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How Christianity can make life meaningless
Life must not be a preparation for death, but victory over death, so that, in Christ, death becomes the triumph of life…. When it considers life only as a preparation for death, Christianity mak… more →
Torn Notebook
How Christianity can make life meaningless
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Wei Hsien wrote 2 months ago: Life must not be a preparation for death, but victory over death, so that, in Christ, death becomes … more →
Without Any Other Idea
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Jonathan wrote 3 months ago: The choice is frightening: a terrible “Right” or an even more terrible “Left … more →
"All of theology is here."
Wei Hsien wrote 7 months ago: Pascha. Holy Week. Essentially bright days such as are needed. And truly that is all that is needed. … more →
Schmemann on the heresy of religious nationalism
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Wei Hsien wrote 8 months ago: No one, I think, will deny that one of the fruits of Byzantine theocracy, which for a long time obsc … more →
Schmemann on Christ as the 'End of Religion'
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dave wrote 8 months ago: Thought this was an interesting quote to meditate on. Also, it’s quite interesting reading Sch … more →
"Boredom is the kingdom of the Devil"
Wei Hsien wrote 9 months ago: “The curse of labor.” But many people, if not the majority, are wallowing in furious act … more →
Repentance: "The shock of man"
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Wei Hsien wrote 9 months ago: The culture in which we live and which shapes our world view excludes in fact the concept of sin. Fo … more →
"The source of false religion is the inability to rejoice"
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Wei Hsien wrote 9 months ago: The source of false religion is the inability to rejoice, or, rather, the refusal of joy, whereas jo … more →
Why Christmas Makes Christianity Not a Religion
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testostercone wrote 11 months ago: The term of religion has become chameleon-like, taking on the color of whichever environment it happ … more →
Keeping the Season
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magdalenaperks wrote 12 months ago: Western Christians love to rush into Christmas. (Better called the Nativity, as the Orthodox do … more →
On "Romantic Orthodoxy"
Wei Hsien wrote 1 year ago: Here is another essay I wrote prior to my reception into the Orthodox Church. It is dated August 10 … more →
An Open Letter to Robert Amsterdam
larussophobe wrote 1 year ago: Dear Bob, It’s becoming clearer to me with every passing day that, where you are concerned, it … more →
Why do we "Bless" things?
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Fr. Ted wrote 1 year ago: I would say that Fr. Alexander Schmemann’s attitude seemed to be this: every created thing i … more →
Moo Point #1
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Wei Hsien wrote 1 year ago: He was explaining to me his reticence toward the Church; his inability to accept faith as it is live … more →
Fr. Schmemann on Living in Reality
Wei Hsien wrote 1 year ago: On the bus today I started re-reading the Journals of Father Alexander Schmemann. I love his realism … more →
Thoughts on Schmemann's New Monasticism
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Wei Hsien wrote 1 year ago: A previous post which featured an excerpt from Fr. Alexander Schmemann’s Journal drew a bit of … more →
Fr. Schmemann: Thoughts on a New Monasticism
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Wei Hsien wrote 1 year ago: I hope to write some reflections to this in the future, but for now, here is Fr. Schmemann in all hi … more →
Questions of Faith
tuD wrote 1 year ago: The question of rites is precisely not, has never been and cannot be a mere question of rites per se … more →
Western Rite or an Eastern Rite informed by the West
tuD wrote 1 year ago: The point has been made more than once that it is one thing to venerate Western Saints, and even to … more →
