Starting a Mission and Building a Parish

This is an article I put together on lessons learned from starting a mission. For those of you who have gone through that as well, if you have some insights that you would like to add, I would appreciate the feedback:


http://www.saintjonah.org/articles/parish_building.html

Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy: An Orthodox Response to an Anti-Orthodox Defense of Gay Marriage

A response to David J. Dunn's original article on Gay Marriage, guest posted on the Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy Blog: http://orthodoxyandheterodoxy.org/2013/04/11/an-orthodox-response-to-an-anti-orthodox-defense-of-gay-marriage/

Homilies on the Psalms at "Lord, I have cried..."

These are five sermons preached from July 25, 2010 through August 22, 2010 on the Psalms chanted at Lord, I have cried, at Vespers:

Part 1: "Set a watch, O Lord" (Psalm 140:1-3 lxx).

Part 2: "Making excuse with excuses in sins" (Psalm 140:4-5 lxx).

Part 3: "I am alone until I pass by" (Psalm 140:6-10 lxx).

Part 4: "Bring my soul out of prison" (Psalm 141 lxx).

Part 5: "The Truth of the Lord Abideth Forever" (Psalm 129 & 116 lxx).

Sermons now podcasted on Ancient Faith Radio

My sermons on now being podcasted on Ancient Faith Radio, in a series entitled "From the Amvon". First sermon: Does Doctrine Matter. And for those who may ask, what is an "Amvon"? See Orthodoxwiki: http://orthodoxwiki.org/Amvon