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For The Children’s Sake

December 21, 2010 By Fr. John 4 Comments

by Tara McNeeley “Let the little children come to Me and do not forbid them; for such is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 19:14 It’s about 8:30 at night in our home and a book has been read, prayers have been said, and everyone is settling down to sleep. All of a sudden I hear […]

Filed Under: Featured, Lutheran Tagged With: censer, children, hearing, incense, smell, Tara McNeeley

Landing After A Lifetime Of Looking

November 14, 2010 By Fr. John 5 Comments

My attention was also captured by the parish priest, who, oddly enough was not the dark-haired man of middle-eastern descent that I was expecting, but a blonde-haired priest of Scandinavian extraction. The parish priest came across to me as a “peoples priest” who enjoyed answering the multitude of questions posed to him about Orthodoxy

Filed Under: Lutheran, Roman Catholics Tagged With: Dot Lombardi, Lutheran, roman catholic

“Ezekiel’s” Journey to Orthodoxy

November 3, 2010 By admin 1 Comment

by’ Ezekiel’ My wife and I were born into Lutheran homes, and we were baptized as infants in the name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit. Both of our families were active in their Lutheran congregations, and both of us were raised in “traditional” Lutheran homes. At the […]

Filed Under: Clergy, Lutheran Tagged With: 'Ezekiel', 2005, Clergy, convert, Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

Thank You, Martin Luther

October 31, 2010 By Fr. John 9 Comments

This comes to us from the Cometh At Midnight Blog, a personal favorite of mine. Today is Reformation Day in the Lutheran churches and I would just like to take this opportunity to thank Martin Luther for making me Orthodox. I grew up in the 60?s when the Lutheran Church was conservative and traditional.  We still […]

Filed Under: Lutheran Tagged With: convert, Lutheran, Martin Luther. Cometh At Midnight, orthodox

Pastor Finds A Home In Orthodoxy

October 25, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

The Rev. Daniel Hackney, a self-professed “ecumenical mutt,” has found a home in the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church. Father Daniel, 45, grew up in a Baptist family, was active in the evangelical Jesus movement, attended Assembly of God and Roman Catholic universities, and served as a pastor in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod for 10 years. […]

Filed Under: Clergy, Featured, Lutheran, Mainline Protestants Tagged With: 2009, Clergy, convert, Fr. Daniel Hackney, Lutheran, orthodox

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