Bonovox

I am a faithful son of Antioch.  I strive to be obediant and a faithful son of the Church.  I pray that the church will right itself this summer as we hear the news from Damascus and Palm Springs.  BUt God IS on His throne, and we need not despair.  Fleeing to another jurisdiction is not the answer.  Every jurisdiction has its own problems as well as its own strengths.  My dad told me when I was young (perhaps the only useful advice I recieved…)”You’re either part of the solution or part of the problem.”  My kids are sick of hearing it from me.  But its true.

The previous posting was an attempt to get the word out to my friends and family that I was NOT being ordained, and to try to explain why without contributing to slander and gossip.  I did offer some criticism of my bishops.  Maybe I wrong and my frustration and pain overrode my common sense.  Perhaps I will PAY for my candidness. But  “My hope is in the Lord, what can man do unto me?”

I am not trying to stir up rebellion or become a rallying point for dissent.  My family and I have been hurt (with God’s grace we’ll get over it) and I am just expressing it.  I am very hopeful for my church, and the Orthodox Church in North America in general.  Any new birth is accompanied my much pain and sweat, blood and tears.  I think God will use it to unify His Church (through love, not might and intimidation).  If our relatively minor suffering is a means to that end, may it be blessed. 

Keep your holy prayers lifted up to God…..