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The still shot (here) looks like they’re waiting on the line to die down for the hotel’s complimentary breakfast.

HT: Contemporary Orthodoxy

This, taken from The Stand, concerning whether [the prophetess] Mother Abigail was “off her block”, is posted here on Stephen King’s 62nd birthday:

“Maybe she was,” Glen said mildly. “If you read your theology, you’ll find that God often chooses to speak through the dying and the insane. It even seems to me — here’s the closet Jesuit coming out — that there are good psychological reasons for it. A madman or a person on her deathbed is a human being with a drastically changed psyche. A healthy person might be apt to filter the divine message, to alter it with his or her own personality. In other words, a healthy person might make a [crappy] prophet” (p. 1044, unabridged version).

And, while I’m at it — “outside the box” and all — I should mention that it is, coincidentally, also the birthday of H.G. Wells, who said:

“Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.” *
* – Correction — see Comments, below.

“Some people bear three kinds of trouble – the ones they’ve had, the ones they have, and the ones they expect to have.”

And …

“If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.”

Birthdays noted here.

HG Wells quotes.

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St Tikhon of Moscow is loved and venerated by all American Orthodox — and, somewhat surprisingly, by the Anglicans of Nashotah House Theological Seminary in Wisconsin. Nashotah House awarded St Tikhon a D.Div (honoris causa) in 1905, and they venerate his icon in their chapel of St Mary the Virgin.

This year — to mark the 20th anniversary of St Tikhon’s glorification — Nashotah House is hosting an Anglican-Orthodox Conference on “Identity, Ministry and Mission in the 21st Century” from October 8-10, 2009. The conference is free and open to the public.

Conference Speakers

The OCA, AOCA, and St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary are well represented. His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah, Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, will anchor the Conference as the keynote speaker, and will close it by conducting an Akathist service for St Tikhon before the icon in the Nashotah House chapel. SVS Chancellor, Fr Chad Hatfield, will speak on St Tikhon’s vision and relationship with Nashotah House.

Other distinguished speakers include

* newly-consecrated Bishop Melchizedek of Pittsburgh (OCA);

* Fr Stephen Platt (Moscow Patriarchate) General-Secretary of the UK Fellowship of Ss Alban and Sergius;

* Fr Bill Olnhausen (AOCA);

* Fr Patrick Reardon (AOCA), Senior Editor of Touchstone;

* Rt Rev. Robert Duncan, Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America;

* Rt Rev. Keith Ackerman (retired Bishop of Quincy) President of Forward in Faith North America;

* Rt Rev. Edward Salmon (retired Bishop of South Carolina);

* Rev. Arnold Klukas, Associate Professor of Liturgics, (Nashotah House);

* Rt Rev. Frank Lyons, Bishop of Bolivia (Anglican); and

* Very Rev. Dr Robert Munday (Dean and President of Nashotah House).

Long tradition of Anglican-Orthodox Dialogue

Anglicans and Orthodox have been talking since the first missionaries met each other in California in the nineteenth century. More formal talks began in 1973, when the Anglican-Orthodox Joint Doctrinal Discussions held its first meeting in Oxford. Three formal statements have since emerged (Moscow Agreed Statement, 1976; Dublin Agreed Statement, 1984; and Cyprus Agreed Statement, 2008).

St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary has contributed to renewing this dialogue through its Fellowship Conference in June 2008, through participation in the Nashotah House Conference this year, and through the joint concordat that representatives from both seminaries will sign. The concordat records both seminaries’ commitment to preserving the historic record of the Anglican-Orthodox dialogue to date, and to continuing that dialogue on a theological level.

Conference Registration

The Conference is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required. Please contact Fr Steve Schlossberg, Director of Communications at Nashotah House: (262) 646-6506.

The Hilton Garden Inn, Oconomowoc (2 miles from the seminary), is offering a special $79 or $89 rate for a suite. Call (262)200-2222 and mention Nashotah House Conference when booking.

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Did you ever try to find something even remotely Orthodox in your local superstore, gift shop, or bible book store? Chances are, you’ll find all manner of things purporting to be spiritual, religious, new-fangled and Christian — though nary even a wall calendar reflecting the Ancient Faith. Besides, what should you do when you do find one? Here’s a snippet of this week’s podcast …

Hello! Welcome to Betsy’s Cards and Things! May I help you?

— Oh yes, thank you. I’m looking for a Church wall calendar …

Sure, sweetheart! Over here we have the Woman’s Oneness with the One calendar which offers helpful sayings from leading Christian women to help meet the challenges of our crazy world!

— No, actually, I was looking for something a little more traditional.

Well, we have our Be-Happy-Attitudes calendar – it’s very popular – I like to call it our Christian Fortune Cookie Calendar!

— No, uh …

See it offers happy sayings for each and every day of the week, and a funny Bible passage on every Friday – you know, TGIF!

— Actually, Friday’s a Fast day.

Oh, I know what you mean. I usually try to leave early every Friday if I can!

— No, I mean Church wall calendars usually have Fridays colored in pink.

PINK?!

Why didn’t you say so? Why, we have this wonderful Pink Pinky Calendar … complete with little strings attached to each month that you can tie around your pinky to …

The Orthodixie Podcast on Ancient Faith Radio.

PS – Thanks to my daughter Mary Catherine for Voice #1; my wife has not given me permission to thank Voice #2.

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