T.S. Eliot’s “Four Quartets”: Burnt Norton
I’m going to start this year’s edition of Resurrecting Orthodoxy a little differently. Instead of a book analysis, or something about YECism, or a Biblical Stud...
Category: Spirituality
Orthodox Book Series: “The Orthodox Way” by Kallistos Ware (Part 7b: God as Prayer)
We now come to the second to last post in this series on Kallistos Ware’s The Orthodox Way. In this post, I will be discussing the second half of his chapter, “...
Orthodox Book Series: “The Orthodox Way” by Kallistos Ware (Part 4b): God as Creator (…and the question of the nature of man)
In this post, I will go through the second part of the chapter entitled, “God as Creator” in Kallistos Ware’s book, The Orthodox Way. The second part of the cha...
Orthodox Book Series: “The Orthodox Way” by Kallistos Ware (Part 2b): Pointers to God/God’s Essence and Energies
In Bishop Kallistos Ware’s book, The Orthodox Way, the first chapter is entitled, “God as Mystery.” In Part 2a, I looked at the first half of the chapter. Here ...
Orthodox Book Series: “The Orthodox Way” by Kallistos Ware (Part 2a): God as Mystery
In Bishop Kallistos Ware’s book, The Orthodox Way, the first chapter is entitled, “God as Mystery.” It is an apt title because it gets to, what I feel, is a fun...
Orthodox Book Series: “The Orthodox Way” by Bishop Kallistos Ware (Part 1): The Journey
Over the next month or two, I have decided to do a series of book analyses on a number of books that have had a tremendous impact on my spiritual journey. For t...
Thorns, Thornbushes, and the Bleeding Crown of Life (Reflections on so much outrage in our current society)
“Listen! A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell on the path, and the birds came and ate them up. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, wher...
Isaiah 7:14: Hardship, Hope, and My Emmanuel Child (Part 5)
In my final chapter in my Isaiah 7:14 series, I wish to share a very personal story regarding the impact the Emmanuel prophecy of Isaiah 7:14 has had in my life...
Isaiah 7:14–O Come, Emmanuel: A Personal Story (Part 4)
Over the past couple of days, I’ve shared some insights regarding Isaiah 7:14—it’s original context during the lifetime of the prophet Isaiah, and then how that...
Isaiah 7:14: How Matthew Used It in His Gospel (Part 3–Jesus: Hezekiah 2.0!)
The Gospel of Matthew actually begins with a genealogy. It records Jesus’ genealogy through Joseph all the way back to Abraham. Most people, I assume, probably ...