Posted in Ecology, Emmaus, History, Mission, Podcasts, tagged Emmaus, History, Ireland, localism, Mission, Podcasts, scotland, thin places on December 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A fascinating event held recently at St. Paul’s was this seminar and discussion led by Prof. Alfred Siewers of Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania (referenced in this previous post). You can now listen to both parts of the recording made of the seminar via Ancient Faith Radio:
Part One—the bulk of the seminar, introduced by [...]
Posted in Mission, tagged doctrine, Mission, names on November 30, 2009 | 7 Comments »
There are many times when I am speaking to someone about Christ, even within a church context, that I feel like I am speaking about an alien visitor from outer space. It is quite similar to the feeling I sometimes have when referencing some piece of history that interests me for which my interlocutor [...]
Posted in Mission, Podcasts, tagged doctrine, Mission, Podcasts on November 25, 2009 | 15 Comments »
As the “Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy” podcast rolls on with publication on AFR (having been completed in “the real world” about a week and a half ago; all handouts are available here), I am receiving more and more email with regard to its contents. Most of the messages are just kind words of thanks, [...]
Posted in Feasts, History, Mission, tagged Mission, scotland, st ninian on September 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Among other saintly commemorations today, we remember Ninian, the Enlightener of Scotland. From all apparent worldly analyses, St. Ninian was something of a failure. He’s called the Enlightener of Scotland, because he first brought the Christian faith there in the final years of the 4th century, but he wasn’t terribly successful. He [...]
Posted in Emmaus, History, Mission, tagged Emmaus, History, Mission on August 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Saturday the 15th of August, after we completed services for the Dormition, members of the Orthodox Church of Emmaus, Pennsylvania, manned a booth at the festival marking the 250th anniversary of the founding of the Borough of Emmaus. One could say that we are a church obsessed with history, and so it is [...]
Posted in Emmaus, Mission, tagged coffee, Emmaus, localism, Mission on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My koumbaro (fancy Greek term for “ecclesiastical relative,” in this case, my daughter’s godfather) is visiting with us here for a few days, and this afternoon, he and I visited my favorite local coffeehouse to get a little caffeination and chat in. While we were there, we talked a bit with the proprietor, as [...]
Podcast: Orthodoxy & Heterodoxy
