Word Magazine December 1967 Page 12-13 TAKE NOT THE NAME OF THE LORD YOUR GOD IN VAIN By the Rev. Fr. Michael J. Buben St. George’s Church, Lawrence, Mass. One fine warm day as I walked through the Common, I overheard a youngster say to his companion, ‘Pardon the language ~~~!’, and he followed this [...]
Word Magazine January 1989 Page 9-10 PERSONAL TESTIMONY by Esta Lee Belisle Like most people in North America, I became a Christian as a child. Each Sunday morning my mother scrubbed me clean, dressed me in my prettiest dress, and gently deposited me at the Sunday School door. As a class we sang “Jesus loves [...]
Word Magazine April 1976 Page 14 “TAKE THE NEXT STEP” Homily by Archpriest James C. Meena Having made the First Premise that GOD IS, it becomes necessary for us to go on from there. The fool says in his heart, there is no God.” (Psalm 14:1). The wise acknowledge that GOD IS and then the [...]
Word Magazine May 1984 Page 16 PRECIOUS INHERITANCE Homily By Father James C. Meena “By Him were all things created that are in heaven and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones or dominions, or principalities, or powers. All things were created by Him and for Him, and He is before [...]
Word Magazine March 1988 Page 4-5 THE ABUNDANCE OF GOD By Nancy Holloway The Gospels, in depicting the life and ministry of Christ, are seen by us through the lens of faith. To the non-believer, Jesus was a good man, healing the sick, performing what were perceived to be miracles, dying an unnecessary and unjust [...]
Word Magazine May 1985 Page 20 REFLECTIONS ON THE WORD OF GOD “LOVE: WHAT IT DOES” 1 Corinthians 13 The Rev. Dr. Stanley S. Harakas How does one go about describing love? In last month’s column we saw how St. Paul gives us no formal definition of love in his famous “Love Chapter,” the 13th [...]
Word Magazine December 2000 Page 6-7 THE ACQUISITION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT By Rev. Fr. Josiah Trenham In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, One God. Amen. The goal of the Christian life is the acquisition of the Holy Spirit. All of our Orthodox life is animated [...]
Word Magazine November 1984 Page 21-22 REFLECTIONS ON THE WORD OF GOD “Is Any Among You Sick?” James 5:14-16 By Rev. Dr. Stanley S. Harakas What a question for the Bible to address to us! “Is any among you sick?” asks James in his New Testament letter. Just as in the early Church, so too [...]
Word Magazine June 2001 Page 18 THE AFTERLIFE AND THIS LIFE By Very Rev. Joseph Allen When I first thought about writing a brief article on the “afterlife.” I declined on the basis that any such article cannot be “brief”! But I thought about this challenge, and began to wonder about an approach which could [...]
Word Magazine June 1985 Page 31-32 REFLECTIONS ON THE WORD OF GOD “Apostolic Living — 1: Empowered Disciples” Matthew 10: 1-8 in Three Parts Rev. Dr. Stanley S. Harakas “And he called to him his twelve disciples . . .“ These are the beginning words of the 10th chapter of the Gospel of Matthew. The [...]