On May 21 the Eastern Church celebrates the memory of my nominee for “Most Influential Christian”: Emperor Constantine the Great (272-337) Why, you may ask, is the Roman Emperor venerated as a saint? This guy who had the audacity to move the capital away from Rome, humbly renaming the city after himself? This guy who set […]
Why Did Jesus Have to Die? (Heidelberg Catechism Q. 40)
We are in the season of Easter. This is when, of all seasons of the year, our attention needs to focus on the resurrection of Christ. But we find our selves asking instead “Why did Jesus have to die?” Ours tends to be a “Good Friday” faith. We see the empty tomb and we think […]
Sources of the Faith We Love: St Athanasius and St Cyril
We American Christians have a funny way of acting like we invented the faith. Or maybe it fell out, like an old letter, from between the pages our Bibles. We don’t know what we owe to people like St Athanasius and St Cyril. If we are aware that Christianity has a past, we often see it […]
St Basil the Great
It is New Year’s Day. Most of us are celebrating with a quiet day off. But there are two holy days today that I’m guessing most of my readers are not giving too much attention to. The first is “The Circumcision of Jesus.” It is the eighth day of Christmas, and the eighth day is […]
Reveling in the Mystery of Christmas
I hope that this finds you reveling in the mystery of Christmas. We are only halfway through the 12 days, so let’s keep at it. Pour yourself a mug of eggnog or mulled wine and think about it: The eternal God has taken human flesh and dwells among us! That is far too big a […]
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