Blessed is our God, always, now and ever, and forever. Amen.
Glory be to You, our God, glory be to You.
Heavenly King, Comforter, Spirit of Truth, Who are everywhere present and fill all things, Treasury of Blessings and Giver of Life, increase Your presence within us, cleanse us of all stain and save us, O gracious [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘orthodoxy’
October 23, 2008
For we do not know how to pray as we ought…
March 5, 2008
Orthodox-Mennonite Dialogue…
SPEAKERS
Reverend Demetrius Nicoloudakis, Pastor, Saint Matthews Orthodox Church
Mark Wenger, Ph.D., Director of Pastoral Studies, Eastern Mennonite Seminary
TOPIC
Community Worship in the Orthodox and Mennonite Traditions
All are welcome for worship, speaker presentations, and Q & A
Saturday March 22, 2008 at 1:30 PM
Annunciation Orthodox Church, 64 Hershey Avenue, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Sanctuary Entrance)
Download a flyer for this event here.
February 15, 2008
The Future Lies in the Past…
Here is an excerpt from a story in the most recent issue of Christianity Today. The article is entitled…
The Future Lies in the Past
Why evangelicals are connecting with the early church as they move into the 21st century.
From Dallas Willard, Richard Foster, and living, practicing monks and nuns, they must learn both the strengths and the [...]
February 11, 2008
Orthodox Study Bible…
Thomas Nelson is publishing the first ever Orthodox Study Bible. Here is the way Amazon presents this Bible:
The FIRST EVER Orthodox Study Bible presents the Bible of the early church and the church of the early Bible.
Orthodox Christianity is the face of ancient Christianity to the modern world and embraces the second largest body of [...]
February 7, 2008
Exclusion and embrace…
Someone shared a story with me this week about some young men who had been shunned by their Beachy Amish church. They were shunned not for some sexual sin or for any other hedonistic indulgence. It actually is quite different than that. I heard the story second hand, so I can only relate the gist [...]
January 21, 2008
Emerging Church 101…
I identify my ecclesial context as the Anabaptist stream. However, several conversations have been a significant part of my ongoing theological process and formation. I am an associate pastor at Sunnyside Mennonite Church. Although we are a local expression of the Body of Christ, we are not independent from the Great Christian Tradition. We are [...]
January 16, 2008
Called by name…
Listen to me, all of you in far-off lands! The LORD called me before my birth; from within the womb he called me by name. Isaiah 49:1
I have been meditating on this verse as I prepare to preach Sunday. A recurring theme in the lectionary texts for Sunday is that of being named by God. [...]
December 22, 2007
Feast of the Nativity…
This icon of the Lord’s Nativity is explained here. I want to focus in on the depiction of Joseph. Here is the explanation of what is happening in the part of the icon with Joseph:
St Joseph the Betrothed (bottom left), seeing his affliction and bewilderment over this most strange and divine birth;. He is shown [...]
December 17, 2007
The blessed Theotokos…
Christians in the Eastern Orthodox tradition remind us of a remarkable truth when they honor Mary with the technical term theotokos or “bearer of God” in their special hymn:
Today is the beginning of our salvation,
The revelation of the eternal mystery!
The Son of God becomes the Son of the Virgin
As Gabriel announces the coming of Grace.
Together [...]
June 22, 2007
On the life of the Trinity, mutual submission and gender…(excerpts from Why Not Women?)
Do not be filled with wine which leads to debauchery,
but be filled with the Spirit,
speaking to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs,
singing and
making music in your heart to the Lord,
always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
submitting to one [...]
