http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info A journey through our Orthodox faith as we live it every day Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:43:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/favicon.ico Copyright © Gladsome Light Dialogues - An Orthodox Blog 2010 blogadmin@stjohndfw.info (Gladsome Light Dialogues - An Orthodox Blog) blogadmin@stjohndfw.info (Gladsome Light Dialogues - An Orthodox Blog) http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info 144 144 A journey through our Orthodox faith as we live it every day Gladsome Light Dialogues - An Orthodox Blog Gladsome Light Dialogues - An Orthodox Blog blogadmin@stjohndfw.info no no http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2011/08/looking-death-in-the-face-or-the-aesthetics-of-dying/ http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2011/08/looking-death-in-the-face-or-the-aesthetics-of-dying/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:25:59 +0000 Fr. Vasile http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/?p=1418 "Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is your victory?" (1Cor 15:54-55) As a parish priest one has the privilege to face all aspects of human life from birth until the final departure. In the eyes of a priest, humanity is exposed in its most glorious and most deplorable experiences. Among them one of the most challenging is death. Even writing about it is a difficult task because it is a very unpopular subject.  Nobody wants to die and even more so, nobody wants to talk about it, is a taboo, a place where you just don’t want to go Continue reading]]> http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2011/08/looking-death-in-the-face-or-the-aesthetics-of-dying/feed/ 1 http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2011/02/the-bible-the-prayer-book-and-the-greek-lexicon/ http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2011/02/the-bible-the-prayer-book-and-the-greek-lexicon/#comments Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:12:45 +0000 Fr. Vasile http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/?p=1227 This week I was stuck in an airport due to inclement weather and had to spend a few hours waiting for my flight to arrive. After the initial commotion you find yourself restrained in a waiting room with not much to do. Looking around for a past time I realized that the only things I had with me were... Continue reading]]> http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2011/02/the-bible-the-prayer-book-and-the-greek-lexicon/feed/ 0 http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2011/01/loosing-weight-and-saving-your-soul-in-the-process/ http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2011/01/loosing-weight-and-saving-your-soul-in-the-process/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:59:27 +0000 Fr. Vasile http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/?p=1222 secret that I could loose some weight. I’ll admit it. Getting back into my ideal measurements is as much of a challenge for me as for anyone despite the claims of the insatiable industry that has developed behind this apparently simple goal. From the classical low calorie diet to the latest fashion in Hollywood dieting, we are sold out of the box, unfailing solutions that will miraculously make us loose those unsolicited extra pounds. But they all fail in most people with, of course, some notable exceptions. I always wandered why this is and couldn’t find a satisfying answer until a few days ago when I stumbled over a book written by a “diet survivor” Continue reading]]> http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2011/01/loosing-weight-and-saving-your-soul-in-the-process/feed/ 0 http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2010/12/work-hard-pray-hard-changing-the-paradigm/ http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2010/12/work-hard-pray-hard-changing-the-paradigm/#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2010 22:27:20 +0000 Fr. Vasile http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/?p=1152 The  slogan “Work hard, play hard” has been in iconic standard for corporate culture for years. It initially meant to be as involved in your daily work as you are in your extra-curricular activities, but was rapidly transformed into a great excuse for irrational and destructive behavior in the after hours like alcohol abuse, recreational drugs, heavy partying etc.  More so the idea has infiltrated from the initial corporate environment to our homes rendering even our everyday life into a two dimensional universe of work and play; everything we do falls into one of these two buckets. The Holy Grail of a happy life becomes therefore finding the balance between carrier and leisure. A plethora of Continue reading]]> http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2010/12/work-hard-pray-hard-changing-the-paradigm/feed/ 3 http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2008/10/the-theology-of-marriage-and-sexuality-fr-george-morelli/ http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2008/10/the-theology-of-marriage-and-sexuality-fr-george-morelli/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:24:30 +0000 Fr. Vasile http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/?p=93 The writer of Genesis said of Adam and Eve: "And God blessed them, and God said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it;' Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh" (Genesis 1:28; 2:24). St. Paul wrote in Hebrews: "Let marriage be held in honor among all . . ." (Hebrews 13:4). St. John Chrysostom typified the Orthodox Church Fathers: "From the beginning God has been revealed as the fashioner, by his providence, of this union of man and woman, and He has spoken of the two as one: 'male and female He Continue reading]]> http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2008/10/the-theology-of-marriage-and-sexuality-fr-george-morelli/feed/ 0 http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2008/10/prayer-for-ones-spouse/ http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2008/10/prayer-for-ones-spouse/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:49:25 +0000 Fr. Vasile http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/?p=8 Lord Jesus Christ, our God, Who taught us that we should always pray for each other, for in this way we will fulfill Your law and we will be found worthy of your mercy, look with compassion and safeguard my husband (wife), which you have granted me in order to spend our  lives together until the end. Continue reading]]> http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2008/10/prayer-for-ones-spouse/feed/ 1