http://www.asimplechristian.com/ A Simple Christian en Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:58:00 GMT Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:58:00 GMT info@asimplechristian.com info@asimplechristian.com http://www.asimplechristian.com/patron-saints/ You may have picked that I have a strong affection for Mary the Mother of God; my patron saint is also a woman-St Bridget of Kildare in Ireland. Someone suggested... http://www.asimplechristian.com/patron-saints/#comments http://www.asimplechristian.com/patron-saints/ Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:58:00 GMT http://www.asimplechristian.com/the-virgin-marylove-her-or-hate-her/ Mary the Mother of Jesus must be the MOST remarkable woman in history. It is impossble to remain ambivalent about her. Even Christians are divided. Recently I was in Christian... http://www.asimplechristian.com/the-virgin-marylove-her-or-hate-her/#comments http://www.asimplechristian.com/the-virgin-marylove-her-or-hate-her/ Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:56:00 GMT http://www.asimplechristian.com/vespers/ Three times a month I have the privilege of serving Vespers in our Parish. Vespers for those who don't know is the Evening Service that begins the Liturgical day. Orthodox... http://www.asimplechristian.com/vespers/#comments http://www.asimplechristian.com/vespers/ Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:35:00 GMT http://www.asimplechristian.com/words-words-wordsdont-give-me-words/ I have noticed that certain words are like a red rag to a bull for some Christians-mention Mary, the Church, the Saints and you unleash a barrage of abuse and... http://www.asimplechristian.com/words-words-wordsdont-give-me-words/#comments http://www.asimplechristian.com/words-words-wordsdont-give-me-words/ Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:13:00 GMT http://www.asimplechristian.com/the-english-tourist-abroad/ The other day I posed the question here, why doesn't the English Tourist Abroad, generally speaking, ever learn a few words or phrases of the country he or she is... http://www.asimplechristian.com/the-english-tourist-abroad/#comments http://www.asimplechristian.com/the-english-tourist-abroad/ Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:49:00 GMT http://www.asimplechristian.com/a-spiritual-void/ I listened to an interview the other day with Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana and All Albania-before anyone goes away with the idea that I am fluent in some of the... http://www.asimplechristian.com/a-spiritual-void/#comments http://www.asimplechristian.com/a-spiritual-void/ Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:29:00 GMT http://www.asimplechristian.com/statistics/2/ Apparently it now appears that only 10% of the population of Britain are familiar with the stories of the Bible-90% have never heard of the Good Samaritan etc. This is... http://www.asimplechristian.com/statistics/2/#comments http://www.asimplechristian.com/statistics/2/ Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:06:00 GMT http://www.asimplechristian.com/hello-and-welcome/3/ This is the first of a series of musings set up about myself about Spiritual Life in General and how Orthodox Christianity seeks to address the situations of life. Just... http://www.asimplechristian.com/hello-and-welcome/3/#comments http://www.asimplechristian.com/hello-and-welcome/3/ Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:53:07 GMT http://www.asimplechristian.com/minotaur-china-shop/ In recent times, the amount of free indie games available on the internet has started to hit something of a golden age. The latest that I have found to be... http://www.asimplechristian.com/minotaur-china-shop/#comments http://www.asimplechristian.com/minotaur-china-shop/ Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:01:00 GMT http://www.asimplechristian.com/living-in-sibera/ Siberia, right now, is very cold. Numbers don't do it justice. To say very cold is like saying Stalin was very much a jerk. You know it is true, for... http://www.asimplechristian.com/living-in-sibera/#comments http://www.asimplechristian.com/living-in-sibera/ Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:51:00 GMT http://www.asimplechristian.com/jesus-and-politics/ Recently, the President of Iran mentioned that Jesus would be against expansionist politics. Everyday, Republican and Demoratic representatives mention His name in their policies all over America (in Australia it... http://www.asimplechristian.com/jesus-and-politics/#comments http://www.asimplechristian.com/jesus-and-politics/ Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:08:00 GMT http://www.asimplechristian.com/science-vs-religion/ It would be needlessly tacky to start this post with a few lines of ring announcer type dialogue. So I won't. What I will say is that for a long... http://www.asimplechristian.com/science-vs-religion/#comments http://www.asimplechristian.com/science-vs-religion/ Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:26:00 GMT http://www.asimplechristian.com/the-religious-right-should-meet-the-cerebral-left/ There are certain things in my religion that offend me almost to the point of making me physically ill. But I get the feeling that they aren't relegated to my... http://www.asimplechristian.com/the-religious-right-should-meet-the-cerebral-left/#comments http://www.asimplechristian.com/the-religious-right-should-meet-the-cerebral-left/ Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:38:00 GMT http://www.asimplechristian.com/political-posturing-makes-you-look-like-an-asshat/ Due to the rather pointed and viscious shit-hurling that has been extremely common in the last few weeks, perhaps it is not yet too late to show up some basic... http://www.asimplechristian.com/political-posturing-makes-you-look-like-an-asshat/#comments http://www.asimplechristian.com/political-posturing-makes-you-look-like-an-asshat/ Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:48:00 GMT http://www.asimplechristian.com/sex-and-videogames/ This is probably the best summary of sex in video games that I've ever seen. click here Now, to be honest, it doesn't raise any new interesting points that we... http://www.asimplechristian.com/sex-and-videogames/#comments http://www.asimplechristian.com/sex-and-videogames/ Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:13:00 GMT