Sunday, October 25, 2015

Neither Pharisee Nor "Legion": On Becoming our True Selves in Jesus Christ--Homily for the 21st Sunday After Pentecost and the 6th Sunday of Luke in the Orthodox Church

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Galatians 2:16-20 Luke 8:26-39             We all know what it is means not to feel like ourselves.  We can become so out of sorts f...
Sunday, October 18, 2015

The Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke: The Perfect Patron for a Small Orthodox Parish in West Texas!

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Colossians 4:5-11, 14-18 St. Luke 10:16-21 Today is the Feast Day of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke, the patron saint of our ...
Sunday, October 11, 2015

Flourishing and Bearing Fruit in the Lord's Garden: Homily for the Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the 7th Ecumenical Council and the 4th Sunday of Luke in the Orthodox Church

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Titus 3: 8-15 Luke 8:5-15      Last Sunday, we focused on the importance of sowing abundantly, of investing ourselves in the li...
Sunday, October 4, 2015

Investing in Mercy by Loving Our Enemies: A Homily for the 18th Sunday After Pentecost and the Second Sunday of Luke in the Orthodox Church

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2 Cor. 9:6-11                Luke 6:31-36                               It is true in everything we do:  the more we put into somethin...
Sunday, September 27, 2015

An Orthodox Christian Argument Against Physician-Assisted Suicide

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          I heard something on National Public Radio during my morning run the other day that got my attention . A report on a physician-a...

What Catching Fish and Beholding the Divine Glory Have in Common: Homily for the 17th Sunday After Pentecost and the 1st Sunday of Luke in the Orthodox Church

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Luke 5:1-11 2 Corinthians 6: 16-7:1             One of the great blessings of children is to have a sense of wonder.  Those of us wh...
Sunday, September 20, 2015

"Get Behind Me, Satan": The True Politics of the Cross

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                         It is good at times to step back and take a close look at what we really believe and in what we really trust. ...