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Recent content by MamaBug

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    The Forgotten Church?

    This! I remember by husband's college level European history textbook describing the 'Great Schism' as being the time in the 14th century when there were 2 Popes. :scratch: American history classes are not only Western-centric but particularly Anglo-centric as well. Other European...
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    Why Obama Doesn’t Think Much of Easter

    I'm not a huge Obama fan by any means, but this 'outrage' seems patently disingenuous. Obama did host a pre-Easter 'Easter breakfast' for the press where he made a very moving and fully in line with the Protestant understanding of Easter profession of faith. The problem lies more in the...
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    Russian Evangelicals Leery of Orthodox Church...

    I think I'm becoming either more cynical or more pragmatic as I get older. Based mostly on observation or experience (and lots of watching 'The Tudors' while fast forwarding through the lovey/dovey and carnal bits) I've concluded a couple things: 1. Religion shapes culture and therefore a...
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    OT ... "Keynes vs. Hayek" video, Round 2 !

    I think the brain is pre-programmed to learn songs done in specific types of rythyms. That is why a certain generation has trouble writing down the Preamble to the Constitution without singing it.... I tend to favor Hayek, but it is clear while Keynes is popular. Hayek's message essentially...
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    Orthodox Convert Culture Question

    I sang with the choir at the parish we were chrismated at - helped immensely in learning the patterns of the liturgical cycle and becoming acclimated to them. As for everything else: - do miss having a more 'fun' advent, especially because American culture doesn't support the Christmas...
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    Can an EO Intermarry?

    I think the only way it could work without much conflict would be if they believed and respected your commitment, but weren't that devout themselves. Otherwise there would be fights about what church the kids would attend, when to celebrate Easter, what to eat on Thanksgiving, whether or not to...
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    Faith alone.

    I'm going through a commentary from Conciliar Press on Romans right now. It seems relevant as that is the 'go to' book for most Sola Fide an TULIP Protestants. I realized I had a hard time disentangling myself from the Calvinist interpretations which is why I picked up the book. I highly...
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    One of those days with kids

    Our first Pascha, I had an excellent view from the choir loft as some guy's 7 year old almost set a woman's hair on fire and his 5 year old got his head stuck in the icon stand. My favorite was when he'd do the dead man drop when I tried to walk him up to the Communion line. Or when he'd see...
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    Disciplining kids

    I'm not aware of a general attitude. I know of one (incredibly devout almost to the point of being a mini-monastery) Romanian family who uses no praise or punishment. They are into some book called 'Punished by Rewards'. We're not opposed to spanking - I just don't think it works very well...
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    Dream interpretation

    The only dreams I take seriously are the ones where I dream I go to confession.
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    Nativity arts and crafts for Sunday School

    That might be better because the paper will be easier to manipulate. Anything you can do with regular paper you can do with that. You could paper-mache onto a pre-made ornament like a ceramic/glass/plastic ball. A couple years ago my nephews made votive holders by tearing colored tissue paper...
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    I don't get it

    I think it is more that when we pray for patience or humility the first thing we need to learn is that we are incapable of having either under our own power. Or perhaps it is that when we pray for a certain virtue we need to first be disabused of the notion that we already have it.... Life...
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    Nativity arts and crafts for Sunday School

    One thing my son's Church school class did was make Icon ornaments. They took printed (non blessed obviously) Icon cards and cut out the key portion in a circle then glued it to the middle of a silver cup-cake liner and added a ribbon/pipe cleaner loop. Other things they did included putting...
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    Orthodox sleuths?

    Boris Akunin has two series set in 19th century Russia. One of the protaginists is a police dective who I believe is about as Orthodox as most 19th century Russian civil servants. The other is an Orthodox nun, Sister Pelagia. The first one of that series is 'Sister Pelagia and the White...
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    Eastern Orthodox and Western Crusaders

    Just because people of one religion hurt those of another doesn't make it the fault of the respective churches. This was one incident in a long pattern of Greek vs. Italian, Italian vs. Italian, German vs. Byzantine, Venetian vs. everybody else violence. To follow your line of thought, we'd have...
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