Guide for Teaching Bible Chap. 3 continued – The Six Days of Creation
The Six Days of Creation As we look into the unfolding splendor of the six days of Creation, the mysteries of origin only deepen: We are proposing to examine the structure of the world and to contemplate the whole universe, not from the wisdom of the world, but from what God taught His servant when … Continue reading
About Day of the Holy fire
About the Holy Fire: I wrote this assuming an audience that knows about the Holy Fire that still descends within the tomb of the Savior every year on Holy Saturday. The poem alludes to it without explaining. I’ve never been to Jerusalem and have not seen this for myself. But when the priest lights the … Continue reading
The Day of the Holy Fire
The Day of the Holy Fire I. If you sleep in death today, how do I hear your voice from out of the rock and dark earth calling me? Stranger than the ecstasy of the mockingbird, more urgent than the hummingbird’s wings, nearer than the note of any known species of songbird, and softer than … Continue reading
A Guide for Teaching Bible, Chap. 3 – The Mysteries of the Creation
Chapter Three The Mysteries of the Creation Oh, the deep mysteries of our origin in God! If only man would turn his highest intelligence away from his paper theories towards true theoria! “Vision of God” is the literal meaning of the word theoria, the root-word for “theory”. If only man realized what he has been … Continue reading
Orthodox Illumination 