... That was the way I felt after attending my first few services at my current Lutheran church. After being bored to the point of not wanting to attend ...
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byza7@...
dvdnvk
Jun 18, 2009 1:14 pm
+Glory to Jesus Christ ! +His Glory be Forever ! Hello Kim, I am a life long Orthodox Christian and I thought I would respond to your post. I want to share...
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Kimberly Sparling
princesskim6...
Jun 17, 2009 7:18 pm
Thank you Rosemarie. Last weekend I was at St. Dionysios for their Greek Festival! It's good to know the liturgy is in English. I wondered about that. There...
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Rosemarie Lieffring
lieffring
Jun 17, 2009 6:50 pm
Hey Kim, I am formerly from the Kansas City Area. I was back for Western Easter last year and attended St. Dionysios in Overland Park. It's a Greek...
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Kimberly Sparling
princesskim6...
Jun 17, 2009 6:43 pm
Yes, St. Mary of Egypt is the one I am referring to. I think my first trip will be to their bookstore called Desert Wisdom. The woman I met owns the website...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jun 17, 2009 6:02 pm
I have heard very good things about a Serbian church in KC that is predominantly African-American. I believe it is St. Mary of Egypt Church. The way we pray...
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Kimberly Sparling
princesskim6...
Jun 17, 2009 5:35 pm
Hi, I just joined the group yesterday and thought I should introduce myself. I was raised Methodist, absent from church for 25+ years, started back at the ...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jun 17, 2009 5:25 pm
I'm glad you enjoyed the link. "River of Fire" is very good though it can sometimes overstate what real Protestants 'really' believe or what particular...
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oruaseht
Jun 17, 2009 4:55 pm
Dear Christopher, your post linking to St. Isaac on Mercy and Justice was incredible. It was only overshadowed by the depth and wisdom of the related "River of...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jun 16, 2009 3:53 pm
I thought this quote from St Gregory of Nazianzus summed up nicely how the wrath of God is really only a sinner's experience of God Himself: When all have...
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oruaseht
Jun 16, 2009 3:32 pm
I thank everyone for their wise words on this topic. It has helped me to see how the Church understands these concepts a little better. One related concept to...
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Todd Harman
tharman32
Jun 15, 2009 1:27 am
For most of the first Divine Liturgy I attended - I actually couldn't stop thinking about "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"!! Christ, have mercy! Todd ... From:...
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Rosemarie Lieffring
lieffring
Jun 15, 2009 12:22 am
Wonderful news, Todd! You'll love being Greek! ;) (I always think of Ian Miller's Baptism from the movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" when anyone mentions...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jun 14, 2009 3:42 am
May the Lord bless your catechumenate - its permanent for all of us. Christopher ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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tharman32
Jun 13, 2009 4:43 pm
I just wanted to share that my long journey through pretty much every variety of Western Christianity is finally coming to a close. I started my catechism into...
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Dave @¿@¬
howdydave_2000
Jun 10, 2009 2:47 pm
New Skete is what I would call: A monastic community in the middle of the great north woods. The brothers own 50 acres on top of a mountain (specifically Two...
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Rosemarie Lieffring
lieffring
Jun 10, 2009 11:30 am
Did you get sufficient answers to your questions? Sometimes, early on for me anyway, Orthodox answers can seem like doublespeak since coming from our Western...
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George Gapen
dumizzah
Jun 9, 2009 3:55 pm
... From: oruaseht <oruaseht@...> Subject: [LutheransLookingEast] Law & Gospel & Confusion To: LutheransLookingEast@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, June 8,...
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randall hay
sr72000
Jun 9, 2009 4:00 am
That's a good question. The role of faith/works in Orthodoxy is different than that in the Western dichotomies. Works aren't to earn merits or earn...
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Dave @¿@¬
howdydave_2000
Jun 9, 2009 1:18 am
Some of the work I did while at New Skete was: Working with the nuns at their cheesecake factory. (They packaged 270 Raspberry Ripple cheesecakes that day!) ...
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Dave @¿@¬
howdydave_2000
Jun 9, 2009 1:02 am
Howdy! I'm back after spending 7 days at New Skete Monastery in Cambridge, NY. My big question was answered: "Do I have a vocational call to monasticism?" The...
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oruaseht
Jun 8, 2009 8:09 pm
Hi friends, I've been away for a while but I'm still looking East! I have a question that needs some enlightening that I am hoping the Orthodox Church can...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jun 5, 2009 2:33 am
... My husband and I pray Morning Prayer every morning. We wanted Dominic, our four year old, to come in and pray with us but he would consistently refuse. He...
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randall hay
sr72000
Jun 4, 2009 1:34 am
That's wonderful! I truly believe you'll find, as I did, torrents of grace quite unexpectedly. ... I've found it pays to bear in mind at all times that the...
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krolechka
Jun 3, 2009 8:02 pm
Glory to our Savior! You're in our prayers and His love. +...
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Dave W.
dkwiech
Jun 3, 2009 3:39 pm
I tried posting this once, but it didn't work, so I apologize in advance if it posts twice. Just wanted to let you know that I'm beginning catechumen classes...
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Rebecca Wilson
emmy88heaven
Jun 3, 2009 1:08 pm
Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory forever! You'll be in our prayers. ... From: Dave W. <dkwiech@...> Subject: [LutheransLookingEast] Beginning Catechumen...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jun 3, 2009 12:55 pm
Glory to God. Take it nice and slow. Pray a lot, morning and evening, minimally. That's the one thing I wish I would have done more of as a catechumen and...
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Dave W.
dkwiech
Jun 3, 2009 12:50 pm
I just wanted to share that I will be starting catechumen classes on Thursday at the Antiochian parish I've been attending for the past many months. I haven't...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
May 20, 2009 8:14 pm
Letter Four of Fr. Clement Sederholm to His Father Translated by òÕÞØ£× <http://incendiarious.wordpress.com/author/norespite/> ...
