Earlier this year I cancelled my Dish Network account. I found I really didn’t watch TV much anymore and had no interest in continuing my service. At first the cancellation process seemed to go smoothly. The representative was quite nice on the phone. After offering to give me a special deal, she promptly agreed to [...]
I was tipped off to The Dark Mountain Project by bekkos. It is, as indeed he suggests, a sobering read. You can read the full “manifesto” here, but here is a preview: There is a fall coming. We live in an age in which familiar restraints are being kicked away, and foundations snatched from under [...]
So, I’ve been pretty sick the last few days. Thankfully, I only have strep and not the flu as well. So unable to work and unable to read, I was able to catch up on a few movies I’ve wanted to see for a while. The one that intrigued me the most after seeing it [...]
I just finished reading this article which I enjoyed. Its a fine article and a great stab at trying to understand Orthodoxy from an evangelical perspective. He makes some mistakes, of course, but one can’t expect him to be aware of the subtlety of our doctrine as a non-Orthodox. However, I would like to comment [...]
13 Jun
Posted by Nathaniel McCallum as Personal
My good friend Ben wonders about dispassion. By dispassion we do not refer to sloth (acedia; lack of caring about the world due to laziness) which is one of Aquinas’ seven deadly sins (rightfully so), but we speak of apatheia. However, before we talk about dispassion, we must first talk about an Orthodox understanding of [...]
Fr. Gregory Hogg has a great post comparing Sts. Augustine and Gregory on the ability and expressability of knowing God’s substance. Go read the excerpts from Augustine and Gregory on his post, otherwise the following won’t make much sense… There are a few things to note in further comparing these two passages: 1. Both Gregory [...]
With the intoning of our first Bridegroom Matins, Holy Week has begun. It has always astounded me how fickle the crowds in Jerusalem appear. One week they proclaim their King with shouts of “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” Yet only days later, this same crowd exclaims “Crucify Him!” [...]
My good friend Ben has some interesting observations about Lent in the Orthodox tradition and in the Catholic/Protestant traditions. He describes the Eastern view of sin very well: it is a cancer that, once we let it into our person, devours us from the inside out. However, I too have been thinking about Lent East [...]
For those that haven’t noticed, Fr. Joseph has decided to go a little controversial. This reminds me of something that I have been wondering for a while. I think the Orthodox Study Bible is a good thing and I will buy one as soon as it comes out. Though, I have wondered what effect [...]