Corporatism, Commonweal and the Just Society by Archbishop Lazar Puhalo
Is not this the manner of fast that I have commanded: to loose the bonds of repression, to lift the heavy burdens and let the oppressed go free, and that you should break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and that you shall bring the poor that...
Paradise and Hell According to Orthodox Tradition by Protopresbyter George Metallinos
On the Last Sunday of Lent "we commemorate the Second and Incorruptible Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ". The expression "we commemorate" of the Book of Saints confirms that our Church, as the Body of Christ, re-enacts in its worship the Second Coming of Christ as an...
The Spiritual Audacity of A. J. Heschel – Audio Interview
This audio is from a recent episode of NPR’s 'Speaking of Faith.' It’s a mix of live recoding’s of Heschel taken from various lectures he gave, along with an indepth interview by Krista Tippet with JTS Chancellor Arnold Eisen. The Chancellor shares stories and...
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The Jesus Pledge by Bob Ekblad
The Jesus Pledge: Pledging Allegiance to Jesus and the Kingdom of God Bob Ekblad Nov 14, 2008 On November 4, election day here in the USA, I had the privilege of speaking before some 2,000 students and faculty at Messiah College in Pennsylvania. An orchestra played at...
Identity Storm by Eric H Janzen
Part One What's the Point? The Eye of the Storm… I shudder as I begin writing this and nearly get up from the keyboard and run away. A crisis of identity has recently turned my inward life upside down, and the blame can be squarely put on the shoulders of my beloved...
Words of Fear, Words of Hope: (an exercise)
Words of hope, words of fear. An exercise in discernment of spirits... in four parts Part I: Read James 3:9-18 slowly and out loud. (twice) Part II: Watch the Will.I.AM video below. (twice) You can view it here: Part III: Read the Focus on the Family 2012...
On the social and moral problems of youth in the 21st century — by Archbishop Lazar Puhalo
INVITED PAPER FOR CONFERENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY, MAGNITOGORSK, RUSSIA. Doubtless several aspects of the social and moral crises among young people will be discussed at this conference, so I will focus on only one aspect of it. It is difficult to say whether Communism...
Bob Ekblad’s ‘A New Christian Manifesto’ – Review by Brad Jersak
Bob Ekblad, A New Christian Manifesto: Pledging Allegiance to the Kingdom of God, Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2008.Review by Brad JersakAfter my first encounters with the theo-praxis of Bob Ekblad, recounted so vividly in his previous work, Reading...
Religion – according to Heschel
Religion begins with a consciousness that something is asked of us. Religion consists of God's question and man's answer. Religion is not what man does with his solitariness. Religion is what man does with the presence of God....