Entries Tagged as 'Family Life'
The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them (Gen 1:21)
Last night I went to a talent show at my kids’ school. It was enjoyable to watch an entirely random blend of performances unfolding in front of a room full of parents eager to applaud at the slightest hint of aptitude showing on the stage. I know this because I was one of them. There really was true talent to applaud and, even when talent was not really present, there was a lot of courage to be praised.
The one thing that set… Continue reading
Tags: age · christian · Confusion · family · gender · marriage · order · orthodox
Every time a new school year starts, I inevitably ponder upon the choices one has in education today. The beauty of living in a free country is that one can choose the best-suited education modality for their offspring. Public school is a basic choice opened to all, more refined private schools offer new avenues for the ones that can afford them and for those that don’t trust either, one can also adventure into home schooling.
This was not the case back in communist Romania where I grew up. You had to go to the only school system that was and be taught whatever they decided to teach you. There was not much choice involved. Among other things… Continue reading
Tags: Christ · correct · culture · ethnic · orthodox · policy · political · public school · race · religion · school · secular · way of life
Valentine’s Day is a big deal in America and I am not going to try to diminish that. Even though trying to trace back the roots of this tradition is a very convoluted task, at this point in time it really doesn’t matter to any one where it all started it doesn’t matter if the real St. Valentine existed or not, or if the romancing stories around him are truth or pure fiction, people celebrate it unconditionally. Out of this mess one thing is sure: if you fail to buy chocolate and/or flowers on this day you are toast...
Tags: christian · crowning · love · marriage · modern · orthodox · pagan · Valentine's Day
I’ve recently stumbled upon two blog posts addressing the donor artificial insemination from a perspective that goes against the grain of the society trends, acknowledging a problem that is often dismissed. Here are the links:
Orphaned at conception:
http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/deadbeat_donor_dads/
Who did I come from? The children of donor dads grow up:
http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/who_did_i_come_from_the_children_of_donor_dads_grow_up/
I also wanted to give the readers a personal Orthodox perspective, both as a priest and as a medical doctor; so here we go.
There is a great number of problems with the issue of sperm bank donors that rank from practical theology to human psychology. I will try to put my thoughts in a coherent stream.
The “harvesting” of the… Continue reading
Tags: adultery · artificial · bank · christian · church · fornication · insemination · marriage · orthodox · sperm
Another school year started this week. Future scientists, engineers, doctors begin their journey today, a journey through rationality and logic in the hope of pushing further away today’s science barriers. During the following school years these children will be taught mathematics, physics, chemistry and other subjects that will reveal to them, step by step... “how
Tags: Augustine · christian · education · knowledge · orthodox · reason · school
A very interesting article by
Mark Regnerus making the case for early marriage as a a way to deal with pre-marital sexuality, divorce rates and economical crisis. You can read the article here.
One of the most interesting statements of the article in my opinion is this: “Most young Americans no longer think of marriage as a formative institution, but rather as the institution they enter once they think they are fully formed.”
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One of the growing parental problems is the control of our children internet access. With a variety of explicit materials and predators lurking the net more and more parent grow worry about their children accessing the internet. More so with new technology like iphods, iphones, mobile internet, social networking the breadth of the problem has grown exponentially...
Tags: bishop · Children · internet · kids · online · orthodox · safe · technology
I found this quotes on the website of
St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church in McKinney, TX
Do not let the sun go down on the anger of your brother (Eph. 4:26); that is, let no one be angry and enraged against his brother until the setting of the sun.
REF:Elder Ephraim of Philotheou Mount Athos, "Counsels from the Holy Mountain" Tags: anger · family · Holy Fathers
When anger goes out of control, the consequences can be devastating and irreparable. When people have a destructive angry episode, there is a series of steps involved in the escalation of the interaction. We should aim to stop the escalation before it spirals completely out of control. We can learn to break into this chain of behavior at any point to prevent anger from reaching a destructive level, although the
Tags: anger · conflict · family
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is interesting article on the net, for those that are stil debating if you want to send your kids trick or treat tonight...Pretty scarry!
Should you and I be involved in the celebration of Halloween?
Finding the answer to this question has been an interesting journey in itself. I interviewed several people and then researched what many leading
Tags: christian · family · halloween
