Over the past week I have often wondered how Alexei Navalny must have felt on the 17th of January 2021 when, immediately after recovering from being poisoned by Russian agents with the infamous Novichok nerve agent, he boarded on a plane from Germany to Russia fully aware that he would be detained immediately on his arrival. […]
Sermon Topic: Martyrdom
There is no Armchair Christianity: the Blood of the Martyrs is the Seed of the Church.
On Thursday, we celebrated the great feast of St. Peter and St. Paul and their martyrdoms in Rome. Traditionally, on the day after their twin-feast day, many churches honor the memory of all the early martyrs of the Roman church. Writing to that Church in our Epistle reading today, Paul says, “Now that you have […]
The Zebedees
The brothers, James and John, were the second set of brothers to be called by Jesus as he was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee. That pivotal day, Jesus had only just called the brothers, Simon and Andrew, fishermen as well, and they were now following him, likely exhilarated by the new […]
