"Jesus called his followers to grow in their faith, leaving behind prejudice and fear, while accepting the Kingdom of God is in all places." -- Fr. Daniel Kostakis, 2013-12-20
"The beautiful thing is we can't point to one thing and say 'That's it. That's the Kingdom'. No sir. It shines in all things." -- Alan Hooker, 2013-12-20
[To my fellow Christians (most of you anyhow -- I won't forget the Rusian Orthodox an any other old-calendar Orthodox folks later), I wish you a blessed Feast of the Nativity of Our Savior. To my friends and kin who treat this as a nonreligious family holiday, I wish you a merry Christmas however you celebrate it. And to everyone else, I wish you simply a happy day and a peaceul one, wiith so many of the rest of us out of your hair.]