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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.

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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)

Sermon for Gay Pride Sunday

Preached on 24 June 2001 at St Gregory of Nyssa Church in San Francisco… sorry for the repost: I’m in Toronto at the Pride Festival.
t’s my sense that both these readings that we’ve heard today talk about healing of one sort or another. The Gospel speaks of an internal healing, and the Epistle talks about [...]

What to do for Pride.

RODIE AND I Will be in Toronto this weekend for Pride Festivities. It’s an intense party. In fact it’s about the best one I’ve seen and I’ve been for pride in Atlanta, New York, San Francisco and a few other, smaller cities around the USA. I’m reposting this. It’s what we [...]

Co-incidence

Revised Common Lectionary:
Isaiah 6:1-8Psalm 29Romans 8:12-17John 3:1-17
Eastern Rite Lections:
Vespers:
Isa 43:9-14Wis 3:1-9Wis 5:15-6:3
Liturgy:
Heb 11:33-12:2
Mt 10:32, 33, 37, 38; 19.27-30
And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields, for my name’s sake, will receive a hundredfold, and will inherit eternal life.
HIS SERMON Is being drafted [...]