Fr. Steven Clark
@frstevenclark.bsky.social
Musician, Orthodox Priest, Coffee geek (not looking for on-line romance — astonished that some can't figure that out; Observe good boundaries.) Early Internet handle IXØYCtheFISH (A dreaded INFP with a side of T in that F) "Observe good Boundaries"
A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world. — Albert Camus
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world. — Albert Camus
OK, so what’s the speed of dark? — Steven Wright
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
OK, so what’s the speed of dark? — Steven Wright
Jesus, forgive me for the times I desired a seat at a table you would’ve flipped. — Steven Price
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Jesus, forgive me for the times I desired a seat at a table you would’ve flipped. — Steven Price
The problem isn’t that Christianity isn’t taught in schools; the problem is that Christianity isn’t taught at Church. — Anonymous internet twitter.
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The problem isn’t that Christianity isn’t taught in schools; the problem is that Christianity isn’t taught at Church. — Anonymous internet twitter.
We should have listened when the modems screamed at us. — Karen K. Ho
@karenho.bsky.social
@karenho.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
We should have listened when the modems screamed at us. — Karen K. Ho
@karenho.bsky.social
@karenho.bsky.social
It takes two years to learn to speak, and sixty to learn to keep quiet. — Ernest Hemingway
November 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
It takes two years to learn to speak, and sixty to learn to keep quiet. — Ernest Hemingway
The Church must not seek to confront, condemn, or conform to liberalism or conservatism. The Church must simply be a prophetic witness for good and against evil. We must never confuse discipleship to Christ with political ideology. Our warfare is spiritual. — Gebre Menfes Kidus
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The Church must not seek to confront, condemn, or conform to liberalism or conservatism. The Church must simply be a prophetic witness for good and against evil. We must never confuse discipleship to Christ with political ideology. Our warfare is spiritual. — Gebre Menfes Kidus
Almost everyone feels more or less uneasy most of their life in this earthly existence. This is a part of the cross that we all must bear. — Elder Sergei
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Almost everyone feels more or less uneasy most of their life in this earthly existence. This is a part of the cross that we all must bear. — Elder Sergei
Do you fast? Feed the hungry; give drink to the thirsty; visit the sick;forget not the imprisoned, have pity on the tortured, comfort those who grieve; be merciful, humble, kind, calm, forgiving, so that God might accept your fasting and might grant you the fruits of repentance. —St. John Chrysostom
November 9, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Do you fast? Feed the hungry; give drink to the thirsty; visit the sick;forget not the imprisoned, have pity on the tortured, comfort those who grieve; be merciful, humble, kind, calm, forgiving, so that God might accept your fasting and might grant you the fruits of repentance. —St. John Chrysostom
Pachelbel's Canon is the Bolero of the Baroque era. — Timo Virkkala
November 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Pachelbel's Canon is the Bolero of the Baroque era. — Timo Virkkala
One cannot reason with an unreasonable man. Attempting to do so will only drive the reasonable man mad. After the discourse, the unreasonable man will still be unreasonable and the reasonable man will have have gained nothing — but lost much. — Igumen Joseph of Pearl River
November 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
One cannot reason with an unreasonable man. Attempting to do so will only drive the reasonable man mad. After the discourse, the unreasonable man will still be unreasonable and the reasonable man will have have gained nothing — but lost much. — Igumen Joseph of Pearl River
The Mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled — Plutarch
November 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The Mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled — Plutarch
Christ suffered, not instead of us; rather He suffered on our behalf. He suffered unto death, not to exempt from suffering, but that our suffering might be like His. Christ offers us, not a way round suffering, but a way through it; not substitution, but saving companionship. — Met. Kallistos Ware
November 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Christ suffered, not instead of us; rather He suffered on our behalf. He suffered unto death, not to exempt from suffering, but that our suffering might be like His. Christ offers us, not a way round suffering, but a way through it; not substitution, but saving companionship. — Met. Kallistos Ware
You have officially moved into a house when you unpack the last box. — Sebastian (age 5)
November 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
You have officially moved into a house when you unpack the last box. — Sebastian (age 5)
This is a moment of great National shame. That we mostly cannot feel the shame is only evidence of our collective shamelessness.
November 9, 2025 at 12:43 AM
This is a moment of great National shame. That we mostly cannot feel the shame is only evidence of our collective shamelessness.
Powerful people don’t want peace because they profit from war. — Francis I, pope of Rome
November 8, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Powerful people don’t want peace because they profit from war. — Francis I, pope of Rome
Two criminals were crucified with Christ: One was saved, so do not despair. One was not, so neither presume. — Samuel Beckett or St. Augustine
November 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Two criminals were crucified with Christ: One was saved, so do not despair. One was not, so neither presume. — Samuel Beckett or St. Augustine
Today we remember and celebrate the newly glorified St. Olga of Alaska
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Today we remember and celebrate the newly glorified St. Olga of Alaska
Do not trust a thought that would judge your neighbour. — St Thalassios the Libyan
November 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Do not trust a thought that would judge your neighbour. — St Thalassios the Libyan
We should not express our prayer merely in syllables, but the power of prayer should be expressed in the moral attitude of our soul and in the virtuous actions that extend throughout our life... This is how you pray continually. — St. Basil the Great
November 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
We should not express our prayer merely in syllables, but the power of prayer should be expressed in the moral attitude of our soul and in the virtuous actions that extend throughout our life... This is how you pray continually. — St. Basil the Great
My God! Thy Name is Love: abandon me not, the erring.
Thy Name is Strength: strengthen me, stumbling and falling.
Thy Name is Light: enlighten my soul, darkened by worldly passions.
Thy Name is Peace: console my restless soul.
Thy Name is Mercy, not cease not to show me mercy. —St. John of Kronstadt
Thy Name is Strength: strengthen me, stumbling and falling.
Thy Name is Light: enlighten my soul, darkened by worldly passions.
Thy Name is Peace: console my restless soul.
Thy Name is Mercy, not cease not to show me mercy. —St. John of Kronstadt
November 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
My God! Thy Name is Love: abandon me not, the erring.
Thy Name is Strength: strengthen me, stumbling and falling.
Thy Name is Light: enlighten my soul, darkened by worldly passions.
Thy Name is Peace: console my restless soul.
Thy Name is Mercy, not cease not to show me mercy. —St. John of Kronstadt
Thy Name is Strength: strengthen me, stumbling and falling.
Thy Name is Light: enlighten my soul, darkened by worldly passions.
Thy Name is Peace: console my restless soul.
Thy Name is Mercy, not cease not to show me mercy. —St. John of Kronstadt
When it comes to life, the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude. — G.K. Chesterton
November 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
When it comes to life, the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude. — G.K. Chesterton
Nothing was ever so unfamiliar and startling to me as my own thoughts. — Henry David Thoreau
November 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Nothing was ever so unfamiliar and startling to me as my own thoughts. — Henry David Thoreau
We should all copyright our posts, lest they be quoted out of context and without permission in a Vogon poem, and we find ourselves named in a wrongful death suit. — SRC ©
November 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
We should all copyright our posts, lest they be quoted out of context and without permission in a Vogon poem, and we find ourselves named in a wrongful death suit. — SRC ©