“It is very tempting for us to pass judgment based on partial information.” The Trapper There was once a trapper who lived in the Alaskan wilderness alone with his two year old son. On one occasion their food supply was running low and the trapper was forced to leave theContinue Reading
“God’s Word is written on our hearts and we express that Truth in countless ways.” The Invisible Iconographer In traditional Orthodox iconography the goal of the iconographer is to be invisible. Individual expression or style is not sought after because it is considered a distraction to prayer and devotion. ThisContinue Reading
“Letting go of those things in order to find that person can be a difficult trial.” Are we afraid to answer God’s call because we are afraid of what we may have to give up? Charlemagne’s Justice There are many stories told of Charlemagne, king of the Franks and Lombards,Continue Reading
“The adventure of new life in Christ begins when the comfortable patterns of the old life are left behind.” -David Roher Have you ever thought of yourself as a prophet? We tend to think of a prophet as someone who foretells the future. But in the ancient world a prophetContinue Reading
“the artist can, after a fashion, function as a priest, by making the invisible visible” The Pope’s Unexpected Visit What exactly do we mean when we refer to the “True Presence?” In October of 1995, Pope John Paul II was scheduled to greet seminarians at St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore.Continue Reading
“You can’t get out of your duty to evangelize by saying witness ruins art. It simply doesn’t.” – John-Mark Miravale Sharing Our faith Why do we hesitate to share our faith? After all we have been sent out into the world to do just that. When this question is askedContinue Reading
“A man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder” -Thomas Carlyle Adventures in Wonderland In Lewis Carroll’s, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” Alice is wandering in an unfamiliar forest when she meets the Cheshire Cat. “Would you tell me please, which way I ought to go from here?”Continue Reading
“The more we read about the lives of the saints the more we come to realize how ordinary they really were.” God does not make things easy for His saints. By saints, I mean each and every one of us, for we are all called to sainthood, we are allContinue Reading
“To deny that anything is true is incredibly dangerous, not only for ourselves but for all of humanity.” Truth is a casualty of our modern era. We have become very good at sidestepping any admittance of an absolute truth. Tolerance has become a virtual idol, and the number of itsContinue Reading
“Humility doesn’t mean that we should sit around and do nothing, it simply means that we should remember that we are not God” The Humility of a King King Canute was once ruler of England. The members of his court were continually full of flattery. “You are the greatest manContinue Reading