Category: Redeeming the Time

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Here is an article from the NYT which has good news indeed regarding abortion in Russia.

A pastor must always be aware of potential problems. Perhaps someone who reads this will have some regret because of past deeds. If I know you, please talk to me, otherwise talk to someone! Do not let your abortion victimize you for the rest of your life.

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Many of us have memorized the first of our series, 1 Peter 2:20. I have selected two more scriptures, which we will commence to working on soon. All Scripture will be published in English, Russian and Spanish, in a convenient “card” format. just print out the “card” on regular paper, and cut it in quarters, and you will have a cqrd for your prayer book, dashboard, etc.

I think this is really important. I want my flock to know and love the scriptures. All the basic stories (and there are hundreds of them) should be familiar to us, and we should have scripture “written on our hearts”.

Please join me in memorizing scrupture weekly. For now, get 1 Peter 2:20 down pat.

A homily for the children most of whom were the grandchildren of the priest, who reminisced with them about how their mother loved the verse “And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul”, and would emphatically state this in her squeaky little girl voice. We discuss trust and how God is always with us, and knows everything about us – even the number of hairs on our head, as usual, with the children seated “in the round” and with audience participation.

We have started a new routine at St Nicholas. I want my flock to be more scripturally literate. I am taking a page from the Protestants, who memorize the bible frequently. They memorize things they often do not completely understand – we have the true faith, and the precise exposition of the bible is present in all our (often neglected by the majority) services, and yet, as a people, many of our bibles are dusty! This should not be.

Here is the first scripture I chose. I have no idea how I am going to choose scripture to memorize. I have a zillion favorites, and there are are zillion important scriptures. I will probably use the church year as a guide, so for our first scripture,. I chose something from the Apostle Peter, since we are in the Apostle’s fast. I hope we can get something from St Paul memorized before the end of the fast.

All scripture will be at http://www./orthodox.net/scripture-memory

It will be in PDF and Word fornats, suitable for printing, and dividing into quarters.