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)

Why are we surprised?

ATHER ANDREW, a friend and sometime reader of these pages, asks the right questions on his blog, Smoke and Incense: More Christians were martryed in the 20th and the first 9 years of the 21st Century than the entire rest of the history of Christendom. And yet Christians seem to be continually amazed and [...]

Doubting God.

Christ is Risen!

Sir, I see that you are a prophet.
T HAS To be one of the great toss-off lines in the Bible. Jesus shows up, proclaims his messiah-ship and then accuses the woman of serial monogamy. (Why else would she be coming to the well in the middle of the day if [...]

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 [...]