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A Decade that Belongs 17 Aug 2013 | 06:21 pm
Ten years ago today, Nicole Ann Boury married me. After ten years, I’m still not entirely sure why she did it. I know I haven’t always made her happy. I know I’ve many times made her unhappy. But even...
Rootedness and Uprootedness: A Lament 14 Aug 2013 | 01:03 am
In the past few weeks, I’ve learned of impending relocations of more relatives west of the Mississippi River, including one family that has been in the same state for decades and one elderly relative ...
Priest vs. Machine: Dollar Rent A Car as an Emblem of Bureaucratic Nihilism 4 Jun 2013 | 12:34 am
I offer up the following experience as a data point along the continuum into deeper inhumanity because of the too-big-to-care nature of much of corporate and government life in these latter days: I re...
“Churching the Nation: Sharing the Orthodox Faith in America” near Atlanta on May 26 13 May 2013 | 05:00 pm
If you live in the Atlanta area, you’re invited to this event on Sunday, May 26, hosted by Ss. Raphael, Nicholas and Irene Greek Orthodox Church, in Cumming, Georgia. I hope to meet many of you there!...
The Springtime of Repentance 22 Apr 2013 | 05:17 pm
Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt, April 21, 2013 Rev. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. Today we remember a woman who walked out into...
“Who is a Christian?”: Ancient Faith Today with Kevin Allen (May 12) 20 Mar 2013 | 04:00 pm
On May 12, 2013, at 8-9:30pm EDT / 5-6:30pm PDT, I’ll be appearing on the live call-in show “Ancient Faith Today with Kevin Allen.” The topic: “Who is a Christian?” “Ancient Faith Today” (AFT) is Anci...
“Orthodoxy & Heterodoxy” in Houston, Feb. 9, 2013 16 Jan 2013 | 11:17 pm
I will be at St. Joseph Orthodox Church in Houston, Texas, on February 9, 2013, leading an “Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy” themed retreat. It would be lovely to meet many of you there. Copies of Orthodoxy ...
The Tolkien Legacy 16 Jan 2013 | 08:01 pm
It’s a rare, if not exceptional, case. In an era where most people would sell their souls to be talked about, Christopher Tolkien has not expressed himself in the media for 40 years. No interviews, no...
What Does “Orthodoxy” Mean? 1 Jan 2013 | 09:29 pm
The following is an excerpt from the beginning of one of my lectures that I’ve also posted on my parish website. It is well-known among Orthodox Christians that the word orthodoxy—often used as a shor...
Where was Christ in the Newtown Massacre? 17 Dec 2012 | 07:34 pm
As I am sure many clergy throughout America did this past Sunday, I preached about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Connecticut that occurred on Friday, December 14. In the Name o...