Apr 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Story of Lazarus is the World's Story The Story of Lazarus Is the World's Story John tells us in the last line of his gospel that there are many stories about Jesus he leaves out. He says the world could not contain all the books that could be written. And...
Mar 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
On Sacrifice One of the central questions on the sacrifice of Jesus is the question of what his sacrifice actually means. The problem in interpreting that question is that we often think from a Roman background. In Latin, you have the word offere, which means ‘to...
Mar 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
In recent Bible studies in Skagit County Jail and in our Tierra Nueva worshipping community I have been struck by Jesus’ unusual approach regarding substances, whether they be food, drink or drugs. In substance abuse and recovery circles (and vegan and other religious...
Mar 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
We planted St. Croix Vineyard in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, on October 4, 1992. We often felt an affinity to St. Francis as we tried to care for poorer folks around us and to be available to those in need, but it was almost a decade before we realized that we had...
Mar 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
In the two Ancient Faith Radio podcasts below, Orthodox monk, Fr. Seraphim Aldea, of Mull Monastery in western Scotland offers a poignant and insightful—though intentionally unsatisfying—reflection on our unfortunate and anti-Christ reliance on violence in the face of...
