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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)

Autumn Book Club Invite

HE MOST Formative step in my spiritual journey to-date was reading a book in a class with Donald Schell at St Gregory’s Church in San Francisco (1999/2000). The book was Olivier Clement’s Roots of Christian Mysticism: Texts from Patristic Era with Commentary. I have quoted from it many times in these pages – [...]

The Big Three

ALKING INTO Ingles last Sunday with Fr Brent, we were discussing the way that some people (the present author included) worry that loosening the grip on one part of traditional Christianity – eg sex – can lead to a loosening of the grip on other parts. I was adamant about that for a while [...]