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Episode #32 – The Perfect Pattern and the Royal Priesthood

January 23, 2018 Filed under: Leave a Comment

The Perfect Pattern and the Royal Priesthood January 22, 2018 In this episode, Fr. Anthony uses the image of the pattern (as found in Genesis, Isaiah, the Gospel of St. Matthew, and the Amber series of Roger Zelazny) to help explain our calling to bring the Logic of the Center to the chaos of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, General, Pastoral, podcast Tagged With: Orthodox, pattern, Vocation, Zelazny

Discerning Your Vocation to the Priesthood Ebook Now Available

July 7, 2016 Filed under: Leave a Comment

The Calling. Those of us who are clergy know it and know how relentless and ephemeral it can be sometimes. Discerning a Vocation to Holy Orders (Deacon, Priest, or Bishop) is not something to be taken lightly, or under one's own initiative. This guide, originally made available during the "You're On … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, Priest, Vocation Tagged With: deacon, Diaconate, priest, Priesthood, Vocation

A Few Thoughts on Narcissism in the Priesthood

April 18, 2016 Filed under: 2 Comments

One of the most popular (and useful) GGWB articles of all time is "Signs in a Congregation That a Leader Has Covert Narcissistic Personality Disorder"  If you look at the comments to that article, you will see indicators of something that researchers have confirmed: 1) the proportion of pathological … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, General, Leadership, Pastoral Tagged With: Leadership, narcissist, narcissistic personality disorder, narcissistic spiritual leadership, NDS, priest, Vocation

On Starting at a New Parish (AFR Podcast and Notes)

March 21, 2016 Filed under: Leave a Comment

The Podcast is here. Review: Ten (Eleven!) Commandments for Pastors New to a Congregation In a previous post and podcast, I reviewed Rev. Lawrence W. Farris’ book Ten Commandments for Pastors Leaving a Congregation. It was full of good advice to help set your successor and the parish you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, Pastoral, Preaching, Preparation, Priest, Vocation Tagged With: assignment, moving, priest, Vocation

On Transitions – how to leave well

December 2, 2015 Filed under: 4 Comments

On 13 September 2015, I served my last Divine Liturgy at St. Michael's in Woonsocket, RI.  Although in many ways the situation was ideal (it was an amicable parting; I wasn't driven out by them or by frustration with them), it was still very difficult.  I wanted to do it well, for their benefit, for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Pastoral, Priest Tagged With: assignment, book review, Farris, moving, priest, transitions, Vocation

Gifts and Talents and the Road to Hell

January 28, 2015 Filed under: 3 Comments

"Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, Pastoral, Vocation Tagged With: Ancient Faith Blogs, broken, Fr. Stephen Freeman, gifts, Glory to God for All Things, kenosis, talents, Vocation

Patriarch Kirill: “Being a Clergyman Today Means Scaling the Most Difficult and Greatest Heights”

October 29, 2014 Filed under: Leave a Comment

by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow October 26, 2014. His Holiness, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, presided over the Great Consecration of a church in honor of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian on the premises of the Saratov Theological Seminary and celebrated the Divine … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Vocation Tagged With: clergy, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, sermon, Vocation

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