Posted by Fr. John on February 3, 2012 · 4 Comments
by Tamara Schmerse Part 10 of 17 10: Congregation of Yahweh By this time, Facebook had become a mainstream communication tool, and so I incorporated it into my search methods. I would Google different denominations of Christianity, read the accompanying Wikipedia article, find the customary Facebook group, and then begin adding its members as Facebook [...]
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Posted by Fr. John on February 2, 2012 · 5 Comments
by Tamara Schmerse Presbyterian Part 9 of 17 I looked again to my work. The small company I worked for was a hotbed of religious tension, as among its 10-15 staff, you would find 10-15 deeply pious Christians of very different denominations. Being that it was a workplace, religion was not discussed very often, but [...]
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Posted by Fr. John on February 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment
by Tamara Schmerse Methodist Part 8 of 17 I remembered something I had discovered when doing my family tree research several years earlier. An ancestor of mine, by the name of William Carvosso, had written a book in the year 1815, about his experiences with God and the Church. I had managed to secure myself [...]
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Posted by Fr. John on January 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment
2: Friends As a child, the rental property next door had many different tenants. For a large chunk of my Primary School years, it was occupied by a very nice family called Robinson, who had children my age and younger. The first memory I have of them is the girl, Sarah, asking me over the [...]
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Posted by Fr. John on January 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment
by Tamara Schmerse Part 1 of 17 This delightful story of Tamara’s journey is captivating. I’ve decided to publish it in it’s entirety as a series from her blog, My Search For The Truth. Enjoy this excellent journey, and thank you, Tamara, for allowing us to republish it! My Search For The Truth (And Subsequent [...]
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Posted by admin on July 30, 2010 · Leave a Comment
My thanks to Dave Brown for directing me to this excellent interview! Professor of Theology, Dr. Robert Moore-Jumonville of Spring Arbor University, interviews SAU Alumnus Matt Brown about the Orthodox Church, his conversion to it from Methodism and his future life as a seminarian at St. Tikhon’s: Interview with a New Seminarian Source