Good Guys Wear Black | Discerning Your Vocation In The Orthodox Church
For Orthodox Christian Men Discerning A Vocation
Christ is Born! Glorify Him! We here at Good Guys Wear Black wish every good thing for you and your loved ones this Nativity. If you are traveling, travel safely by God's grace. If you are with loved ones, cherish and savor the time together. Keep the day in high festival! Celebrate the mystery of our faith with gladness, thanksgiving and joy! Remember in your holy prayers; Children who have no one to care for them, Those who Read more…
Well, I want to thank everyone for your input and requests. Because so many of you have requested it, Preachers Institute will continue offering our popular Mission Bundles until midnight on Dec. 23rd. Once again, we are offering 'Bundles' of our Ebooks for the Advent and Christmas Season. Many of our best selling titles are available as Ebooks at incredible discounts. At Preachers Institute, we are doing our best to put into the hands Read more…
As you know, Good Guys Wear Black, Preachers Institute, and Journey To Orthodoxy are all sister sites. None of them is supported by any institution, benefactor, church, parish or seminary. It is the support we receive from readers and the materials we offer for sale that keep these sites online. For the first time, we are offering ‘Bundles’ of our Ebooks for the Advent and Christmas Season. Many of our best selling titles are Read more…
by G. Jeffrey MacDonald The American clergy is suffering from burnout, several new studies show. And part of the problem, as researchers have observed, is that pastors work too much. Many of them need vacations, it’s true. But there’s a more fundamental problem that no amount of rest and relaxation can help solve: congregational pressure to forsake one’s highest calling. The pastoral vocation is to help people grow spiritually, Read more…
by Deborah (Malacky) Belonick Accurately chronicling bygone theological debates can be extraordinarily challenging, but Dean, Archpriest John Behr, has proved himself worthy of the task. In May 2011, he published a landmark work, The Case Against Diodore and Theodore, which is being touted by its publisher, the prestigious Oxford University Press (OUP), as "ground-breaking" in its research. The new book is part of OUP's "Oxford Read more…
Associated Press - March 19, 2010 The Romanian Orthodox has decided to strip clergymen who divorce of their priestly duties. Church spokesman Constantin Stoica says the decision to defrock priests who divorce will apply to all. But he says that those whose marriages broke up because their wives committed adultery will find other employment within the church. Stoica said Friday that the decision was triggered after the number of Read more…
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