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.

You can email me at "arkouda" at this domain.


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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)

That horrid, evil and satanic holiday

HERE Children dress up like ghosts and beg for treats… used to be Thanksgiving. I wonder if there were any fundie loonies out protesting then?

Frame of Reference

S I’M WONT TO Do when I’m across the river, I talk to a lot of Canadians. Currently everyone wants to talk about American Health Care and Obama and whatall. I’m bored, I admit. At the age of 45, with no insurance (and not able to afford it, either) and 15 or [...]

One place.

HE WAY WE Do food in the USA is certainly going to kill us. In the capitalist drive for cheap market dominance (and our failure to resist it because of our addiction to cheap, fast and easy stuff) we’re setting America up for easy destruction. Do you see the problem with this sentence?
One major [...]

See how they love each other?

Christ is Risen!

E’VE Been playing this game of hate since Jesus said, “If they are not with us they are against us.” Or was it the reverse? The Church can’t seem to remember it straight… Jesus says “judge not” and we do nothing but – mostly judging each other. See what it’s got [...]

Welcome to Ecclesia

OW. Take a gander at this Speech from the Mouth of Sauron Bartholomew berating Mtr Philip and Mtr Jonah for pretending to be, you know, Orthodox, but not Greek and not under his thumb.
The most provocative of [Jonah's] claims is that which asserts that with the formation of the so-called OCA “the presence of [...]

Ah, just in time

UST IN Time for the November Election, we have these two pieces of news (on top of the current financial excitement):
Could the financial turmoil result in Martial Law? Some congress people have been so advised…

On top of that, Reality Sandwich cites the Army Times regarding a combat team in the USA Army being trained [...]

Kishore Mahbubani

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