Month: April 2010

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Looking At the Numbers: Clergy Sexual Misconduct

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(Okay, third times the charm, I hope. Thanks to Chrys for helping me clean this up. I really don’t like writing about abuse but…)

A recent issue of the National Catholic Register has an interesting, if sobering, article on the instances of sexual abuse of children (Revealing Statistics:Sexual Abuse of Children Runs Spectrum of Society) in the Catholic Church. What’s most interesting to me about the article is the statistical fact that Catholic priests do not sexually abuse children at a rate higher than the general US male population. Continue reading →

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Living in the Ruins of Christendom – Part 2

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Medical doctor (M.D.) and doctor of Philosophy (PhD.), author and university professor, Dr (Herman) Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. explains why our culture is post-Christian and post-metaphysical, how it got that way, and what the implications and challenges are for the Orthodox family. Interview by Kevin Allen.

Listen to Part 1 here.

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Living in the Ruins of Christendom – Part 1

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Listen to Part 2 here.

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Evangelism and Orthodoxy – Part 2

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Does the Church merely provide religious lubrication for secular pursuits? All too often it does, answers Fr. Andrew Damick in his latest “Road to Emmaeus” podcast. The belief that “evangelism is not something the Orthodox Church does, or should be doing” is the overwhelming opinion of many Orthodox believers who have been “asleep for centuries.” This is compelling stuff, bracing in its frankness, and hopeful in that way that speaking the truth provides hope.

Part 2 of a lecture on evangelism given on March 7, 2010, at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Bethlehem, PA, at a gathering of the Fellowship of Orthodox Christians of the Lehigh Valley.

Listen to Part 1.

Fr. Andrew references an evangelistic pamphlet in his talk. Download it here and print.

An orangutan and a dog become friends

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I like nature shows. This is a pleasant diversion from those animal eats animal shows on Animal Planet.

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