Messianic Prophecy
Here's what may be a different way to look at the infancy narrative in Matthew (with and eye to Luke and John into the bargain), and a different way t...
Musings from the High Desert
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Contemplations on Orthodox Christianity from Las Cruces, New Mexico - Fr. Gabriel Rochelle shares from his wide range of insights, imaginings, and interests.
Raised on the Sabbath
Luke 13:10-17 is a simple passage with two major lessons for us. First, the leader of the synagogue was wrong: healing and compassion are the hallmark...
The Holy Spirit
In this tightly wrapped package from St. Paul we hear about the work of the Holy Trinity in the church, in our lives, and in the world. In a few short...
The Rich Fool
The Rich Fool is one of the pivotal parables of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke, which is the only Gospel in which it occurs. There is a clear turn in the...
The Good Samaritan
The parable of the "Good Samaritan" needs a new look for our age. Specifically we have to look again at how the original audience would have heard thi...
Unmercenary Saints Zenaida and Philonella
We remember the unmercenary saints in the proskomedia: Cosmas and Damian, especially, whom we commemorate this weekend. But I would draw your attentio...
Learn Their Names
In Luke 16, we find the only parable in which a name is given to a character: Lazarus - "God helps." The contrast with the rich man who remains unname...
More Than One Way To Be Raised from Death
In Luke 7:11-16, we have to look again at the recipient of the healing. Widows had an ambivalent place in society at this time: on one hand they were ...
Generosity Grounded in the Emptying of Christ
We have to consider 2 Corinthians chapters 8 and 9 together to get the full message St Paul has for us. The generosity he expects from the Corinthians...
The Golden Rule
Our Lord starts from the so-called "Golden Rule" but develops it in a way that clearly reflects how we as Christians need to respond to it: through em...