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I always thought that the common example of a nominal Christian was one who attended Church service on only Christmas and Easter.  Is that only a liturgical Christian cliche?  Someone recently told me most Protestants cancel services on Sunday if Christmas should happen to fall on that day.  I...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/22/obituaries/jon-hendricks-96-who-brought-a-new-dimension-to-jazz-singing-dies.amp.html A very talented man.  He also taught at the University of Toledo for many years.

I realized even now, I'm really not used to that word. Probably 90% of the Arabic speakers I know are from the Levant, they use a word that is very close to how the French pronounction: narguilé (nix the "n", and that is roughly the word I'm used to).  Do all Arabic speaking countries use this...

I just found what looks to be a fairly decent NT Online English Bible Study.  It's from Ohio to boot.  I think this may have been Fr. Hopko's old parish when he was in Ohio. https://www.youtube.com/user/AnzivinoTech/playlists So far it's 2 Gospels, Acts, and Revelation.  So far it seems great...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/07/05/new-photo-may-prove-amelia-earhart-captured-japanese/451521001/ If so, this is a strange twist.  I'm skeptical, this may just be a publicity ploy by an over eager historian.  But we shall see.  Thoughts?

Does this Translate to any proper noun in Greek?  Is there any commentary to contrast  with Michael?  If so,  why here?

http://www.antiochian.org/memory-eternal-matushka-juliana-schmemann Memory Eternal

This priest really gets it: https://www.firstthings.com/article/2016/12/cocktail-theology Highlight: Enough throat-clearing—what about the cocktails? I cannot say for certain what my friend Derek may have learned from me about the Lord, but under his tutelage I did grow fond of the martini...

I have it in my head that there was one festival / games held in honor of Hades once ever 100 years.  None of the books I have on hand say this, nor can I find out any info online.  Does anyone know what I'm talking about?  Is my brain lying to me?

Halloween question. I have an eccentric work schedule that keeps me up at night, I am from Orthodox lands so there is that kind of thing with the Count.  As far as I know though that's all I have in similarities.  Plus I have the theory that Hollywood went into decline as soon as vampires...

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http://www.oola.com/lifestyle/4642/22-halloween-candies-that-are-simply-the-worst/ May this be a lesson to you all. I like (or at least liked as a kid) the circus peanuts, butterscotch, lemon heads, and pixie stix.  I guess I consider the candy corn and pumpkins something of a tradition, even...

From Bp. Barron: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj0V7JhMJ3w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP2InFa16D0 a longer lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj0V7JhMJ3w This applies a lot to day to day affairs.  Among my generation "Marcionism" seems to be the big one.  Maybe it's "grass is...

http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2011/01/common-common-diagnosis-rare.html This was a piece of medical "shop talk" that I fell in love with early on.  I think it is a practice that helps illustrate how our mind unhinged gets disconnected with reality.  It really helped me when think about philosophy...

http://aleteia.org/2016/09/06/5-warning-signs-of-a-toxic-faith/ Good stuff

22 Maps That Show How Americans Speak English Totally Differently From One Another http://www.businessinsider.com/22-maps-that-show-the-deepest-linguistic-conflicts-in-america-2013-6 I pretty much do what people from Detroit would do, oddly I think as soon as youcross the bridge and hit...

Can anybody parse this name?  Is it used on anybody other than two mythological heroes (who don't exactly have Greek roots, and who sometimes get combined as one person)?

RIP: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.yahoo.com/amphtml/sports/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/gordie-howe-was-my-hockey-god-162405742.html# One of the greatest NHL players, and one of the greatest athletes to play for any team in Detroit.

Sting like a bee.  Goodbye Mohammed Ali. http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/04/us/muhammad-ali/index.html

I'm only doing this because someone asked me about Carthage, a rare thing to ask about, and it turned into an hour of me bloviating on and on, and I still haven't got my fix on rambling...so I'm taking it out on this forum to see if anyone bites and I can indulge myself: What's in a name? It's...