True Christianity is timeless and eternal because it has its source in the Eternal and Timeless God. The revelation of Christ Jesus does not come in and out of fashion. True, it may wane in popularity because it does not substantiate and justify every fleeting whim of humanity, most of all modernity. The issue is not …
Author: frlynch
Techno-Buddy Jesus
It is, at times, costly to be an Orthodox Christian. Christ the Lord calls His followers to humble repentance. The Faith instructs us to seek Christ Jesus, and Him alone. Don't expect to be a superstar. Don't even seek the gifts that He can give. Love only Him, desire only Him. All things pass, only …
A Winter Day
Come and walk with me In the still of a winter day, The grass all solemn brown; Sleeping trees a soft grey.
A Little Child
In the stillness of the night A little child, shining bright, Came to me with words of gold, Glistening mysteries untold, Hands stretched out in prophetic song, The rhythm sweet, the silence long. While his lips, slender and fair, Lit a fire in the black air, He reached forth to touch my eyes, Yet quick as when …
Fading Flowers and Man
Stop regarding man in whose nostrils is breath, for of what account is he? Isaiah 3:221 This is profound advice for our times. Sooner or later breath ceases and the mortal life of a man ceases. Regardless of his place in life, his deeds, his power, and his influence. Every person comes to an end. …
The Worst Pollutant
“Cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrows shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life” (Gen. 3:17). Sin, the rejection of God and the willing cooperation of mankind with evil, is a spiritual pollutant. Sin affects not only the spiritual but the physical world also. Ultimately sin is the cause …
My Friend
Hello, My friend, How close you have been of late. I know You are An inseparable companion From the womb. I admit, I've ignored you In the busy bustle Of living. My path However Diverse its way has But one earthy end. Constant, Softly, I hear Your following footsteps Everywhere I tread. …
A Sojourner and Exile
“There are two deaths, the one temporal and the other eternal; so also are there two lives, one of short duration and the other without end.” The Holy Martyr Plato. Vital to true Christianity is the remembrance of our, humanity's, transient mortality. Temporal life is given for but one reason: to secure eternal life. Eternal …
Eternal Life is Not For Free
The tendency of man is to seek comfort. Due to the fall and sin, this tendency has led to a lowering of mankind's eyes from his true goal: life in, and union by grace with, Christ. Many times instead of striving for the Kingdom of God we surround ourselves with earthly pleasures and worldly ease. …
A Theater Stage
The arcane masters of this fading age Have built for mankind a theater stage, Whereon, fools their lines fervently read, Sublimely praising destruction's seed.
The Inkless Pen 