Monthly Archives: May 2004

Today, on the Feast of Pentecost, I, though unworthy, celebrated my 10th anniversary as an Orthodox priest. It’s been a rough road. Moments of glory mixed with suffering — all of which were complicated by my own sinfulness and shortcomings … Continue reading →

Sanctioned homosexual unions elsewhere have led to a new movement of secession in the South as mentioned in this article from World Net Daily.

[The following article appeared in The Word magazine, May 2004 (Vol.48;No.5).] Students of the art of comedy know that for humour to work it must bear some semblance to the truth. One truth about humour: it’s usually at someone’s expense. … Continue reading →

I once heard a priest, speaking on some of the nuttiness within Orthodox Convert circles, claim: “Shine a light bright enough and even the bugs will come.” For me, this was true of what I now know as Gnosticism. Some … Continue reading →

I’ve a confession to make: I am on my final pages of Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco (1988), which — so I hear — is the fictional forerunner of the plethora of recently published books which include Gnosticism, Knight’s Templar … Continue reading →