Archive for April, 2006

On Questioning God

April 3rd, 2006 ~ Orthodox perspective

“You contend against Him, because he has not replied to all your words. God will speak once, and will not repeat the same thing a second time. As if He were to say that God does not reply in private speaking to the hearts of men one by one, but fashions His word in such […]

Chicken Little says: The flu is coming! The flu is coming! (cough, cough)

April 2nd, 2006 ~ Current events

I go back and forth on whether or not to be seriously scared of the avian flu. It has gotten more press for the last couple years than DDT poisoning, alar in apples, killer bees, mega-earthquakes, overpopulation, impending meteor impacts and any of the other predicted catastrophes we were supposed to live in fear of, […]

No foolin’

April 1st, 2006 ~ Orthodox perspective

Feel like I need to mention that this is my patron saint’s day. I think there’s something comical in Mary of Egypt’s saint’s day being on April Fool’s day, given that (a) she’s my patron saint, so it’s fitting, and (b) it seems like a joke to people, who are bound to think of her […]


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