The Indiana List

A long time ago, many of us were communicating on the Indiana List.  It was hosted by Fr. Mark Gilstrap (memory eternal) who is buried at Holy Apostles where George and I go to Church.  Imagine how surprised I was to find he was buried there.  I spent a lot of time on that list […]

A Christmas Miracle

36 years ago today, as I was packing up my family to go to Tucson for Christmas.  As I was putting clothes into the suitcase, I was talking to my 4 year old son, (Andrew) Chase about God.   I told him what I thought he could understand and said, “You can talk to Him, […]

All Signs Point to Yes

Someone asked if Biden is an actor.  If I had a “Magic 8 Ball” it would probably say, “ALL SIGNS POINT TO YES.”  Here  &  Here I’m using the old school version. I need to confess, there is a Mandela effect going on here, because if you look up the image of the 8 Ball, […]

Children Getting Respiratory Illnesses in the News

China recently reported a spike in respiratory illnesses in children.  It’s called mycoplasma pneumonia, or “white lung disease.” Parents are naturally concerned.  If it happened before COVID, it would probably be a “nothing burger,” but now we worry about these things, especially if it affects our little ones.  Misinformation is being circulated.  Yet states like […]

“I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.”

America’s National Christmas Tree is no more.  A gust of wind brought it to the ground.  This was the second tree this year.  The first developed a fungus. “The Lorax: Which way does a tree fall? The Once-ler: Uh, down? The Lorax: A tree falls the way it leans. Be careful which way you lean.” […]

Criminalizing Abortion: Russian Federation Council Proposes Criminal Charges for Inciting a Woman to Abort a Child

Father Joseph Gleason from Russia sent us this post. *** Patriarch Kirill and Metropolitan Tikhon proposed a federal law that prohibits inciting women to have an abortion. Senator Kovitidi supports the initiative and proposes introducing criminal measures.Photo: Hannes P Albert / Dpa / Global Look Press The Criminal Code must establish liability for inciting a […]

Enough is Enough

We received the attached letter from one of our readers. *** Enough is Enough Greetings in Christ, Your Eminences, I am writing to you as a concerned lay person of the Orthodox Church in the United States. There is a disturbing trend in American Orthodoxy that is being pushed by a small, yet vocal, minority […]

Setting Expectations

I don’t know who this guy is.  He pops up with these short videos and in the past he has “called it” 100% of the time.  He looks like someone’s kid (everyone looks like a kid to me).  He’s probably late 20s/early thirties.  Don’t know his name.  His initials are DW.  He’s smart, but when […]