Priest Richard Rene

Fr. Richard Rene is a priest in the Orthodox Church of America, a professional writer and has published a number of poetry, short stories and novels. He also has a podcast on Ancient Faith Radio (http://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/mysterion) and posts regular sermons and reflections on his blog Mysterion (http://www.thewordfrommysterion.com/).

Vacation

19 August 2010

Priest Richard Rene

Often, we think of a vacation as a more extravagant form of escape from the daily routines of ordinary life. Life at home is frustrating, tedious, and perhaps even painful. TV, video games, and ...

Marriage: Investment, Covenant or Sacrament?

28 May 2010

Priest Richard Rene

Consider the following situation: you are shopping at the grocery store when you notice a young couple in the aisle ahead of you, filling their cart from a single list, stopping occasionally to ...

A Work in Progress

04 May 2010

Priest Richard Rene

When we encounter someone, we are meeting them along the way somewhere. If a person rubs us the wrong way, commits some faux pas, or is just a jerk, it is too easy for us to judge that action as if ...

More on Dispassion

16 March 2010

Priest Richard Rene

On first appearance, Dispassion seems to be a negative quality; we tend to associate it with coldness, lack of emotion or concern, and even inhumanity. A closer look at this word, however, reveals ...

The Principle of Dispassion

14 March 2010

Priest Richard Rene

When an ordinary human being is deluded into thinking he possesses the personal power to singlehandedly redeem another, something has gone terribly wrong. He has succumbed to a blasphemy of the worst ...

A Final Word on Parenting for Faith

11 February 2010

Priest Richard Rene

In the past couple of weeks, I have shared some reflections on how we can offer our children a sound and living example of faith, one that they may readily choose to follow in their own adult lives ...

More on Parenting for Faith

08 February 2010

Priest Richard Rene

As parents, this means that the most powerful witness of our faith will depend on whether or not we have the humility and the courage to “get up” by repenting of our mistakes in the presence of our ...

Parents of Faith

Parents of Faith

01 February 2010

Priest Richard Rene

One of the biggest mistakes that Christian parents often make is to confuse catechism for education. We begin with the externals. Isn’t there a book I can read and teach to my kids? Isn’t there a ...

Irreconcilable Differences

Irreconcilable Differences

13 August 2009

Priest Richard Rene

Divorce on the grounds of “irreconcilable differences” is generally not admissible in marriages between Orthodox Christians. Why not?

Resentment

16 June 2009

Priest Richard Rene

When people around us fail to submit and act on cue, according to our directions, the limits of our power over them is exposed and we lash out like a thwarted petty tyrant throwing a tantrum. As this ...

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