Category: vlog
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Shattering
How our Lord enters in an changes us. From the inside out.
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Sunday b4 Nativity
Vlog post: reflections on the Sunday of the Forefathers, the genealogy of Jesus, the Hypostatic Union, and the “war on Christmas.”
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Vlog: So Mysterious
If you’re Byzantine Catholic or Eastern Orthodox you’ve heard or maybe even said, “The Eastern Church is so mysterious” or “mystical”. This video is a mediation on that claim.
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Liturgical Theology
Thoughts on liturgy, theology, and prayer. How can we pray if we do not have the Liturgy, and how can we get the Liturgy at all when most of us do not experience it fully?
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Who Else Sows?
Today’s Gospel is the Parable of the Sower. Who else has sown seeds and how are the growing?
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Spiritual Friendship
A vlog on Friendship for the Feast of Sts Sergius and Bacchus. Here’s some of the resources I mentioned in the video: Their Life from the Prologue Spiritual Friendship by Aelred of Rievaulx An extended discussion of the book Larry Chapp and Marco Casanova Desert Stream ministries The Five Goals of Courage (which discuss friendship)…
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Widow of Nain
Luke 7:11-16 (Gospel) for today (Byzantine Rite Churches using the Eastern Paschalion). Now it happened, the day after, that He went into a city called Nain; and many of His disciples went with Him, and a large crowd. And when He came near the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was being carried…
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Sunday Gospel Vlog
Taking a look at the Gospel (for those Churches using the Eastern LEctionary) Luke 6:31-36, but focusing especially on the 31st verse. Jesus is participating in an existing rabbinic debate, but – having taken a side – he draws it futher to very surprising conclusions. This is the Living Torah, the Word of God, teaching…
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A New Beginning
When should we start over? As often as possible. Really.
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Lift High the Cross
Aposticha of the Elevation of the Holy Cross Hail, life-bearing Cross, invincible trophy of true religion, door of Paradise, support of the faithful, wall of the Church. Through you corruption has vanished utterly and been destroyed, the power of death has been swallowed up and we raised from earth to heaven. Unconquerable weapon, opponent of…
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A Big Conspiracy
It’s all a conspiracy, I tell you. Sunday Bible Readings for this week: 1 Corinthians 9:2-12 Matthew 18:23-35
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Birthday Vlog
It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to, cry if I want to. But seriously folks, It’s my birthday and I’m drinking a Lavender Radler from Old Caz and it tastes perfect for my 60th birthday. And my friend, Max, asked me the difference between turning 30 and turning 60.
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Who said it first?
Props to the Bible Project for continually opening my eyes to the wonder of our Sacred Texts.
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It’s Me
Will be missing my classmates.
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Travel again
A wee vlog update. And only 6 mins or so. Wee, like I said.
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