On Dying (in it’s many forms)

Here's a saying popular among the monks of Mt. Athos, according to Kyriakos Markides: If you die before you die, you will not die when you die.

This post raised some questions. I seem to conflate conservatives and liberals. I fail to recognize the differences between the Republican and Democratic political parties in the U.S. (Yeah, I also noticed that they were statements rather than questions.) In answer I will quote John Médaille. I've lost the source of this quote. Sorry. He's …

Amerironica

[Having a hard time with that title? How about parentheses and one letter change: Amer(irony)ca. Sort of like Americana, but with a modern twist.] One of South Sioux City's newest projects in Freedom Park, a place that celebrates what America is all about and the sacrifices people have made for the U.S. It's got a …

The Fourfold Way of the Christian Life

Kallistos Ware, retired Oxford lecturer and titular Bishop in the Orthodox Church, is fond of describing the Christian life with God in a fourfold way. It is A gift of grace – not a human inquiry into God, but God's disclosure of himself. A mystery – no matter how much we learn there is always …