Tag: Fr. Gregory Jensen
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Fr. Gregory Jensen: Moral Imagination, Moral Disciple and American Culture
Over at Koinonia, Fr. Gregory Jensen writes on the remark by G.K. Chesterton that “America is a country with the soul of a Church.” It was true when Chesterton first said it and it remains true today (as the French never stop reminding us). The problem, Fr. Gregory writes, is that “America is still Christian…
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Fr. Gregory Jensen: Time to End Clergy Tax Breaks?
Source: Acton Institute | Fr. Gregory Jensen Unless you are a member of the clergy or involved with the finances of a church or temple, you probably don’t know that since 1921 the federal government has subsidized a congregation’s remuneration of its pastor. This happens through the extension of a housing or “parsonage allowance” that…
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Fr. Gregory Jenson: Conscience and the Christian Life of Virtue
If you are not a regular reader of Fr. Gregory Jensen’s blog Koinonia, bookmark, subscribe, or run down to your nearest internet cafe now! Seriously, Fr. Jensen offers some of the most cogent reflections on the Christian life (drawing deep from the Orthodox moral tradition) of any internet commentator that I know. “As iron sharpens…
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Fr. Gregory Jenson: The Orthodox Church and Civil Society
Source: Koinonia Much like the Catholic Church, Mainline Protestant denominations and Evangelical Christians, the Orthodox Church is struggle to decide whether or not Christ has called us to take an active or a passive role in the world. By his example, Metropolitan Jonah has said we should be active–even proactive–while his critics, either out of…
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Fr. Gregory Jenson: Stewardship and the Human Vocation to Work
Acton Institute | Fr. Gregory Jenson Paying the bills and contributing to the collection basket are laudable. But Christian stewardship is significantly more than these; like prayer, fasting, and the sacraments, it is an essential part of our Christian life. More than what we say, the way we use our time, talent and treasure, reveals…