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EAU CLAIRE — The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Foundation celebrated its 50th anniversary at the organization's annual board meeting Oct. 16. As part of the celebration, eight former board presidents and chairs received the lifetime emeritus director designation.
Receiving the emeritus director designation were David G. Anderson, Janice Ayers, Richard Cable, Duane Dingmann, Jon N. Homstad, Joseph Mirr and Ken Vance, all of Eau Claire; Larry Weber of Durand; and Carole Halberg, former president of the UW-Eau Claire Foundation, of Madison and Eau Claire.
"Over the past 50 years, the UW-Eau Claire Foundation has provided millions to support the mission of the university," said Casey Sylla, Foundation board president. "The hundreds of alumni and friends who have served as Foundation directors and staff leaders have all been committed to a singular purpose — to fulfill the university's long-standing goal of excellence. We are pleased to have been such an integral partner in the university's success and look forward to the next 50 years of providing financial resources and value."
The initial purpose of the UW-Eau Claire Foundation was to raise matching funds for the National Defense Education Act, which provided student loans that required a local match on a 1-9 basis. The Foundation's first act of business in May 1959 was to match $16,000 in federal funds with a student loan allocation of $1,600. After then-UW-Eau Claire President W.R. Davies died in December 1959, the UW-Eau Claire Foundation conducted its first memorial fund campaign and raised $15,000. More than 45 years later, the UW-Eau Claire Foundation celebrated the success of the Fulfilling the Promise of Excellence campaign, which raised nearly $53 million.
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Did you know an estimated 4 million people in this country will say I do this year? Did you also know people get married every day but not everyone is prepared for or even desires a marriage? We visit with Dr. Joseph Walker and Dr. Stephanie Walker. They have written this wonderful book called Becoming a Couple of Destiny: Living, Loving. In it, they encourage readers to discover a greater purpose with their spouse. How? Find out more on The Balancing Act on Lifetime Television.


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I got this book in a BOGO sale and wow what a book. Controversial is an understatement. Thought-provoking, absolutely! So, you think you know how you feel about capital punishment, maybe not. We'll written, but somewhat of a tear jerker. Be prepared for an emotional roller coaster.
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Amazing! Must read/listen! This is an incredible historic fiction story told from two perspectives, a young slave girl and a young aristocrat from a wealthy plantation. These two girls grow up together and realize they have more in common than they know. This story is fiction but based on historical fact. Sarah, the main character, was a real person and her home still stands in Charleston, SC. The injustices during this time are maddening. This book will bring about laughter, tears and frustration. One of the best books I have ever read/listened to.
"Back in time"
Loved it once I got into it. Starts slow but hang in there it gets better and better. This is a story full of romance and adventure. There are lots of unexpected twists and turns. This book is over 30 hours long and we'll worth a credit. It is also a series and I look forward to starting book 2. If you can get through the first 2-3 hours then you will be hooked. I highly recommend this book.
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I took a chance and got this book in a BOGO deal and it is fabulous. This historical fiction novel takes place from the around the1860s until the 1960s. Over the century, you follow three generations of the McIvey men. This story has humor, history and emotion. Beware, there are a few tear-jerking moments, but overall it has a good message. I also felt the ending was a little abrupt. Otherwise great!
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This was a 4.95 special. It was a cute love story. It was a light, easy listen. Enjoyable.
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This is an amazing, moving story that takes place during the Roman Empire, after the death of Jesus. Although fiction, the author gives a very interesting and insightful glimpse into this famous era of history. This is a Christian novel, but do not think this is a light read. There is violence, audultery, deceit and greed throughout the story. Francine Rivers does not sugar coat anything. She tells it like it is. I loved it!
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PopMech traveled to California this weekend for the Bay Area Maker Faire. We found enormous robotic hands, B-52 ejector seat chairs, soccer-playing bots, and more.
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There is only two and half weeks left in the regular season, and with many teams having less than 10 games to play, the playoff spots are all but locked up. In the Eastern Conference, we have three teams fighting for the final two spots, while in the West there are five teams battling it out for the last three spots. Who has the best shot to play this postseason? Here are the current standings of the bottom of the playoff picture as it looks today:
7. New York Knicks (29-27)- Every time it seems like the Knicks' season might be gone for good, New York goes on a run to save it again. The Knicks have won 11 of their past 14 games, including a statement win Sunday afternoon against the Bulls. Four of the next five games are huge for New York. Two are against the Bulls and the Heat, who serve as potential first round match-ups. The other two can help the Knicks secure a playoff spot (at Milwaukee) and close the gap on the division lead (home against Boston). The way New York has been playing the last few weeks, it would be surprising to see them not make the postseason. Prediction: Make the playoffs.
8. Philadelphia (29-27) What happened? It wasn't too long ago that the Sixers had a strong lead on the division and seemed like a lock for home-court advantage in the first round. Now, after losing 10 of its last 14 games, the Sixers might not make the playoffs. To make it even worse, eight of Philadelphia's last 10 games are on the road. The good news is that all but three of those final games are against teams with losing records, and as they're just three games behind Boston, a hot finish could sneak the Sixers back into the four seed. Prediction: Make the playoffs.
9. Milwaukee Bucks (28-29) The Bucks are on the outside looking in, but play five of their last nine games at home. To make things even better, two of those home games come against New York and Philadelphia. The Bucks do need some help to make it back into the top eight, but the way the Sixers have been struggling, anything is possible. Prediction: Miss the playoffs.
6. Houston Rockets (32-25) The Rockets four-game winning streak has vaulted them all the way up to the six seed. But can they stay there? Only three of their final nine games are against teams with losing records. That being said, five of those games come against the other four teams fighting for the final three playoff spots. To sum it up, the Rockets largely control whether or not they will be playing in the postseason. Prediction: Make the playoffs.
7. Dallas Mavericks (31-26) Didn't expect the Mavericks this far down the board this late in the season, did you? Me neither. Dallas looked like a lock for a playoff spot until a recent 4-6 skid. It appears that the shortened, condensed season hasn't been kind to the veteran-laden Mavs. But you have to believe that Dirk Nowitzki wouldn't allow Dallas to fall out of the playoff picture, right? Right? Prediction: Make the playoffs.
8. Denver Nuggets (31-26) How fun would it be to have a first round match-up between the Thunder and the Nuggets? They are the two top offenses in the league and are wrought with young talent. We know the Thunder will be there, but what about Denver? It's been an up and down season for the Nuggets, and the final stretch won't make it easy on them. Outside of two games against the Timberwolves (no slouch), every team Denver faces the rest of the way has a winning record. Prediction: Miss the playoffs.
9. Phoenix Suns (30-27)- Think that Nuggets schedule was bad? All but one of Phoenix's remaining games comes against teams with a winning record. The good news, though, is that the Suns finish the season off with five of their final six games at home. And winning at home is exactly how Phoenix played its way back into the playoff picture. The Suns have been one of the league's hottest teams (pun intended) since mid-February, winning 18 of their last 26 games. Prediction: Make the playoffs.
10. Utah Jazz (30-28)- What kills the Jazz is that they are two games back of the eight seed in the loss column. With so few games remaining and so many teams fighting for those final playoff sports, the Jazz will have to win almost every game to have a chance. I just can't see that happening. Prediction: Miss the playoffs.


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Recipe: Tempura Veggies – Junk Food Post #14Author: Chris PerrinJanuary 14, 2009
And the beat rolls on. Today brings the second week of unResolution month to a close. Hopefully by now you've learned that vegan food can be just as fattening as comfort food. If not, here's one more chance to convince you! It's also a good segue into the next seven days which will be focusing entirely on deep friend foods! Mmmmmm…
However, before we get into this dish, I'd like to thank Gourmet Girl for all her tempura advice. Thanks!
Now without further ado…
Tempura Veggies
There's just something wonderful about tempura vegetables. The lightness and the saltiness of the batter mixed with the crunch and the natural flavor of the vegetables… there's no finer way to eat vegetables. Of course, despite the lightness of a tempura fry, it's still a fry. Which is how tempura veggies made it to unResolution month and why they're a sometimes food.
With that being said, on to the recipe!
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Recipe: Vegan Nachos Part 2- Junk Food Post #13Author: Chris PerrinJanuary 13, 2009
First off, happy thirteenth day of unResolution month. I hope January is speeding along for you. I know it is for me.
Okay, so something strange happened last night during my first vegan nacho post. I got really into talking about the different faux meats and making vegan cheese and suddenly I forgot that I wanted to add an ENTIRE section on making tempeh and tofu to top the nachos Once I finally remembered, it was too late for yesterday, but not too late for today!
So today I proudly offer…
Vegan Nachos Part 2
The inspiration for this dish actually came from an episode of Dinner: Impossible where Chef Michael Symon had to fix dinner for a group of cowboys and their families with one catch…everything had to be vegetarian. Further complicating things were the fact that the cowboys weren't in on the surprise (apparently veg*n cowboys are hard to find) and Symon's bad attitude.
For his nachos, the original concept was to cook and crumble tempeh like ground beef on the nachos. Good idea…
However, during the episode, some tofu, which was going to be used in sandwiches, got overcooked, dried up, and got chewy. Rather than let it all go to waste, Symon chopped the tofu and sprinkles it on the nachos like grilled chicken. So with that inspiration, here is my interpretation of those toppings.
Recipe: A Meal For New BeginningsAuthor: Chris PerrinJanuary 12, 2009
Maybe it's just clever marketing, but I am starting to believe the hype: maybe 2009 is the start of something grand. Right now our economy is in the tank, we are at war, and the ranks of the jobless swell every day. The experts say 2009 is the year that we pay for the excesses of the past. As a world we've got real comfortable with greed and overindulgence, but it didn't make us happy. It got us into a mess.
But there's reason to hope. Some people point to a new president and a new attitude in the White House, but I've noticed there is something going on that is far more grassroots. Not only do people seem to be more willing to work smarter, but they seem to want to work greener, cleaner, happier, healthier, friendlier, and with deeper passion for what is truly important. The change is inspiring.
It is in this spirit of hope and renewal that I would have my ultimate meal. I would invite several couples and single friends to my table with the ultimate goal of sparking thoughts of four different types of renewal:
Recipe: Fried Vegan "Chicken Strips" – Junk Food Post #11Author: Chris PerrinJanuary 12, 2009
Vegan comfort food week of unResolution month marches onward. Why vegan food? Well, I figure I'm corrupting the omnivore's and the vegetarian's diet, I might as well make it equal opportunity (raw foodists, I'm thinking real hard…) I mean, after all, UnResolution month only works if everyone gets a chance to eat really bad-for-you-food that tastes pretty darned good. Right?
So today, we are going with something quick and easy and familiar to meat eaters and non-meat eaters alike:
Fried Vegan "Chicken Strips"
If you have been following this blog much lately, I have been doing a lot of cooking with Match Foods products. I've done gravy burgers and crab rangoon both made from Match's meat replacers. Today, I decided to bring things back a little bit and do something everyone loves: chicken strips, but vegan chicken strips made from Match meat.
This recipe is simple and easy and uses the same tempura skillz I learned from Julia Usher at Sauce Magazine. However, unlike yesterday's deep fried sushi recipe, the tempura batter used in this recipe is a lot more open to interpretation. Normal tempura batter uses plain soda water and minimal spices. With this recipe, you can use beer if you like or Coca-Cola or whatever. You can also add more or different spices than those I list.
Feel free to have fun with this one.
Vegan Chicken Strips
Recipe: Deep Fried Vegan Sushi – Junk Food Post #10Author: Chris PerrinJanuary 10, 2009
Consider the following entry into the amazing world of sushi-dom just a taste of things to come. On a personal level, I am slowly leaving my Chinese phase and am strongly considering a sushi-at-home phase. Either way, I thought that deep fried sushi would be a perfect entry for unResolution month because sushi, if the rice is kept to a minimum, is a decent health food for vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike.
So what better way to spend my 10th post of unResolution month than making the dish as remarkably unhealthy as I possibly can?
Deep Fried Vegan Sushi
I hate to say it, but sushi is like anything else…it's better when its fried. I can only imagine the army of highly trained sushi chefs who are coming to hunt me down now, but it's true. Add batter and fat and it's enough to make my American heart soar, right before it seizes.
It is important to note when considering this dish that this recipe is vegan (it keeps up with the theme of this week – vegan comfort food that is also bad for you), but if you are not a vegan, you can fill your roll with whatever you like. This one is just a very easy vegan go-to roll.
Rolling Vegan Sushi And Then Frying It
To get things roll going, you are going to need standard sushi ingredients: nori (toasted seaweed), sushi rice, and fillings, but then we go the extra step and fry it in tempura batter. So this recipe will be broken up into three sections: making the rice, making the sushi roll itself, and then deep frying it.
Recipe: Vegan Crab Rangoon – Junk Food Post #9Author: Chris PerrinJanuary 9, 2009
And the beat rolls on… We're almost to the mid point our of second week of yummy, soul satisfying and totally embiggening (I didn't make up that word, the Simpsons did) awesomeness that is unResolution month. I hope this week has inspired you to reconnect with the ooey, gooey, greasy, and yummy foods that make life great.
Today, we're going with another favorite with a vegan twist…
Vegan Crab Rangoon
Yes, that's right… we're veganizing a food made primarily from cream cheese and crab, neither of which are particularly vegan. But we're going into this dish with a plan and an arsenal consisting of vegan crab meat from Match Foods which make living la vida vegan delicious. (Also, as one of my friends on Twitter pointed it out, it's also great for those who are allergic to shellfish.)
Making Vegan Crab Rangoon
The key ingredient to making vegan crab rangoon work is the vegan cream cheese, which I have recently started making at home and I am loving it. I realize I am a bit of a vegan cream cheese novice so it's probably not up to the pro's standards, but I find my version quite serviceable for this recipe. Also, I keep mine pretty flavor neutral so that onions, garlic, and crab can bring their flavor to the party.
Recipe: Soyrizo Taquitos – Junk Food Post #8Author: Chris PerrinJanuary 8, 2009
And now… day 8 of unResolution month. Hopefully at this point, unResolution month needs no introduction and you are happily eating away. (And maybe going to the gym. :))
Today, I turn the focus of unResolution month from comfort foods (with a minor deviation into cookies) to straight vegetarian/vegan food that also happens to be ridiculously bad for you. Because, after all I did become veg for the health benefits.
So anyway…
Vegan Soyrizo Taquitos
This is one of my all-time favorite vegan meals. Taquitos are small tubes of tortilla that have been rolled with flavorful, (usually Mexican-inspired) filling. Usually it's beef, but sometimes chicken or chorizo. Once the rolling is done, the whole thing is tossed into a deep fryer and made extra delicious because everything is better when fried.
Of course, if this weren't unResolution month I would say roll them, stick them with a toothpick and bake them with a light coating of olive oil. But this is unResolution month and you must fry!!!
Oh, and if you are wondering what Soyrizo is…it's a soy based chorizo meat alternative. I actually like it better than a lot of real chorizo that I have had because it is not nearly as oily. Still, it's kind of grainy, so it works best hidden a dish.
Making the Soyrizo Taquitos
Taquito construction is very simple and this recipe is no different.
Recipe: How to Make Tofu That Doesn't Suck Part 4Author: CommonDialogOctober 6, 2008
Back on track being relative… *sigh*
Anyway, this is part four of my groundbreaking series on desuckifying tofu. As a fan of tofu, I firmly admit that it takes some finessing (or some deep frying) to bring out what makes it truly good. Which is why in Part 0 of How to Make Tofu That Doesn't Suck, we looked at all the things you can do to prep your tofu before cooking. Part 1 covered baking it, Part 2 deep frying it. Part 3 examined how to stir fry tofu. Now, we'll look at it sauces that go well with tofu and then finish up with my recipe for ma po tofu made with nice, firm tofu.
Tofu is an interesting ingredient. When I first started cooking it, I thought that because it was made from soy beans, it would taste good with soy sauce. FAIL. Tofu needs much more flavor than just soy sauce. This lead me to thinking about other sauces for it.
My favorite dipping sauce for tofu (or really anything is):
- 1 part sriracha or hot chili oil
- 2 parts soy sauce
- 1 part Oriental yellow mustard
It's salty, it spicy, and it's just a bit o' sweet. Deep fry the tofu and dip.
For baked tofu, I strongly recommend mixing:
- 1 part sriracha
- 1 part chili garlic sauce
After you have baked the tofu for an hour, mix the tofu in the sauce and baked until the sauce is warm.
For stir frying:
- 1 tablespoon of tahini
- 1 tablespoon of sugar
- 2 tablespoons of low-sodium soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon of rice wine vinegar
- 4 broth, chicken or vegetable
Mix in a bowl and add after the tofu and vegetables are cooked. Bring to a boil and add a mixture of one tablespoon of corn starch/one tablespoon of water to thicken.
Other ideas:
- 1 part ketchup and 1 part of soy sauce
- Sichuan bean paste, broth, soy sauce, red chili flake
- Minced garlic, olive oil, tomato paste
Those are my ideas. What are yours?
Recipe: How to Make Tofu That Doesn't Suck Part 3Author: CommonDialogOctober 3, 2008
Phew! It's been a bit of a ride, but I am finally back on track.
In Part 0 of How to Make Tofu That Doesn't Suck, we looked at all the things you can do to prep your tofu before cooking. Part 1 covered baking it, Part 2 deep frying it. Today we're going to be looking at how to stir fry tofu. Next, we'll look at it sauces that go well with tofu and then finish up with my recipe for ma po tofu made with nice, firm tofu.
Also, very shortly, I'll have all of this information packed up into one, nice, easy-to-digest PDF for you to download. But more on that as we go.
For now…stir frying your tofu.
As a cooking technique, stir frying offers you a number of distinct advantages, most notably that if you are short on time, you can stir fry your tofu without pressing it. The results will always be better if you can press your tofu first, but in a pinch, this is the way to go.
Cutting Your Tofu For Stir Frying
The trick to perfect stir fried tofu is all in how you cut it. Stir frying is the ultimate application of a lot of heat, a little fat, and a whole lot of stuff moving around. This means you are going to have to cut you tofu into small blocks.
If you have no time for prep, when I mean small, I am talking about one-eighth inch thick slices. Take the entire block of tofu, cut it in half lengthwise, and then make cuts every eighth of an inch.
If you have time for prepping the tofu, I would still not cut it any thicker than one-quarter of an inch.
The Stir Fry
A lot of stir fry recipes have you cook the meat first, then remove it, then cook some veggies, and remove them and so on. When you are stir frying tofu, what I recommend doing is getting the oil nice and hot and then throwing the tofu into the wok. Let it stir fry by itself for 3-4 minutes or until it is starting to go from golden brown to just brown brown.
Then remove it if you must. Better yet, start adding in the other ingredients and let the tofu continue to cook. The longer that tofu cooks without burning, the better it is going to taste in the end.
Stir Frying as Secondary Cooking
If you have the inclination, what a lot of restaurants like to do is deep fry their tofu first. What I would recommend doing is cutting the tofu into one inch by two inch by one-half inch pieces, coating them in cornstarch and deep frying then until golden brown. Once they have drained, they can be added towards the end of the stir fry process (give them at least 2 minutes to cook) and make sure they get coated in whatever sauce you make as they should soak up of that liquid and taste that much better.
Okay, what are you waiting for? Next time we are talking tofu sauces.
Recipe: How to Make Tofu That Doesn't Suck Part 1Author: CommonDialogSeptember 26, 2008
If you haven't read it yet, Part 0 of the series on how to make tofu that doesn't suck covers some important lessons in preventing sucky tofu. Espeically the part on pressing.
If you have read Part 0, fantastic! Let's move on to the next step: baking it. In Part 2, we will cover frying it, which is the easy way out. Part 3 will dicuss stir frying your tofu, Part 4 will look at a few sauces for your tofu and Part 5 will be my favorite recipe for ma po tofu using extra firm tofu instead of silken. But for now…baking your tofu for fun and pleasure.
This idea came to me while eating at Whole Foods with my wife. She had filled up a to go container from the salad bar and added some "tofu croutons" to her salad. These croutons were about an inch and a half long, half an inch wide, and half an inch tall and had obviously been baked for quite a while.
At this point in my veg*n cooking, I was pretty ho hum about tofu. I knew I needed to eat more of it, but every time I had tried to make it, it sucked. Thus, it was hunger alone that persuaded me to try one of the croutons. Honestly, I was expecting mush. Instead, I got somthing that was firm on the outside, moist and chewy on the inside, and had a mouth feel that in no way resembled soft tofu. Score!
So, in order to make tofu that doesn't suck
- Either before after the tofu has been pressed cut the tofu into 1 1/2 in by 1/2 in by 1/2 strips. While the amount of water pressed out of the tofu is probably different if you cut first, I honestly can't tell the difference.
- Cook the tofu low and slow. In my oven, this means baking it at 250 degrees for an hour. This produces a firm, crisp exterior and a succulently juicy interior.
I know it takes a long time and if you are in a rush, tune in tomorrow for how to deep fry the tofu which is much faster, it is just not as healthy.


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Reflections on the Wichita Chamber Chorale Concert
by Rev. Paul Hodge
What a perfonnance! Using a recently
published English transliteration
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text of Sergei Rachmaninoff's AlINight
Vigil, the singers of the Wichita
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regrettably I did not get, said to me,
"There's not a better place to
The All-Night Vigil was first perfonned
by the Moscow Synod Choir
on March 10, 1915 at a concert
benefiting Russians suffering in the
First World War. Rachmaninoff
combined familiar musical themes
and motifs from the Vigil service of
the Church with brilliant concert
choral settings and novel arrangements
to produce an enduring and
beautiful work of musical art.
And that work has itself kept vigil
throughout the dark night oftribulation,
danger and necessity inflicted
upon the Russian Orthodox
Church in this century. Its performance
under Communist regimes
was curtailed at best, ifnot outright
prohibited. That we have
heard it here in Kansas in 1997
with our own ears is a testimony
to God's faithfulness and the enduring
victory of the Divine
beauty of Christ over worldly
wrath and destruction.
Something from the Holy Liturgy
comes to mind when I think of this
beauty and of God's faithfulness
to us.
In the Divine Liturgy every Sunday,
after the Great Entrance
when all our loved ones are remembered
to God, the priest
places the bread and wine of offering
on the Holy Table and censing
them, says "Do good, 0 LORD,
in Thy good will, unto Zion; let
the walls of Jerusalem be rebuilded
... " Psalm 50(51).
He says this not as some kind of
political call for return to the Holy
Land and reconstruction of the
Temple and City of Jerusalem on
Mount Zion, but rather as a plea
that God would build in and
among us His heavenly city, the
Gift of THE PUBLISHER
Jerusalem on lugh, and make His
Presence known both here in our
Cathedral and among all the peoples
of the earth. It is a statement of our
faith in God and in His faithfulness
to His promises [for more about
promises that are kept, see Fr. Paul
o 'Callaghan's article about the
Promise Keepers beginning on the
next page - Ed.]
This glorious, worshipful and engaging
concert of these beautiful
Vigil hymns has reminded us how in
Russia in our time we have seen the
gifts and sacrifices of all the peoplebear
witness to the faithfulness of
God to "rebuild the walls of
Jerusalem." After seventy years of
persecution and oppression under
the militant atheist regime of the
Communist Party, Russian Orthodoxy
has been resurrected and renewed
by God. He has done good
to "Zion," the New Jerusalem, His
Holy Church. And those who attended
were, in ever so small away,
privileged participants in that
restoration .•
"Then shalt Thou
delight in right
sacrifices; ..• then shall
they offer ... upon Thine
Conclusion of Psalm
The Promise of the Promise Keepers (part 2)
by V. Rev. Paul O'Cailaghan ments of the ~ua1 revolution. It is ca1Iy challenges the planks of the hb-
Last month, we disOJssro the pre. "anti-gay," in other words, holding eral social agenda of recent decades.
nomenon of the Promise Keepers and that homosexual acts are immoral is It pronounces their best efforts at so-outlined
their basic minriples. I 00- to be against a whole group of peo- ciaI re-engineering a fuilure. It ques-
Y'~'~ pie as luunan ha.:nn<'. Again, this IS· served, after descnbmg" those " " l.AAI'5'3 tions the mass indoctrination we have
pnoo- seen as a temble manifestation of
pies, that there seems to be little that intolerance. all been subjected to through schooL
could be construed as being TV, pop music, and magazines. It is
"offensive" in them Yes, they have a Then there is the is&Je of male head- self-consciously traditionalist. No
definite evangelical Protestant flavor to ship in the home and the church wonder Tom Brokaw sounded so
them that many may not identifY with. Forget that such is clearly taught in threatened.
But beyond this, a closer look reveals the Bible and is the practice of the Does this mean, then, that Orthodox
nruch that is potentially infuriating to historic Church. Our sophisticated men should all hop on the bandwagon
the prophets of the a.urent wave of and enlightened society has moved and become Promise Keepers? Not
"political correctness"" way beyond those primitive con- necessarily. I think we have our own
FII"St, there is the filet that the promises cepts, right? That's why modern set of reservations for our own rea-are
distinctly Christian; that means family lives are so stable compared sons. I mentioned the distinctly Evan-
Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, and others to their traditional counterparts. Ev- gelical Protestant flavor of the move-are
left out" For many today, who eryone is "equal," everyone is com- ment. Although it readily accepts
hold to "absolute reIativism," any peting to be sure no one has any members from all Christian traditions,
movement that smacks of distinct and more power than the other, but no most Orthodox, Roman Catholics,
partirular theological convictions is one is happy. Ever wonder why? and many traditional Episcopalians
dangerous. In this approach, religions Last, and probably worst in the and Lutherans would probably not be
are to be tolerated as long as they minds of the extreme ultra-feminist so comfortable with the Evangelical
don't seek to convert anyone or hold fiinge, is the met that the Promise style. Nor are we willing simply to
anyone else's view to be wrong. If Keepers mean that men are going to see ourselves as but a part of a broad
they do, this is "intolerance." Promise get together as men without women and vague "cIR1rch" that somehow
Keepers may wish to blur the distinc- and do things. This is enough to includes everyone who claims beliefin
tions between some of the different send these extremists into unspeak_ Christ.
brands of Christianity" For the politi- able rage. Think of it . .. men I also do not think that most Orthodox
cally correct mindset, this is not fonnmg" strong and spiritual" relation- men need to self-consciously seek out
enough. How dare the Promise ships with other men . . . After relationships with other men in the
Keepers maintain a platform that in- women have been admitted to the framework of a movement apart from
cludes preaching Jesus Christ to non- CitadeL and the VIrginia Military the Church itself ~~.,l1""m Orth"--
Christians? Institute, and almost ""'Pn/ pnvat· e .L.AlP'-"1Wl J v- ... v .... J dox communities that have retained
Next there is the problem of "sexual
purity." The Promise Keepers hold
(along with the Bible and the historic
CIrurch) that sexual activrty outside of
maniage is inunoral. The condemnation
definitely extends beyond fornication
and adultery to gjlY sex. They
seek to tum men away from pornography,
whether of the "soft" or "hard"
variety. Surely this cannot be acceptable.
It upsets all the great achieve-men's
club has been legislated out of some ethnic ties to "old world" cul-existence,
what do we get? The ture, such male comradery has contin-
Promise Keepers. It's the treehouse ued to flourish, (hopefully without
problem all over again, the latest prejudice to women). The same ap-resurgence
of male chauvinism and plies in the fiunily setting, where the
sexism sense 0 f the man's leadership role has
Thus it becomes apparent why the
existence and appeal of the PK
movement is so profoundly irritating
to political, entertainment, media,
and educational elite groups. It radi-remained
strong, while in many cases
accepting an increased role for
But the Promise Keepers can remind
(Contmued on page 4)
THE CATHEDRAL MESSENGER, VOL. 6, No. 11, DECEMBER 1997
Mabrook - Blessings!
Born: Kaylee Louise Shadid 11117
Chrismated: Michelle Elizabeth Spann 11123
Fasting Discipline:
The Nativity Fast began on Saturday 11115 . During
the ftrst period, 11115 through 12/19, no meat, poultry,
fish, dairy, eggs or wine. Wine is pennitted on Tuesdays
and Thursdays in this period. During the second
period, 12/20 through 12/24, no meat, poultry, fish,
dairy, eggs or wine.
Regular Services
(except where replaced by 5:00pm Confession
Special Services, check the 5'45pm 9th Hour
spec~fic date under Special 6;OOpm Great Vespers
Services belm;) Sundays:
Monday ~ Fnday: 9:30am Orthros
8:45am 3 Hour 9:30am Church School
Monday - Thursday:
6:45pm Daily Vespers
Special Services:
7:00a Liturgy
12/9 At St. Mary,
9:30am Choir
W:30am Divine Liturgy
Conception of the Theotokos
12/26 at St. Raphael Chapel
Synaxis of the Theotokos
12/27 at St. Raphael Chapel
St. Stephen the First Martyr
9:30a Royal Hours and Typika
12/24 at the Cathedral
Christmas Eve Day Services
6:30p Festal Matins
12/24 at the Cathedral
Matins of Christmas
6:30p Nativity Paraciesis
Wednesdays 12/3, 12110, 12/17, at the ,
Cathedral Chapel
Special Events and Notices
12/3 Ladies Christmas Luncheon at Wichita
Country Club, 11 :30a
12/4 DUI Victim Center of Kansas Candlelight
Vigil, at the 3rd floor of the Wichita Fann and
Art Market in Old Town
5:30 Lenten Buffet Reception
6:30 Program (Fr. Paul H, Invocation)
7:00 Candle lighting
12/6 St. Nicholas Church School Celebration
8:30a - 12noon. Each child may bring a
wrapped and labeled gift purchased for the
Community Support Christmas Tree. Call
636-4676 before 12/3 for reservations
1217 YO! Indoor Swim Party
5-7p at Ted Farha's home, 6613 E. 11th St.
12/17 Gift Sorting for Food for Friends
lOa in the Fellowship Hall.
12/20 Food for Friends
lOa in the Fellowship Hall. Annual Christmas
Food Basket distribution.
12/21 Teen SOYO Christmas Party
5-7p at Maggie Barber's home, 2031 S. Cypress
St. (south of Webb and Harry) Bring a
gift to exchange - $10.00 value and under.
Dinner will be served by master chef, Mrs.
Caroline Barber.
TBA New Member Christmas Party
12/30 Men's Theology Group
7:30p at Eighth Day Books, Yale and Douglas
Wednesday Evening Family Fellowship
Our Fall Program Coneludes with the first three Wednesdays in
December: 1213,10, and 17
6:30p Nativity Paraclesis
7: 15p Adults - Vice v. Virtue (wlFr. Paul H.)
Teens - New American Religions (wlFr. PaulO.)
Jr. Teens - Youth Choir
Children - Open Gym
Upcoming Events
1110 Ministries Sign-up in Fellowship Hall.
6:30p Evening Divine Liturgy
12/31 at the Cathedral
Corrections and Additions:
St. Basil the Great,
Circumcision of Christ
7: 30p Evening Divine Liturgy
12/24 at the Cathedral
Christmas Divine Liturgy
Despite the high standards involved in the production of The Cathedral Messenger,
mistakes occasionally make their way to the printer. Last month's Messenger contained
a very unfortunate error. The name of H. Herbert Cohlmia was incorrectly
included in the Memory Eternal section on page 3 as "Hebert George Colhmia."
Please note the correct name and spelling of the name of our brother in Christ. We
ask your forgiveness for any offense given and that you accept the editorial staff's
deepest apology for the error. - The Editors.
THE CATHEDRAL MESSENGER, VOL. 6, No. 1 1, DECEMBER 1997 3
(Continued from page 2)
US of truths that some have begun to ignore. In some Orthodox
conmumities, many men could benefit from a renewed
appreciation of the importance of praying for and
supporting their pastors; many others could stand a renewed
commitment to spiritual life in general. For many
Orthodox men, having a committed, accountable relationship
with other men would bring a healing balm to their
spirits. One does not necessarily need to boc.ome a Promise
Keeper to do so. But such would require a serious commitment
to community life and accountability to others,
both of which are hallrnarlcs of traditional Orthodox Christian
Such considerations also apply to the challenges of overcoming
sexual temptations, lapses of integrity, and racial
prejudice. Obviously, these ~ are important for women
as well as men. There is nothing UIUJSUal about them. They
are part and parcel ofbeing Orthodox. But they can only
really be confronted in the context of a life that is lived in
community, as a part of a networlc of col1UTlitted relationships.
This is what the Promise Keeper movement is bringing
to the lives of many men. Are we Orthodox providing
our men with the same opportunities for support in the
Christian life? A look at monasticism reveals how the pattern
of committed community and accountability is lived
out on a daily basis. We see there some of the PK principles
in an ancient Orthodox setting. The question is, are
those same principles alive in the modern parish environment?
New Members' Pilgrimage
On October 25th and 26th a group of Cathedral
parishioners made a pilgrimage to Christ of the
Hills monastery in Blanco, Texas in order to venerate
the weeping icon 0 fthe Mother of God there.
They stayed at a retreat center near Austin that is
run by the Coptic Orthodox Church. Here's a picture
of some of them outside the monastery chapel.
Why, then, the appeal The Cathedral
of the Promise Keeper M ESSENGER movement? In the
modem American setting,
it is relatively easy
to appreciate from an
Orthodox perspective.
The Promise Keepers
are Iumgaing for tradition
and community,
that is, the traditional
Orthodox Christian
way of life. They yearn
for an experience of
community where it is
O.K for men to be
men, women to be
women, and children
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to be children. They are seeking to heal their manhood,
which has been severely battered by secuIar trends and s0-
cial disintegration
Rather.than seeking it in a mass "morality movement" so
typical of American rulture, one would hope that this
yearning would lead men seeking manly godliness home to
the Church of Christ. And may the Church of Christ be that
community of support, virtue, stability, tradition, and love
that it is supposed to be - for men, women, and children.
This may yet be the promise of the Promise Keepers .•
Shaping up Liturgically •.. (Reprinted from the Jan. 97 Word mazazine)
Leaving before the dismissal: Leaving church before the dismissal- besides being rude - deprives us of a blessing.
WorshIp has a beginning ("Blessed is the Kingdom ... ") and an end ("Let us depart in peace ... "). To leave immediately
after communion is to treat the church like a fast food restaurant where we come and go as we please. We live in a fast
paced world where we seem to be hurrying from place to place. But in God's presence, we need to make every attempt to
fight this pressure to move on to the next thing on the day's agenda. We deprive ourselves of blessings by not being still
and participating in God's holiness. Eat and Run at McDonald's - but stay in church to thank God for His precious gifts.
THE CATHEDRAL MESSENGER, VOL. 6, No. 11, DECEMBER 1997
001' YO! Swim
I Ignatius Sunday
00 p SOYO Xmas
Fast Dav
Fast Day
Fast Day
7:15 p Youth
Fast Day
-.;:s.t, D.a. r
December 1997
Monthly Planner
I, ' Wednesday . . T
FaSt Day
Conception of
7:00 a Divine Liturgy
at St. Mary
7:15 p Outreach
faSt Oar
10:00 a Bible Study
11:30 a Ladies of
St. George Xmas
Luncheon WCC
6:30 p Parac1esis of
the Nativity
.15 p Family
FiSt bay
10:00 a Bible Study
6:30 p Paraclesis of
the Nativity
7:15 p Family
Fast Dav
10:00 a Food for
Friends Gift
6:30 p Parac1esis of
the Nativity
7:15 p Family
Fast Dav
7:15 p Parish
FaSt Dar
. Friday Saturday ,
Fast Oav
Fast Day
St. Nicholas Feast
8:30 a Orthros
9:30 a Divine
Fast Oay
Fast Day
10:00 a Food for
Friends Baskets
FaSt Dav , FiSt Dar , Fait Dav FaSt Dar FaSt Dar , ,
I""ast ~ay
' orr'
The Nativity of
:30 a Royal Hours
& Typika
6:30 p Matins
7:30 p Divine
7:30 p Men's TheOI-1lFeastofthe
ogy Group cision of Christ and
I St. Basil the Great
16:30 p Divine Litu- , I rgy Cutting of the i
I Vasiiopeta
I II OffIce Closed I!
The Nativity of Our
Synaxis of the
7:00 a Divine Liturgy
St. Raphael
St. Stephen
7:00 a Divine Liturgy
St. Raphael
9:00 a Women's
Spirtuality Group
REGULAR SERVICES: (except where replaced
by Special Services; check the specific date)
Mondav - Fridav
8:45 am 3'" Hour
5:00 pm Confession
5:45 pm 9L't Hour
6:00 pm Great Vespers
Mondav - Thursday
6:45 pm Daily Vespers
9:30 am Orthros
9:30 am Church School
9:30 am Choir
10:30 am Divine Liturgy
St. George Orthodox Cathedral
~aturday, De(ember b, 1qq7
8:30am -12:00 noon
In celebrating the spirit of ~aint Hicholas,
each child/family may bring a wrapped (and labeled) gift purchased for the
Community ~upport Christmas Tree.
8: ~o am Orthro~
q:~o am Divine liturgy ((amp liturgy will be mng)
10:45 am Brunch
11:15 am ~t. Nicholas activitle~ for the children
fro Paul O'(allaghan will addreu the adult~ and teem on:
"The (haracten of (hristmat literature, legend~ {& folklore"
11:45 am ~pecial visitor
12:00 noon Parent~ pick up children
Please call the Cathedral Office by December 3rd for re~ervatiom: b3b-4b1b
If you (an help plea~e let the office know!
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Dear Art, A friend sent me a copy of his parish newsletter
In which the question "Why do we pray for the
dead?" was asked. It seemed like the priest's answer
was "so that those who are in Hades experiencing the
torment of fire might be delivered." I've always been
taught that after death came the judgment, and one's
fate was sealed. Can a person be prayed out of hell?
Art replies: This is a seemingly difficult problem. Let me
trace what I believe the priest's reasoning to be, and then
ofTer you my analysis.
Some clergy will teach that it is possible to pray someone
out of hell for a simple reason: something that sounds close
10 this was taught by a number of Church Fathers. But before
we get into this, let's understand a basic point. .The
term "Hell" as you have used it does not refer to the eternal
state that follows the general resurrection and the Last
Judgment. Although that is actually what the term "hell"
actually means, the so-called "hell" you are speaking of is
the state of souls who have died and are separated from
God. It is described by Jesus in the parable of the rich man
and Lazarus. In this state, the rich man is "tormented in
this flame," but this is only the state of the soul in the intermediate
place where it awaits judgment. It is best referred
to as "Hades." The resting place of the righteous departed
in the same state is best described as "Paradise." They are
both aspects of the "intermediate state" where souls dwell in
the period between their death and the Last Judgment.
Many fathers taught that souls in Hades can be helped by
the prayers and offerings of the living made on their behalf,
especially the offering of the Divine Liturgy. In my estimation,
there are several reasons, all intimately related to one
another, that the Fathers encouraged this belief and these
practices. First, they wished to convince people of the great
power of the Church's prayer. It is so powerful, they held,
it can reach and help even those who are lost. Secondly,
they wished to encourage the faithful to believe there are no
limits to God's mercy. Even situations and people that
seem totally like "lost causes" can still be reached by him.
Thirdly. because of God's mercy, they wished to hold out
hope when situations may have appeared hopeless. They
did not want anyone to be crushed by the despair of belie ving
a loved one to be damned. Resort to prayer, they
urged. Lastly, they wished to remind the faithful of rem embering
their departed to the Lord, no matter what some
might presume their spiritual state to be. Instead of judging
the person, pray for him or her. The entire enterprise of
prayer for the departed is an exercise of love and mercy.
For these reasons, they often spoke in extreme terms of the
beneficial effect of prayer for the departed - even to the
point of asserting that it had the power to deliver a sinner
from torment in the afterlife. This in tum, rested on the
belief that one's final status was not sealed until the Last
Judgment, and in the interim, a person could
still make spiritual growth and progress.
In contrast to these themes, we find a different
emphasis in the teaching of Jesus. In the parable
the rich man and Lazarus, when the rich man
asked for a drop of water amidst the torment of the flame,
he was told the following: "Between us and you there is a
great gulf fixed, so that no one may pass from here to you,
and none may cross from there to us"(Luke 16:26). In
other words, there is a great separation between the
dwelling places of the righteous and the wicked, and no one
can go from one to the other. Because of the "great gulf," it
would appear impossible for a sinner to be prayed out of
Hades into Paradise.
The Apostle John also indicates there are even limitations
to prayer for the sins of others: "If anyone sees his brother
committing what is not a mortal sin, he will ask and God
will give him life for those whose sin is not mortal. There
is a sin which is mortal; I do not say that one is to pray for
that" (lJohn 5:16). It is clear here that prayer for the sins
of others is valid and useful; but there are limits. There are
sins that bring death to the soul, and the Apostle does not
recommend prayers for that. So those in Hades, having already
received in their souls the sentence of condemnation,
are not likely to have their status changed by the prayers of
others. Prayer is powerful, especially the prayer of the
Church offered in the Liturgy, but even then, there are limitations
to what it can accomplish. It cannot necessarily
change the state of one who has decisively turned against
Orthodox theologians have thus described the effect of
prayer on the departed as follows: "Powerless would be
prayers for the dead who have died in impiety and without
repentance" (pomazansky), and "By the Church's offering
of the bloodless sacrifice and prayers, only those are aided
who were 'susceptible' to salvation - who 'ended piously
and died in repentance,' those who 'died in the hope of the
resurrection and etemallife"'( Karrniris, quotes in the original).
The motives of those Fatllers who stretched to the extremes
the power of prayer for the dead were certainly pious and
noble. However, there are limits to what we can assume
these prayers to accomplish.
Since we know the ultimate fate of no one, it can do no
harm to pray for anyone. But it would be a grave mistake to
hold that the condemnation due a wicked life could be overturned
by the prayers of others after death without repentance.
In that case. why pursue a life of repentance? The
prayers of the faithful can be of assistance to the departed,
but it would be presumptuous to depend on them for salvation
THE CATHEDRAL MESSENGER, VOL. 6, No. 11, DECEMBER 1997 5
Leader's VISit Gives GrouJ! Hope
reprinted without permission/rom The Salina lour- Salina chruch, fonned in 1994, has
11IJ1. November 1. 1997
100 members and draws from a
by Gordon D. Fiedler Jr. seven-county area, Hatfield said.
The U.S. visit of Bartholomew I, the Bartholomew I, known as the ecu-spiritual
leader of Orthdox Christians, menical patriarch, is on a monthlong
has American church members hope- 16-city tour that will bring him to Des
ful their stature will rise among the Moines, Iowa, in early November.
more than 250 million-member reli-
gion. Bartholomew I is considered "first
amon equals" among the world's 15
"It's been billed as a goodwill tour, patriarchs who oversee churches that
but what Bartholomew I is hearing are delineated mostly along ethnic
loud and clear is that American Or- lines, yet are liturgically the same.
thodoxy is mature enough to take care
of its own affairs," said the Rev. In America, churches are similarly
Chad Hatfield, pastor of Salina's All divided. The Salina church, for in-
Saints Orthodox Church, 2828 Scan- stance, is part of the Antiochian
Ian. "It's time American Orthdodoxy [Arch )diocese because it grew from
be granted independence." an Antiochian church in Wichita.
There are about six million Orthodox The expectation is that some day there
Christians in the U.S., Hatfield said. will be an American Orthdox Chruch.
The National Council of Churches
puts the number of annual Orthodox "One of our goals is to eventually
conversions at around 20,000. The have an American patriarch," Hatfield
How Others See Us: How We See Ourselves
Commentary by Rev. Paul Hodge
The above article is just one of a multitude of examples of press
coverage of the Orthodox Church in North America in recent months. With
the visit of the Oecumenical Patriarch (note the capitol letters, not
"ecumenical patriarch" as mistakenly written in the article above), much
attention has been given to our Church and its ways. There was major coverage
in Newsweek recently, including some not so flattering discussion of
affairs in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese. Wichita Falls, Texas;even ran
a full page about the Western Rite Antiochian parish there, St. Benedict of
Nursia. And the November Wichita Times ran a piece about us on the
front page entitled "Tradition." We can expect the general public to become
better infonned and aware of us in the years to come if this sort of thing
But we still have a long way to go. At the recent concert held at the
Cathedral, Fr. Chad, who is mentioned above, overheard a couple having
the following conversation, ''You see that wooden thing with the pictures on
it? They have their baptistry behind that." This person's friend corrected,
''No, dear. That's where these Orthodox keep the Ark of the Covenant." (!)
Let us commit to learn about our Church, that we may teach others .•
Join the St. George Church
School Staff to celebrate
St. Nicholas Feast Day Satur-day
12/6 8:30a to Noon.
In celebrating the spirit of St.
Nicholas, each child/family may
bring a wrapped and labeled gift
purchased for the Community
Support Christmas Tree.
8:30A ORmRos
TO mE ADULTS AND TEENS ON:
Please call the Cathedral Office
by 12/3 for reservations:
Attention Holy Disciples!
(a new program for you)
Meeting the New American
"/ hear you knockin' but should
/ let you in?"
A short course challenging our
teens to answer
(a.k.a. Fr. PaulO.)
Can you defend the Orthodox
Christian Faith????
6 THE CATHEDRAL MESSENGER, VOL. 6, No. 1 1, DECEMBER 1997
The Church That Couldn't Be Destroyed
By. Rev. Martin Ritsi (Albania)
Fr. Martin Ritsi. Together with his
family. has been sen'ing as missionaries
in the Orthodox Autocephalous
Church of Albaniafor the past 6
years. sponsored by the Orthodox
Christian Alission Center in St. Augustine.
Florida. They occasionally send
out articles and updates on the life of
the Church. special events. and their
ministry. Following is a story. based
on ajourney made to a remote, rural
Village in Albania.
It was early Sunday morning. The jeep
was ready. The journey began. My
son, Stephanos, and I ventured out of
the capital city, Tirana, as the sun colored
the morning sky. Our goal...to
reach a remote village 3 hours away,
that we had been to only once before.
Part of the journey would lead us over
unmarked, muddy dirt roads that
wound through the villages of central
We arrived in Maxhaj, tense from a
difficult drive, but invigorated by the
crisp morning air and the excitement
of the new day ahead. Parking as close
as possible, we gathered our things
and walked through the trees and
bright green grass, breathing fresh village
air and thanking God for our safe
In the midst of these trees there should
have been a church. Now there was
only a cemetery and a grassy field. The
church of St. Demetri had been demolished
long ago. Today we would celebrate
the liturgy outdoors on the site a
beautiful church once stood. The St.
Demetri church had been the largest in
the immediate region. Like all
churches in Albania, it was closed in
1967 when religion was outlawed. It
was used as a military depot, a village
warehouse, and a bam for animals.
Finally, in 1979, it was taken apart.
the bricks and stones were used to
build underground bomb shelters.
At first sight one saw only the quiet
cemetery. Watching the events of
this Sunday morning, though, revealed
something entirely different;
something vibrant and alive. One
family had taken responsibility to
keep up the church grounds. They
had built a simple whitewashed
wooden frame that served as an
iconostasis. Now. tables were
brought, icons were hung out. glimmering
altar clothes were placed on
the tables, and Fr. Constantine and
Deacon Angel from the neighbouring
villages set up for the liturgy. We
then began to sing the Orthros service
for the feast day of St Demetri.
It was cold, in the mid-forties; the
sun broke through the trees to warm
our faces. Only yesterday a long
storm had cleared. The rains returned
again on Monday. But this
Sunday morning was bright and
fresh, like a new Spring day. Groups
of families trickled in. Soon there
were over 100 persons, huddled together
beneath deep blue skies, listening
intently, singing with us, and
praying fervently. Young and old
had walked through fields and
muddy roads to pray on the feast day
of their church.
Taulant, was there, a young man
from the village. He had just begun
studying at the seminary in Durres
so that he could become the spiritual
leader of this community. His wife
and year-old child stood next to him,
praying just as eagerly.
Standing among this group of faithful
believers, I understood that there
was more than a cemetery and empty
field here. The ground itself was
holy. The church of St. Demetri had
not been destroyed at all. It lived on
vibrantly through these very people.
How appropriate was the Gospel
reading on this morning: " ... A servant
is not greater than his master. If
they persecuted me, they will also
THE CATHEDRAL MESSENGER, VOL. 6, No. 11, DECEMBER 1997
persecute you ... " (John 15 :20). "These
things r have spoken to you. that you
should not be made to stumble" (John
There were bishops from Albania, in
the 1st century, who walked the path
of martyrdom. St. Demetri was put to
death for his belief, following the path
of his Master. And this community,
also, in this remote village of Albania
was persecuted. But they held to their
faith, and did not stumble.
Their priests were forbidden to dress
as clergy and their beards were
shaved. Some of them refused, though,
and these were interned in their houses
until they died, like Fr. Stephan Basha
from the nearby village of Rrupaj . The
churches were closed, the icons stolen.
The churches were made into night
clubs, barns, and gymnasiums. or they
were totally demolished like the building
in Maxhaj. Some people were put
in prison, like Fr. L1ami from the
neighbouring village of Goricaj. Religion
was made illegal. And then, people
were told their belief was not true:
"You are dust and you will return to
dust. Don't hope in children's stories.
Look to progress and to science and
the State."
"If they persecuted me," said Jesus,
"they will also persecute you." The
blood of Jesus' followers has been
spilled for generations. But still the
Church lives on. There is a church in
all of us that exists when we come together
in the Lord's name. Whether we
have a building or not, this church
stands tall and it cannot be destroyed,
because we are the Church. We may
face difficulties, suffering, and persecution,
but the Church will continue.
There is no force great enough to destroy
God's Church, so long as we remain
united in Christ. No matter what
difficulties we face, God will not abandon
us, neither yesterday, today or tomorrow.
The Church of Christ is eternal.
We are the Church. The Lord
bless you with His love and hope. t
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The Wave by Susan Casey. Great book. Get your read on while it's flat.
The Wave by Susan Casey. Great book. Get your read on while it's flat.
Walking on Water by Jeremy V.Jones
Force of Nature Laird Hamilton (not all about surfing thou)
There is a book called "Crazy for the Storm", that isn't really a surf book, but is about a boy growing up with his father in surf culture/lifestyle. It is a real life drama that is a really good read.
for those of us who enjoy surfing in the Winter.. try "Cold Water Souls"
All For a Few Perfect Waves By David Resin. Best book on Miki Dora ever writen
In Search of Captain Zero...
caught inside is good, surfings misadventures is interesting also
Surfers Code Shaun Tomson (Easy read, but cool stories and some lessons to be learned)
Force of Nature by Laird Hamilton
Did anybody read "Kook" written by Peter Heller yet?