Recalibrating the Conversation
February 25, 2009 by John Couretas · 7 Comments
One of the great things about a blog is that it’s a conversation, not a monologue. The Observer is a moderated blog, but we keep it fairly open to encourage this conversation and the learning that goes on here. Those of us associated with AOI are grateful for your readership and the constant feedback. I [...]
AOI debuts new website for “The Clarion Review”
September 10, 2008 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · Leave a Comment
Clarion Review launches all-new Web site with new content Turning Cows into IdeasRoger Scruton, philosopher & farmer, tells us how to make farms profitable even if no one buys a thing: Very few farms are profitable, and ours exists more…as a rural consultancy and ideas factory. Our neighbors turn grass into milk and make a [...]
Orthodoxy: A Fertile Faith
June 27, 2008 by John Couretas · 7 Comments
When a recent coffee hour conversation turned, unexpectedly, to politics and what if anything the Church has to say about public issues and then all of the “God talk” in the current presidential contest, a friend said, “Oh, that’s politics. The Orthodox Church shouldn’t get involved in politics. Nothing good can come of it.” Well, [...]
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