Tag: Beauty

The Icon We Love Most

An early post on icons – hopefully part of a short series… Years ago when I was studying in an Anglican seminary (mid-70’s), I had the beginnings of my interest in icons. I owned a couple, and read what little was available on the topic in English at that time (believe it or not there…

August 12, 2009
Transfiguration and the Bridal Chamber

There is a propensity in our modern world to break things down – to analyze. We have gained a certain mastery over many things by analyzing various components of their structure and manipulating what we find. It has become the default position of modern thought. This power of analysis, however, is weakened by its very…

August 6, 2009
Usefulness and Beauty

The recent questions about knowing God – which I have described as something that often comes to me in the “peripheral vision” of my life – seems somehow related to the perception of beauty as well. Beauty often seems to be “greater than the sum of its parts.” We see beauty not simply by looking at…

July 30, 2009
Favorite Thoughts

Any reader of this blog will very quickly notice certain ideas and words that come up repeatedly in my writings. Some of my parishioners say that I only have one sermon – so perhaps it’s also true that I only have one blog article… But I have been meditating on some of my favorite words…

January 9, 2009

I think the sick came to Jesus because they felt His love. At least that’s why I came to the…

Thank you Fr. Stephen. This blog space is helping me to see what it means to be and to live…

George, Thank you. I’ve never thought of “immortality” in that manner. In truth, Gnosticism uses lots of Christian words (as…

Thank you, father, especially for the idea of us ”marinating” in Christ. Truly wonderful! Just one bemoll: regarding the ”medicine…

“We can only know that we are sick if we see and come to know a well person.” Thank you…

The Icon We Love Most