“For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel's (in Greek - euangelion: eu – “well, good” & angelio “to announce” ) will save it.” With these words, Christ the Lord equates the Gospel with Himself, that is the Gospel is an experience …
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Slipping Softly Away
In the gathering storm of earthly mortality, I am drip, dripping away. In the scorching heat of senseless brutality I am melting sadly away. The salty tears of my fleshly eyes Swell the burden of my soul; With every step humanity dies From wounds of its own insanity. All the towers of excess material gain; …
A Tree For My Soul
Blind in the tumult of my soul The passions, like a crowd, constrict my gaze; I have no stature, no height By which to obtain a lofty view. Christ is coming, the whisper comes, The multitude is pressing, I cannot see, Seek, O my soul, the tree Whereby you may behold the heavenly horizon. Fear …
Little Sparrow
Little sparrow in the tree, What have you to do with me? I am chained to the ground; You take flight without a sound. To heaven you look for your bread, While earthly worries fill my head. People build buildings to the sky, Advance technology; make machines that fly. Yet, for all our complex …
A Millstone is Better
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 …
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 …
The Inkless Pen 