Articles

God Ain't Got No Grandchildren

Barnabas Powell

Sincere and fervent faith is always one generation away from being extinguished in a community.

That’s because we live in a world where it is easy to lead self centered lives and difficult to lead purposeful Christian lives.

As M. Scott Peck said in his famous Road Less Traveled: “Life is difficult.”[…] Read more!

Tearing the Truth Out of Christmas

By John Kapsalis

If you want me to believe in your Redeemer, then you’ve got to look a lot more redeemed.
Friedrich Nietzsche

We live in a fast-paced, hectic world where we rush through everything in our lives. We work hard and long to be able to get things that will help us relax and enjoy life, but even our relaxing has become rushed and stressful. We run to the latest mass-produced platitudes that will give us the secret to happiness and life only to go back to drugging our pain away instead. Even our trips to church are a mad rush to get everyone there for an hour of worship. Is it any wonder then that the celebration of the birth of the Saviour of the world has been reduced to a dreadful exchange of useless trinkets, excessive feasting and worthless chatter?[…] Read more!

The Chronicles of Narnia - Review

By Frederica Mathewes-Green

Any director who attempts to bring a beloved novel to the screen can expect his fair share of slings and arrows. Just ask Peter Jackson, the hardworking genius behind the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, or any of the parade of directors who have delivered “Harry Potter” films. The latest to step up for a smackdown is Andrew Adamson, previously known for “Shrek,” as he offers his fresh and magnificent production of C.S. Lewis’ novel, “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.”[…] Read more!

An Outline of the Orthodox World View of St. John of Kronstadt

AN OUTLINE OF THE ORTHODOX WORLD VIEW of FATHER JOHN of KRONSTADT

By Fr. Michael Pomazansky

There is an unusual attractive power, particularly for the pastor, in the personality of Father John of Kronstadt, even in his portrait, the attraction of his writings, in his. diary “My life in Christ”. There is a peaceful and consoling quality in the notes of his dairy, not to mention the very subjects of his talks which exalt spiritually, uplift and strengthen one. Once you have opened the book, the eye is drawn aside only with great difficulty, and the hand seems by itself to turn one page after another. Whence comes this drawing of hearts to Fr. John?[…] Read more!

Love Without Limits

By the Very Rev. John Breck

Archimandrite Lev Gillet, who signed many of his books “A Monk of the Eastern Church,” was one of the great Orthodox spiritual guides of the last century. His biography, written by his longtime friend Mme. Elisabeth Behr-Sigel, has been translated into English and offers invaluable insight into the life of Fr Lev, as well as of the circumstances surrounding the growth of Orthodox Christianity in Western Europe, especially following the Russian Revolution.[…] Read more!