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On the Surface of the Deep

08/08/2023

Sermon preached by Fr. Antony Hughes on Sunday, November 20, 2016 The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (10:38-42; 11:27-28) Last week we spoke of action, this week let’s talk about contemplation, the “Mary and Martha” of life. Knowing about Jesus and knowing Him are not the same. Being a Christian and following Christ are not synonymous. Who is it we are actually following? One of my dearest spiritual sons just returned

Theophany – Showing the World to be the World

01/06/2023

By Fr. Stephen Freeman, January 3, 2022 I was standing beside the Jordan River, somewhere along its trek through Israel. I was with a group of pilgrims led by Met. Kallistos Ware gathered for the Great Blessing of the Waters. Somehow, it seemed that I was the only priest who had brought an epitrachelion (stole), so I loaned it to the Metropolitan for the service. As the service began, I noticed a school of fish

The Twelfth Day of Christmas. Theophany Eve – Showing the World to be the World

01/05/2022

By Fr. Stephen Freeman, January 5, 2019 I was standing beside the Jordan River, somewhere along its trek through Israel. I was with a group of pilgrims led by Met. Kallistos Ware gathered for the Great Blessing of the Waters. Somehow, it seemed that I was the only priest who had brought an epitrachelion (stole), so I loaned it to the Metropolitan for the service. As the service began, I noticed a school of fish

The Distraction Delusion—Get Your Hands Dirty

06/01/2020

By Fr. Stephen Freeman, June 12, 2019 I recently bought a pickup truck, a twenty-five-year-old clunker that runs ok. I paid $600 for it and have been slowly tending to the little fixes that it requires. It’s old enough to lack the computerization that puts vehicles beyond the reach of a shade-tree mechanic. My father and his father were both auto mechanics. I had forgotten how much satisfaction I get from doing what they did.

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