Orthodox Christianity in North Dakota
Christ is risen! Today is Bright Monday, the first day after Pascha (Easter). I figured today was also an appropriate day on which to launch this blog, Red River Orthodox. Red River Orthodox is a...
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Senator Tim Mathern Visits about a Recent North Dakota State Resolution
This past Sunday (May 22nd), state Senator Tim Mathern visited our humble parish. During his visit, he read from a letter from Tina Kaidanow, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of State...
View ArticleChrist is Risen! An Upcoming Bright Week Lecture
Christ is risen! As noted in the previous post, yesterday was Pascha for us Orthodox Christians, the day on which we celebrate the triumph of Life over death! This makes this week “Bright Week,” and...
View ArticleAn Orthodox Priest and an Atheist Mayor Walk into a Bar
Well, OK, Jon Lindgren would much prefer “skeptic” to “atheist” but skeptic doesn’t make for as catchy of a title. This past weekend, the Forum ran a nice piece on Jon Lindgren, the former mayor of...
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Orthodox Chaplains and Prayers
As many, if not all of the readers of our parish blog already know, I have been commissioned as a chaplain in the Air National Guard. I include a picture of that here: My date is easy to remember:...
View ArticleOrthodox Easter and Church History
Sunday was Pascha (“Easter”) for Orthodox Christians across the globe. For us, it meant the conclusion to a long Holy Week and a wonderful celebration of the resurrection of Christ in the very...
View ArticleMorality without God?
I return, finally, to my exchange with humanist Jon Lindgren, emeritus professor of economics for NDSU and former mayor of Fargo. The delay was entirely my own fault. These last several months have...
View ArticleBook Reviews
In the recent months, book reviews have come out on my book Turning to Tradition and I think I have mentioned most of them here on the blog. One I haven’t mentioned yet is this review by Dr. Amy...
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