Word Magazine February 1988 Page 4-6‘I INTENT AND ACTIVITY THEIR CONNECTION WITHIN THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY by Father Joseph Allen There is a story which Jesus tells, a story about two sons. You will find this story this parable — in the Gospel of Matthew, 21:28-32. “What do you think,” Jesus says to the Chief Priests [...]
Word Magazine June 1959 Page 6-7 IDENTITY WITH GOD . . . ITS SIGNIFICANCE By Very Rev. Archpriest Michael Baroudy Vicksburg, Mississippi If someone were to ask me to write a motto which would inspire hope for the future, especially for the immediate future which began with the year 1959, I would say without hesitation, [...]
Word Magazine February 1988 Page 4-6‘I INTENT AND ACTIVITY THEIR CONNECTION WITHIN THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY by Father Joseph Allen There is a story which Jesus tells, a story about two sons. You will find this story this parable — in the Gospel of Matthew, 21:28-32. “What do you think,” Jesus says to the Chief Priests [...]
Word Magazine May 1959 Page 3 IF A MAN DIE, SHALL HE LIVE AGAIN? By V. Rev. Fr. Michael Baroudy Archpriest, St. George Orthodox Church, Vicksburg, Miss. Once again Easter comes and the Christian world bows in adoration to this greatest of all festivals. Millions of people of all races, colors and nationalities repeat the [...]
Word Magazine June 1959 Page 6-7 IDENTITY WITH GOD . . . ITS SIGNIFICANCE By Very Rev. Archpriest Michael Baroudy Vicksburg, Mississippi If someone were to ask me to write a motto which would inspire hope for the future, especially for the immediate future which began with the year 1959, I would say without hesitation, [...]
Word Magazine February 1977 Page 6/20 IDENTITY AND TOLERANCE: PASTORAL THOUGHTS ON THE ANTIOCHIAN HOLY YEAR Joseph J. Allen Before we all get taken up with the historic visit of our venerable Patriarch Elias IV, and all that rightfully accompanies such a great moment for Orthodoxy in America, we had better get our heads and [...]
Word Magazine October 1958 Page 5 The Orthodox Christian approach to life for salvation of the soul I BELIEVE . . . Compiled by: Father Michael Welborn St. Elijah’s Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma I BELIEVE that there is one God, who created heaven and earth: I believe that there are three Persons in God: the [...]
Word Magazine September 1968 Page 3 “I AM CHRIST” A meditation by the Rt. Rev. Gibran Ramlaoui St. George Church, Cleveland, Ohio “I will not call you servants,” says Jesus, “you are my friends.” St. Paul says: “When the fullness of the time was come, God sent His only begotten Son, that we might receive [...]
From Again Magazine Volume 15, Number 3-September, 1992 Page 20-22 MATTHEW THE POOR HOW TO UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE There are two ways of reading. The first is when a man reads and puts himself and his mind in control of the text, trying to subject its meaning to his own understanding and then comparing it [...]
(Originally published in THE WORD - February 1993) HOPE by Archpriest Joseph Allen In the Christian community there is no service, no "ministry," rendered — either from clergy to laity, or laity to each other — unless the basis of that service is hope. If that is true — and it is — every Christian [...]