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Anglican Church of the RedeemerFORMED Conference 2024Fr. John A. Roop Spiritual Life and Screen Technology(Is 6:1-8, Ps 42, 2 Cor 5:17-6:2, Mt 4:1-17) Hear this word from St. Paul: 1 Corinthians 7:25–26 (ESV): 25 Now concerning the betrothed, I have no … Continue reading →

Anglican Church of the RedeemerFormed Conference 2024: Technology and the Christian Technē and the Discernment of SpiritsFr. John A. Roop In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.The Lord be with you.And … Continue reading →

Yesterday I attended the funeral mass of my neighbor, a good man and a worthy deacon in the Roman Catholic Church. May his soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, by the mercy of God, rest in peace … Continue reading →

Apostles Anglican ChurchFr. John A. Roop What has Jesus been doing all this time?(Amos 2, Ps 119:153-176, John 17) In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. In Book 11, Chapter 12 … Continue reading →

Apostles Anglican ChurchFr. John A. Roop Transcription and Sacrament(Prov 9:1-6, Ps 147, Eph 5:3-14, John 6:53-59) Jesus said: 56 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him…58 whoever feeds on this bread … Continue reading →

I suppose I should begin with a “trigger warning:” what follows is entirely political, though I write not primarily as a citizen but rather as a priest. I write because I feel the need to, though I also write with … Continue reading →

“Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.” C. S. Lewis I have long struggled with this all-or-nothing dichotomy of Lewis’s: not with the logic of … Continue reading →

Apostles Anglican ChurchFr. John A. Roop Psalm 78: A Psalm of Generations(Nehemiah 10, Psalm 78:1-18, John 6:1-21) In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 5 He made a covenant with Jacob, … Continue reading →

AXIOS Today is the one hundredth birthday of St. Paisios the Athonite (d. 1994). I first encountered stories and teachings of this elder of Mount Athos in the book The Mountain of Silence by Kyriacos Markides, which remains, for me, … Continue reading →

Jesus’s teaching consistently attracted the irreligious while offending the Bible-believing, religious people of his day. However, in the main, our churches today do not have this effect. The kind of outsiders Jesus attracted are not attracted to contemporary churches, even … Continue reading →