Christ is Risen!


Be Poets of the Logos!

Sarx (σαρξ) is the Greek word for "flesh". This is the blog of a Southern Man (sojourning in Buffalo, NY) attempting to follow God in the way of Jesus.

I am a priest in the Russian Orthodox Church in America (ROCIA). We are growing a Mission community here in Buffalo.

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Disclaimer

I who have written this story, or rather this fable, give no credence to the various incidents related in it. For some things in it are the deceptions of demons, other poetic figments; some are probable, others improbable; while still others are intended for the delectation of foolish men. (Closing lines of the Táin Bó Cúalnge)

Sing to the tune of “Sleigh Ride”

My friend David and I cowrote thos back in 1996. It was my first published poem. A little on the risque side but largely work-safe, if the verses seem out of order it’s because we were working with Amy Grant’s first Christmas album.
Just hear those key chains jing-a-ling, ring-ting ting-a-ling, too
Come on it’s [...]

Sexto de Mayo

Christ is Risen!

HILE Most folks incorrectly think that Cinco de Mayo is either Mexican Independence Day or else a small town in the West of Ireland, for us here in Buffalo’s Historic Allentown district, it is the Annual Re-enactment of the Battle of Puebla, hosted by our own Cozumel Grill. The hosts play the [...]

Tickets On Sale!

Christ is Risen!

E SURE TO get your tickets for this years Smackown at the Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Tickets went on sale last week, but I’m sure there is some standing room left! (Of course the last-minute flight to Jerusalem will be a bit pricey…)
Ticket sales will begin next Sunday for the 2009 Smackdown [...]

Because I can…

Christ is Risen!

What happens when you cross the Paschal Troparion with far too many cultural references?

Salt without Taste

LTHOUGH THERE ARE Too many cliches in the lede for this story, it seems that a man in rural Maryland thinks. Christian people should use, you know, Christian salt:
You’ve heard of kosher salt? Now there’s a Christian variety. Retired barber Joe Godlewski says he was inspired by television chefs who repeatedly recommended kosher salt in [...]

Everything is amazing and nobody’s happy

Good thoughts for Lent… Spoiled Idiots… all of us.

Something Completely Different

Peekaboo Patriarchs or Whack-vla-dyka.

Something Completely Different

Been a heady day on the blog. Time for Ceiling Cat.

Pray for Steve…

The worship space was brightly lit, and row upon row of devotees stood at wooden benches gazing in adoration at white machines of varying shapes and sizes. A glass staircase lead upwards, where further rows of worshippers were doing much the same as those downstairs. People wearing bright shirts stood behind other desks, and names [...]

George Bush the Edomite

ISHOP ALAN Reminds us that God throws his shoe over Edom and that, yes, this is an expression of contempt. I well remember the campy Anglo-Catholic Priest, pardon the tautology, who giggled before Morning Prayer and said, “Over Edom she casts her pump.” THe Bible lives today in Modern Iraq!
If you [...]