http://nathaniel.themccallums.org echo $life | grep meaning > /dev/world Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:22:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://nathaniel.themccallums.org/2009/04/28/who-watches-the-fountain-part-1/ 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, ... http://nathaniel.themccallums.org/2008/12/23/justification-and-orthodoxy/ 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 ... http://nathaniel.themccallums.org/2008/06/13/26/ 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 ... http://nathaniel.themccallums.org/2008/05/21/augustine-gregory-and-barlaam-on-knowing-god/ 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 ... http://nathaniel.themccallums.org/2008/04/23/it-has-begun/ Click here for more Zenoss Tips and Tricks. Introduction Zenoss is built using Zope.  Zope contains plugins for all aspects of authentication and authorization.  We will install two plugins (LDAPUserFolder and LDAPMultiPlugins) which will enable this functionality and then we will configure the Zenoss Zope instance to use these plugins. Note that this ... http://nathaniel.themccallums.org/2008/03/13/ldapactivedirectory-authorizationauthentication-and-zenoss/ 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 ... http://nathaniel.themccallums.org/2008/03/03/lent-east-and-west/ 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, ... http://nathaniel.themccallums.org/2008/02/12/reading-the-scriptures-in-context/ I just read a great interview with Alexander Solzhenitsyn. In the interview he says something I've always had a hard time putting my finger on: I have grown used to the fact that, throughout the world, public repentance is the most unacceptable option for the modern politician. http://nathaniel.themccallums.org/2007/07/24/modern-politics/ As you may have noticed, I upgraded my site and in the process removed all my old posts.  This is intentional: I thought I might try to get a fresh start on things. http://nathaniel.themccallums.org/2007/07/24/tabula-rasa/