Tag: purpose (4 entries)

Advent Longing

· 1 December 2008

Many words can be said or written about the meaning of Advent, and its secular smothering from the busyness of shopping and decorating and such. Perhaps the gentleness of a poem will help set the tone. In the darkness of...

Why Pray?

· 13 October 2008

Blessed are the pure of heart, for they will see God. (Matthew 5:8) In the movie, The Passion of the Christ, there is a scene where Jesus remembers washing his hands before the Last Supper. The camera pulls in close...

Personhood

· 2 May 2008

What is a person? Classical Christian theology and philosophy defines a person as one who has the ability to know, to love, and to choose (to will). This is the image of God in which we are made. (The angels,...

Holy Work

· 20 August 2007

Of all the holy works, the education of children is the most holy. -- Saint Theophan the Recluse What an honor and privilege it is to be a teacher! (It is an even greater honor to be one who...