God’s Great Secret — Excerpt from Canterbury
From Rowan William's Enthronement Speech (Feb. 2003)Once we recognise God's great secret, that we are all made to be God's sons and daughters, we can't avoid the call to see one another differently. No-one can be written off; no group, no nation, no...
In Conversation with Islam — Archbishop Lazar Puhalo
Faith, Freedom and the Human Vocation Archbishop Lazar Puhalo Abbot of the Monastery of All Saints of North America Civil Liaison for the Orthodox Church of Canada An Invited Paper The Risale-i Nur: Faith, Morality and the Future of Humankind An international...
“Your moralism is killing you” by Brian Zahnd
I'll never forget the time I was sitting at the Starbucks in downtown Estes Park, Colorado with my friend Brad Jersak and his relating to me how Archbishop Lazar Puhalo of the Orthodox Church of Canada had replied upon being asked, "What message would...
John Chrysostom & Olympias: Soul Friends by Ron Dart
The Christian Tradition has many a heart rending tale to tell, but one of the most vivid and compelling dramas is the endearing relationship of John Chrysostom and Olympias (both leaders and visionaries of the highest calibre). Chrysostom (349-407) is well known...
“The External Philosophy”: The Fathers and Platonism by Archbishop Lazar Puhalo
The “External Philosophy”: The Fathers and Platonism It is a commonplace of modern scholarship that the Fathers of the Church, Latin and Greek, were Platonist, with exceptions of Sts Leontios of Byzantium, John of Damascus and Gregory Palamas who were ostensibly...
Ten Flags by Blind Man at the Gate
Ten Flagsby Blind Man at the Gate(This poem is mostly true) Today I saw ten flags in ten minutesOf the stars and stripes varietyThree were flown from churchesWith marquees that said things like“Celebrate Freedom”Five were flown in front of banksThe biggest one...
Jesus and Nonviolence – Podcast by Bob Ekblad
New Podcast: Jesus and Nonviolence How can we as Christians reconcile the apparent violence of Old Testament texts with the self-sacrificing, non-violent life and teachings of Jesus? Many on both sides of the issue use Scripture to justify their stance on...
Anglicanism and Orthodoxy by Ron Dart
The centre cannot hold—mere anarchy is loosed upon the world. W.B. Yeats so that they may be one...
Steven Delopoulos / The Ruin of the Beast
God sees the truth, but waits – Leo Tolstoy
In the town of Vladimir lived a young merchant named Ivan Dmitrich Aksionov. He had two shops and a house of his own.Aksionov was a handsome, fair-haired, curly-headed fellow, full of fun, and very fond of singing. When quite a young man he had been given to...