Fr. Michael Gillis
Aug 24, 20193 min read
The Messiah of Peace Through War
I watched the movie Dune yesterday. I had seen it many years ago and read the novel, but I had forgotten the plot. It is the story of a mess
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Andrew Klager
Dec 26, 20182 min read
“Bethlehem has opened Eden: come, let us see”
“Bethlehem has opened Eden: come, let us see.” (Orthodox Kontakion of the Nativity) After his brief historiographical preamble, St. Luke beg
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Fr. Michael Gillis
Oct 24, 20172 min read
Some Thoughts on Divine Judgment from St. Maximus the Confessor
“For such is nature, punishing those who undertake to violate it to the degree that they actually live in unnatural opposition to it, by not
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Fr. Michael Gillis
Oct 12, 20172 min read
The Wrath of God
The following is an excerpt on God's wrath from a blog post by Fr. Michael Gillis, priest-in-charge of Holy Nativity Orthodox Church, La
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Rob Grayson
Aug 28, 20172 min read
Imagine
What if Jesus really meant it when he said “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you”? What if the church was never meant to..
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Mark Northey
Jul 5, 20172 min read
Nonviolence as Becoming Ourselves
In the beginning, God created all things, but the human being remained unfinished—stunted in the first Adam's apostasy. Since God purpos
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