Author: Huw Raphael
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Purity of Heart
A vlog post for the 14th day of Sivan. I’m talking about purity of heart and the Beatitudes.
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Frankly, Kyrill
When should one change churches?
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Vo-Disc
Back in the 80s, VoTech was like a HS that people went to when they did not want to go to college. (Think it’s the same now?) Because of this it was often depicted as a place for lesser achieving students. I bet they are earning tons more money than most of my college friends.…
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Homily Endpoint
Here’s the way the Homily came out. The two halves got reversed. The Homily starts at about the 6 minute mark.
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Vlog, Homily Preview
The folks over at Blaze Media reprinted my essay, I was in Hell. The texts for the Sunday of the Man Born Blind: Glory Let us, the faithful, praise and worship the Word, co-eternal with the Father and the Spirit, born for our salvation from the Virgin; for He willed to be lifted up on…
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#3 in a Series
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Fulcrum
There are moments that answer the question, “What would happen if everyone jumped at once?” D-day. All the entire allied nations prepared for this event for months. And they kept is secret. This moment changed history. No matter what we do, we stand in the shadow of these men. Every choice we make in the…
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Data Flow
What happened when I changed my Tablet from English to Hebrew. מה קרה כשהחלפתי את הטאבלט שלי מאנגלית לעברית
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#2 in Series
Happy June
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Thanks, Fr Don.
What is the opposite of “Incarnation”? If the Logos is the fullest meaning of all things, what is any path that reject that meaning?
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Winepresses
In the LXX Psalter Pss 8, 80, & 83 (Hebrew numbering Pss 9, 81, and 84) all have the superscription εἰς τὸ τέλος ὑπὲρ τῶν ληνῶν, translated as “for the end, concerning the winepresses”. In the MT Psalter the text is לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ עַֽל־הַגִּתִּ֗ית “for the leader, on the gitit”. Notes suggest that last word might…
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Paralyzed
I was blessed to give a reflection during our Typica service on Sunday. We had a full house with people coming in during the preaching as well.
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Doing a series
A series of graphics with patristic quotes from “The Seven Dedly Sins” compiled by Kevin M. Clarke. June seems a fun time to do a series of patristic quotes on the sin of pride.
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Re: ality Tunnels
Tripping out through the Orthodox Social Media Sphere. Resources mentioned in the Vlog:
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Synthesis of all sin.
As it is nearly June.
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