Body? Where [...]
“Pray for us” (Hebrews 13:18). That request, in one form or another, occurs hundreds of times in the Bible. It occurs even more times on our answering machine and e-mail inbox! We write the intentions down and post them where all the brothers can see them; they cover an entire wall in one of our [...]
[You’re probably thinking that I forgot that I had posted this reflection nearly three years ago. I’m sure you remember it yourself. I just decided to recycle it because my brain is morphing into something akin to moldy cheese and just doesn’t function very well any more, at least as far as remembering things goes. [...]
Some time ago two different friends sent me a copy of the relatively new (and evidently quite popular) evangelical novel, The Shack. Another friend has recently urged me to critique it on this blog. So I guess I’ll give you my take on it. If something can simultaneously be full of errors and spiritually helpful, [...]
A recent (Sept. 11) headline on LifeSiteNews.com caught my attention: Prominent Feminist Admits “Abortion is Murder” but “I Am a Firm Supporter.” The prominent feminist referred to here is University of the Arts (Philadelphia) professor Camille Paglia, who is described as a “lesbian social critic.” One would naturally expect that someone with those credentials would [...]
I think I have commented, once or twice, on that very difficult passage from Colossians in which St Paul says that in his flesh, that is, in his own sufferings, he is “filling up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ on behalf of his body, which is the church” (1:24). It’s difficult, I [...]
“You have redeemed us from the curse of the law by your precious blood. Nailed to the Cross and pierced with a lance, you have gushed forth immortality unto mankind: glory be to You, our Savior!” That is the proper tropar for Matins on Great and Holy Friday (called Good Friday in the R.C. world), [...]
Here’s a passage from St Paul that perhaps does not resonate with many who are presently enjoying life on earth, but it sure does with me: “We know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. Here [...]
