Two reasons why Christ’s Ascension is important to us
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Translating the Tradition: The Importance of the Ascension
Translating the Tradition: The Ultimate Revolution
On Palm Sunday, as we stand, palm-branches in-hand, we do not just remember or re-enact, but, as we reflect on what went wrong in the light of the cross, we embody, as we follow in our Leader’s footsteps, the Ultimate Revolution.
(Inspired in part by one of my favourite podcasts, Revolutions, and, in even larger part, by The Lenten Spring.)
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Translating the Tradition: 20 Years an Orthodox Christian
20 years ago, at the Lenten liturgy of St. John of the Ladder (Climacus), I entered the Orthodox Church as a catechumen. My journey to that point is probably best summed up in my letters to my church and to my beloved – this sermon is mostly a reflection on some of the key things I have learned from (or had confirmed by) my experience since then.
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Translating the Tradition: The Possibility, Practicality, and Power of Purity
The Feast of the Annunciation, falling in the middle of our Lenten struggle, reminds us that purity and holiness are not only possible, but also practical and powerful.
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Translating the Tradition: Shame and Weakness and the Cross
On the third Sunday of Great Lent, we venerate the Holy Cross of our Lord (more on that here), and our attention is drawn in the prescribed readings to shame (Mark 8:34-9:1) and weakness (Hebrews 4:15-5:6) and to the transformative and redemptive power of following our Lord by taking up our own cross in order to become true followers of Him.
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