Confessions of a Middle-Aged Faith – A Repost

Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2013 by Mendicant Monk

Great gloss on a passage that preachers often apologize for. I remember it well in the lectionary. It is the Sunday before Nativity, the Sunday of the Ancestors/Forefathers of the Lord. And yes, I think it’s chief message is that faith is primarily personal and not abstractly theological.

I always loved this passage because as a Bible Quizzer it used a lot of key words (words only used once in a given book of the Bible). There is a message there for us. We are God’s key words, uniquely created for the space and time which we inhabit.

Great gloss on a passage that preachers often apologize for. I remember it well in the lectionary. It is the Sunday before Nativity, the Sunday of the Ancestors/Forefathers of the Lord. And yes, I think it’s chief message is that … Continue reading →

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New Faith-Based Tour

Dear Faithful Readers,

Please follow the link to a new faith-based tour company I am beginning tomorrow on the Feast of St. Botolph, Old Style. Won’t post there as often as I do here, but please pass along the word for those of you who might travel to our fair city and want a tour. It would be my greatest pleasure.

Downton Abbey Season 3

Posted on Wednesday, January 9, 2013 by Mendicant Monk

For those of you not quite in the loop, Downton Abbey on PBS, shot in England by the BBC is a terrific television series. Season 3 premiered last Sunday and is running every Sunday on your local PBS station. Watch it!

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Hello faithful readers… Wanted to let you know about a new paper I uploaded to my Academia page about a year in the life of an Orthodox Church my family and I attend. Would love to know what you think.

Here’s to Finding a Path for Life

Posted on Wednesday, October 31, 2012 by Mendicant Monk

Today we celebrate simultaneously the birthday of my father-in-law and the anniversary of the day he first met his future wife and our baba so many years ago. I hear a toast this evening at dinner that I have never heard before: “Here’s to finding or discovering a path/road for our life.” (za zheezin na darogu in Russian) Continue reading →

First Official Tour of Boston’s Religious Heritage

Posted on Friday, August 31, 2012 by Mendicant Monk

Yeah! Had my first official PAID tour of Boston’s Religious Heritage today. I am excited for what the future may bring with this blog and my tour company which I hope to found. For now, I just want to promote myself and get some more paying customers. May God grant the increase!

Returning to the Fathers

Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 by Mendicant Monk

I listened today to an encouraging podcast on Ancient Faith Radio about Wheaton College’s inauguration of an Early Christian Studies program. I realize this is somewhat old news to some of you, but this podcast really made me think anew of the significance of this and how it points to a general trend among Evangelicals of turning to the Fathers to help them interpret the Bible.

This is how I and many others became Orthodox. I am so pleased to hear of this movement on an institutional level. Personally, I think it is through the prayers of C.S. Lewis, the patron saint of Evangelicals. May it continue…

All Up to Date Finally!

Posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 by Mendicant Monk

Thanks for hanging in there with me, everyone. I have finally posted all of the reflections from the Sochi trip. Am presently in our Moscow apartment enjoying the recovery from such a wonderful time on the Black Sea. Had some posts that were more like rants, so I decided to pitch them. I feel like there is plenty of negative material on the internet, and not enough positive culture building.

Hope you enjoy this and all the future posts.