Big Gifts in Small Packages [Bishop’s blog]
Monday, September 9 – Montreal, Canada “Most of the best gifts come in small packages, of course; it is not the quantity of stuff but its quality that makes a Continue Reading
Now and always and forever [Bishop’s blog]
Tuesday, September 3, 2019 – Canton, Ohio “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present” Master Oogway, Kung Continue Reading
Real Repentance [Bishop’s blog]
Tuesday, August 28, 2019 – Canton, Ohio “Real transformation is the opposite of self-improvement” Johann Christoph Arnold So, what is “real” as opposed to “unreal” repentance? (Notice I said “unreal” Continue Reading
Act and React: Repentance [Bishop’s blog]
Tuesday, August 27, 2019 – Canton, Ohio “The response to violence is not more violence. The response to violence is forgiveness, mercy, love, compassion. That, and that only, is an Continue Reading
Sorry for my Absence [Bishop’s blog]
Sunday, August 25, 2019 – Canton, Ohio ” God is very busy in the background, nurturing you, caring for you, and loving you forever.” Bishop John Michael I noted earlier Continue Reading
Happy Interdependence Day [Bishop’s blog]
July 4, 2019 – Canton, Ohio “like it or not, we live in an interdependent world.” Bishop John Michael Now that I’m home at last, I find that I am writing Continue Reading
Back Home [Bishop’s blog]
June 26, 2019 – Canton, Ohio “What can we be doing now to make our parishes (and thus our eparchy) more dynamic?” Bishop John Michael I returned from the Orientale Continue Reading
Eastern Light 2 [Bishop’s blog]
June 19, 2019 – Washington, DC ” My territory as a bishop is vast. My territory is you.” Bishop John Michael Here in Washington, at the 23rd annual Orientale Lumen Continue Reading
Eastern Light [Bishop’s blog]
June 18, 2019 – Washington, DC “One Bishop, One City” Bishop John Michael The Orientale Lumen conference I wrote about is well on its way. We have listened, learned, discussed, Continue Reading
A Refreshing Pause [Bishop’s blog]
June 16, 2019 – Fairfax, VA “Today is Sunday, and I was just thinking how grateful I am to be a Christian, under the commandment to keep today holy by Continue Reading