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Michelangelo's Bedtime Reading
Michelangelo knew The Divine Comedy by heart. Many men and women did. Nowadays it’s hard to understand how a single poem, a single poet, could have meant so much to people, though we read about that… more »
The Best Artists
Setting a Launch Date
jamesthethickheaded wrote 2 weeks ago: Had a moment to pick up reading Elder Paisios again the other night, and in view of recent news phot … more »
American Orthodoxy
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jamesthethickheaded wrote 3 weeks ago: A number of pieces on the future of American Orthodoxy have appeared lately from Fr. Jonathan, Fr. S … more »
Elder Paisios and a Little Divine Justice
jamesthethickheaded wrote 1 month ago: “For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will … more »
Noted in Passing
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jamesthethickheaded wrote 1 month ago: Today’s Sunday New York Times notes that “The Very Rev. Henry Chadwick, an Anglican prie … more »
Elder Paisios's "Machine"
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jamesthethickheaded wrote 1 month ago: Inside a Church that never seems to lack for something going on, something to do, some prayer to pra … more »
Herd Science: "On your mark, Get set... Ummm"
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jamesthethickheaded wrote 1 month ago: Thinking and hearing and getting precisely backwards the Gospel for Pentecost got me thinking the ot … more »
Gotta Roll With It...
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jamesthethickheaded wrote 1 month ago: Received in yesterday’s email, this photo presents so many opportunities…. an opening to … more »
Updated Links
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jamesthethickheaded wrote 1 month ago: Three new links have been added to the blogroll (like you’ve been waiting, huh?): Andrea Eliz … more »
Finding Life in Mindfulness of Death
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jamesthethickheaded wrote 2 months ago: I know I speak the obvious in suggesting that reading the freshly published “The Hidden Man of … more »
Counsels on Conversion of the Heart
jamesthethickheaded wrote 2 months ago: Bishop Ignatius Brianchaninov’s “The Arena” offers much humbling advice for monks. … more »
The Fitz Challenge
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jamesthethickheaded wrote 2 months ago: When I first discovered reading, it was mostly short stories - detective stories (Asimov), mysteries … more »
Fr. Meletios Webber on The Church
jamesthethickheaded wrote 3 months ago: With the Pope’s visit here in Washington, D.C., the papers are full of reflection on the contr … more »
Fr. Meletios Webber on Confession
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jamesthethickheaded wrote 3 months ago: As one who is an OBC (Orthodox-by-Choice or “Convert”), I struggle with confession. Neve … more »
Archimandrite Zacharias on Suffering
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jamesthethickheaded wrote 3 months ago: Archimandrite Zacharias addresses both suffering of the heart and physical pain directly in “T … more »
Steps of Transformation (Fr. Meletios Webber)
jamesthethickheaded wrote 3 months ago: I have been reading Father Meletios Webber’s “Steps of Transformation: An Orthodox Priest Explor … more »
The Trouble with Books (Part Deux)
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jamesthethickheaded wrote 3 months ago: The Trouble with Books is that we need them. Ours is no longer an oral culture. This holds even to t … more »
The Inefficacy of Words
jamesthethickheaded wrote 4 months ago: Frequent references to “evangelism without words” tugged strongly on my sleeve as I firs … more »
It Takes a Library... or The Trouble with Books (Part 1)
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jamesthethickheaded wrote 4 months ago: There was a Hitchcock movie, “The Trouble with Harry.” The trouble was that Harry was dead, lyin … more »
Faith 1.8 Beta Release
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jamesthethickheaded wrote 4 months ago: The Financial Times (“FT” or “The Pink Paper”) has two articles of interest to … more »
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