When our churches look like cardboard boxes instead of Cathedrals, we have lost true worship towards God in architecture. When our Communion Elements come from a factory, we have lost true worship towards God in The Pinnacle of an intimate relationship with Him.  When we trade our embroidered vestments for ripped jean shorts and a[…]

Christ is risen! For years (virtually my whole life) people have looked at me differently and thought negatively of me because of my limitations, hardly giving me a chance; there are those who really love Jesus, who have been really compassionate and overlooked my learning disability.  We love God because He first loved us by[…]

“You got hammered at the bar on Saturday but came to church on Sunday…. You can sit with me,       you’re right where you need to be. You’re a drug addict but came to church on Sunday…. You can sit with me, you’re right where you need to be. You’re divorced and the last[…]

[Heterodoxy] is like chewing gum: flavorful, initially exciting and sweet, but losing flavor, becoming harder to chew and with no nutritive value. It may stave off hunger for a time, but you will be still hungrier once your soul realizes there is only savor but no sustenance. [Orthodoxy makes all the difference]. Martinian Rio Prince […]

I am a nobody but I am none the less now a God Parent. Where Heterodoxy brought me turmoil; Orthodoxy has brought me triumph. Salvation is not a one night stand and a free ride. Salvation is a whole life of repentance. Repentance is not just lip service; it is a change of heart and[…]

Bright Week, aka Renewal Week, the first week after Pascha Having seen the Resurrection of Christ, let us worship the Holy Lord Jesus, the only sinless one. Your Cross do we worship, O Christ, and Your holy Resurrection do we hymn and glorify. For You are our God, we know no other but You, we[…]