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My favorite Spiritual Direction tradition

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:49:00 -0500

My class in spiritual direction sparked an interest in me to re-read The Brother's Karamazov. When my first Spiritual Director asked me what I imagined a Spiritual Director was like I thought of Zossima, the staretz from one of my favorite Dostoevsky

Oak Stocks Up For Fall

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:07:44 -0500

One of Fashion Indie’s favorite New York boutiques Oak has been rolling in their Fall stock faster than the leaves are falling off the trees. They have been stocking up on a ton of amazing collections from equally as amazing designers. This sho

ARCHBISHOP DONALD WUERL AND THE WORLD

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:40:29 -0500

Today is the day we run our full-page ad in the Washington Times weekly edition. It is a full-color ad in which we pay tribute to the 16 Catholic bishops who have chosen to protect Christ from sacrilege by enforcing Church law, specifically Canon 915

Board of rabbis opposes California anti-gay-marriage initiative

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:37:18 -0500

LATimes: Proposition 8 is stirring great fervor this election season, as supporters and opponents of gay marriage gear up for their Nov. 4 duel at the ballot box. Now comes the latest group to weigh in — the Board of Rabbis of Southern California.

Taking on Chabad

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:34:38 -0500

The latest issue of New Voices, the Jewish student magazine, is devoted entirely to Chabad, whose rabbis are rising in prominence on college campuses and often challenging the hegemony of the local Hillel chapters. As one JTA staffer noted, it’

A picture’s worth a thousand words

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 07:54:17 -0500

I found ‘A picture’s worth’ on the Learning technology teacher development blog. it’s a wonderful collective version of people’s stories behind their own photos - even more interesting as a kaleidoscopic collection. Star

End of the emerging church?

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:47:01 -0500

An article out of Christianity Today has been stirring some buzz - R.I.P. Emerging Church Supposedly Dan Kimball, Erwin McManus, and Scot McKnight are starting up a new missional network that will have it’s orthodox theological foundation bas

Shomrim vs. Shmira (and the NYPD)

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:34:42 -0500

The NYPD is trying to bring two rival Jewish security patrols in Brooklyn, the Shomrim and Shmira, under one roof, the New York Post reports: The NYPD is trying to settle a long-running dispute between two rival Orthodox Jewish patrol groups - and k

Piously Orthodox Coffee Drinking

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:01:00 -0500

Controversial Aliyah question in Teaneck

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:56:11 -0500

There was a very interesting post today over at Teaneck Talk, a local blog written and maintained by the Orthodox community of Teaneck, NJ (a very well known and popular town in the New York City area). The author of the article writes how, although

For the Life of the World : Sacraments and Orthodoxy

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:00:54 -0500

For the Life of the World : Sacraments and Orthodoxy . A subtitle of ‘Sacraments and Orthodoxy’ likely draws a disinterested note in the minds of many, yet the true magic of Fr. Schmemann’s writing is its ability to broach such intr

The Orthodox Way

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:00:07 -0500

The Orthodox Way . This book is a general account of the doctrine, worship and life of Orthodox Christians by the author of the now classic The Orthodox Church. It raises the basic issues of theology: God is hidden yet revealed; the problem with evil

Sarah Palin: Ten Signs Palin May be an Orthodox Jew

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:03:33 -0500

Is it possible that Sarah Palin is an Orthodox Jew? Our buddy, Shmuel, noticed 10 signs that Palin might be. What do you think?

A state for all people - not just religious ones

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:26:00 -0500

Sixsty years ago Israel became a sovereign state for the Jewish people. Today the ultra orthodox (black hats) are trying to change our state to suit their religious community. They use boycotts, coercion, and violence to intimidate more secular Jews.

Orthodox Spiritual Direction

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:01:00 -0500

Here in the monastery library I found a book called, “Spiritual Direction in the Early Christian East,.” It has a forward by Orthodox Bishop Kallistos Ware which discusses the concept of staretz or fathers in the Russian Orthodox tradition.He de

An image of the Church

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:08:00 -0500

As I woke up this morning, I saw an (inner) image. It was a bird, and it was an image of the Church.First, I saw only the body and the wings - each wing representing two rather opposite directions - one very conservative and one very liberal wing.And

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Remember My Chains:

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:06:32 -0500

This entry originally appeared in The Call with Mike Milton. Alexander Solzhenitsyn died on Sunday, August 3 at the age of 89. We would do well to remember this man. Surely Solzhenitsyn’s greatest work was his extraordinary writing. Underneath

Religious Rakia

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:34:00 -0500

You would think that the blood of Christ is represented by wine. With this the essential part of the Eucharist rite tradition in the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches in the region would stick to this.However rakia has crept into the deep

Orthodox Spring 2009

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:38:24 -0500

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Orthodox Church Celebrates 1020 Years of Christianity in Rus’

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:59:26 -0500