Archive for August, 2004

GOP convention day 1

August 31st, 2004 ~ Potpourri for 100, Alex

Did you miss the shots at John Kerry? So did I, but we must not be trained journalistic professionals.

Troparion for the day

August 28th, 2004 ~ La Vida Iglesia

(More wistful thoughts on losing my church. Skip if you don’t like maudlin.)
I walked past my keyboard, and felt a little sadness. Tomorrow is the first Sunday that I won’t be going to the church I’m calling St. Nicholas. I’ll start going to a new church in a few weeks, but tomorrow it’s just little […]

Blog neophyte

August 28th, 2004 ~ Potpourri for 100, Alex

Hey, unsolicited testimonial! Karl gave me a comment: Nice blog.
Good to hear, naturally, but I still showed what a newbie I am: I snickered. I’m sorry. I want to be good, but “blog” is still a funny word to me. Imagine if technology ever brought together a million wonderful miracles so that someone could tell […]

Truth-seekers and scripture

August 21st, 2004 ~ Orthodox perspective

On Clifton Healy’s blog (I’m finally getting around to, um, getting around), he has an excellent collection of quotes, including this one from C. S. Lewis: “Odd the way the less the Bible is read, the more it is translated.”
It reminds me of a quote I’ve heard attributed to Mark Twain but never seen in […]

New wine in old Iraq

August 20th, 2004 ~ Potpourri for 100, Alex

Christ provided the wine; He alone knew that it would be the work of the Church to provide the new wineskins.

Go for the House Blend

August 15th, 2004 ~ La Vida Iglesia

“…the Orthodox churches in America that want to succeed won’t ignore the aspect of being not just convert, ethnic or cradle but a mixture.”

The privacy of your own home

August 13th, 2004 ~ Potpourri for 100, Alex

The privacy of our own home. Is there such a thing?

Why I think Bush will win

August 12th, 2004 ~ Potpourri for 100, Alex

I think Bush will win, and I think it’s just possible that he’ll win by a significant margin.


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