I wrote Christ as Truth, Truth as Christ for my own children when they were in their teens, and it worked. They are all still faithful Orthodox Christians married to other Orthodox Christians and in church every week. But it’s … Continue reading →| Brian Patrick Mitchell
Jean-Claude Larchet has a new book out entitled Renewing Gender: An Orthodox Perspective. It is not a very Orthodox book, however. How can you be Orthodox and publicly accuse the Orthodox Church of…| Brian Patrick Mitchell
Are men more like God than women are? That is the implication of many arguments against ordaining women as bishops, priests, or deacons. Whether the argument is that priests “icon” Christ in the Di…| Brian Patrick Mitchell
A Crown of Life would never have been published had it not been for my dear wife, who fell asleep in the Lord last October. She loved the first draft of the book, completed in 2001, and kept after …| Brian Patrick Mitchell
There is quite a lot on this blog about deaconesses. This post makes the most useful resources easily accessible. 1. All you might ever need to know, and the only item you have to pay for, but you don’t have … Continue reading →| Brian Patrick Mitchell
Maybe you’ve heard the old Bolshevik saying, “The worse things get, the better things are.” It makes sense for revolutionaries intent on overthrowing the existing order: The worse…| Brian Patrick Mitchell
Keen customers have noticed that The Disappearing Deaconess appears with different subtitles on different online vendors (Amazon, Alibris, etc.). Is it the same book? It is, except for the subtitle. Some vendors are slow in updating changes in their listings, … Continue reading →| Brian Patrick Mitchell
Well worth listening to. We also talk about the deep roots of grievance-based, anarchical thinking in Western civilization and about my 2006 book Eight Ways to Run the Country. Trigger warning: Both very old and very new thinking here.| Brian Patrick Mitchell
Those pushing deaconesses on the Orthodox Church rely heavily on the argument that since deaconesses were apostolic there is nothing wrong with them. But there are good reasons for believing deaconesses were not apostolic, and also good reasons for making … Continue reading →| Brian Patrick Mitchell
Some time ago, comments to my posts stopped appearing on the blog. I would get an email with the comment and could reply by email, but neither the comment nor my reply would show up on any page. I tried … Continue reading →| Brian Patrick Mitchell
