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UT OF All the possible things to miss about Orthodoxy what I miss most is Confession. I love the liturgy. I love the music. I don’t love the vestments, to be honest, – which tend to look like my Victorian Grandmother’s Flocked Wallpaper. Icons I have lots of. I can still fast. And I still [...]

erge  » made a comment on a recent post and I think I need to reply in full to it… I know you’re angry at the Catholic (Orthodox) Church for not changing to accommodate your desires – I think you really didn’t want to leave but were honest enough to admit the church can’t change that [...]

My Grandfather – Ken Richardson – raised me from the time I was one until I was six. In August of 1970 I went to live with my Mom, newly remarried. None of us suspected that she was married to a child abuser who, on October 31 of that year, at about 7:30 pm, threw [...]

A hearty “Brava” to the Women Clergy of the Church of England who have written one of the saddest and most-Christian of letters I’ve seen in a while. We believe that it should be possible for women to be consecrated as bishops, but not at any price. The price of legal “safeguards” for those opposed [...]

reception6.jpg Originally uploaded by w.wabbit. Bp Michael Garrison receives me into the communion of the Episcopal Church (1 May 08). It’s good to be back home again. The pictures are on the flickr, but I think this is the best one. The Bp remembered my name without being prompted. The Bp seems to remember *everyone’s* [...]

Nathan blogged about the new teen torture device that uses a pitch so high that old people can’t hear it. Then he links to a cool source for a ring tone of the same noise. In other words: you can leave your cellphone on in class, because that old windbag of a teacher can’t hear [...]

A friend of mine laments relying on his clergy job for money to survive. I’d love to be in his position (even after all the horror stories he’s told me – and those that I’ve heard from others). As I start to settle in to Buffalo – finding a permanent job, a place to live, [...]

Props to Fr Bob When you get to the scene with the Confessional, you’ll understand. And while we’re at it Bp Alan takes the conversation out of a US context into UK and Canada.

I received a very wonderful phone call asking about my conversion to Judaism. Specifically wondering, “Where are you?” It was a wonderful phone call because it resulted in 2 hours of chat and a new friendship. But if a stranger can ask that question – open invite to ID yourself, btw – what must my [...]

Over at Conversi ad Dominum, the writer asks Why Are you Not Orthodox? (or “no longer”). The answers are interesting as is the premise.