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)

East and West

Clicking through the internet, the phrase “Christ Mystery” in a Catholic context sounded at once rather engaging and surprising. Canon Edward West told me once *never* to refer to it as “the Christ Event” because it was dated (this was in 1985, and even then, the theological lingo of the late 60 and early [...]

Christians should “Resist or subvert Thanksgiving”

ATHOLIC ANARCHY urges us to Resist or subvert Thanksgiving, pointing out that the holiday is an idolatrous pagan feast of the sort our ancestors avoided (or died trying to avoid):
Thanksgiving and other civil “holi-days” (holy days) are indeed not “secular” at all, but are intrinsically religious. More than that, they are idolatrous and pagan in [...]

Art & Culture

HE FOLLOWING Paragraph is copied from Is Reconstructionist Judaism For You?, written by the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation. How does it speak to Christians who seek to find a way to fellowship despite our doctrinal differences (big and small)?
“For Reconstructionists, Judaism is more than Jewish religion; Judaism is the entire cultural legacy of the Jewish [...]

Cui Bono?

If you reject any or all of the following:
God will punish us with eternal hell for our sins.

God will judge us for even the slightest imperfection.

Salvation means only having your sins “forgiven” and not being sent to hell after you die.

Jesus is the only means of “getting saved”.

Once saved God will count your debt “paid [...]

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 [...]