At top is a late-January photo op of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who proclaimed that it is “‘unacceptable’ for people — especially Christian clergy members — to ‘deny the reality’ of the pandemic” and that “the rejection of the mask and all precautionary measures does not arise simply from ignorance but from the necrosis of love …
You’ve all had run-ins with ’em: the globohomers. This is a new breed of self-proclaimed know-it-alls who peddle the statist talking points despite the facts. Like Homer Simpson, they’re an uninquisitive lot who never look beyond mainstream opinion. Sure, puritanical-progressives have always fancied themselves as proponents of the just, despite evidence contrary to whatever is …
“I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.” — G.K. Chesteron Lydia Bringerud may look like a homely trad girl, but she is one of the many faces of leftist subversion digging her way into the Orthodox Church. Those within this network may dress the part and speak the language, but only …
“For all who surround him are ready to smite and overthrow him, not only his enemies and foes, but many of those who pretend to love him.” — St. John Chrysostom, “On the Priesthood“ Merriam-Webster defines a “double standard” as “a set of principles that applies differently and usually more rigorously to one group of …
“If a man is passionate or mean, or conceited or boastful, or anything else of the kind, it [the priesthood] unveils all his shortcomings and speedily lays them bare.” — St. John Chrysostom Note: The following essay is part-parody of the blog post “Open Letter: OCA priest participates in Trump riot, reported to FBI” and …
By Daniel B. Rundquist By now everyone knows there is a pandemic sweeping across the American landscape. It started rather quietly and at first went nearly unnoticed by most of us. This pandemic soon accelerated and quickly caught the attention of the global media, our federal and state level politicians, and by our local officials. …
Daniel B. Rundquist is a Minnesotan by birth, but a Southerner by the grace of God. A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Rundquist owns his own publishing company, New Plymouth Press, and is an avid writer, a budding amateur historian, the author of five books, and a contributor to the …
I’ve had writer’s block going on a couple months now, and the following letter challenging an essay from “our own” monastery is the cause. I created the main draft and had been venting in written form nearly daily, writing through the anger, the snark, the feelings of abandonment, the heart and head problems of wondering …
“Anyone who is capable of speaking the truth but remains silent, will be heavily judged by God, especially in this case, where the faith and the very foundation of the entire church of the Orthodox is in danger. To remain silent under these circumstances is to betray these, and the appropriate witness belongs to those …
Recently, my friend Robert made a heartfelt social-media post inquiring about Orthodox Christians who claim that anyone participating in political discourse is “worshiping false idols.” Here’s how I began my comment to his query. “I find that the people who promote what you’re saying most definitely have a political bent themselves. It’s just that you …