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That's right! Today we are precisely one day from our annual 30 (40) Days of Blogging adventure! Many of you will remember last year's blog entries, and they were excellent. We are in the process of making a major change here at Preachers Institute, which we believe will make homiletics resources even easier to use and to make PI a better resource for you, the Orthodox Christian preacher, pastor and priest. As a result, we aren't … [Read more...]
Congratulations to our 30(40) Day Bloggers! Merry Christmas, and congratulations on a job well done. The task you undertook 40 days ago has not been an easy one, but with diligence and God's help, you have persevered. You have run a good race! Well done! This year's exercise had many more blogs than last year, and while this was an occasion for happiness, it also made it much harder for me to write/blog/comment on your work this year. I … [Read more...]
by Fr. John A. Peck Well, friends, it is that time in our exercise. There's no shame in it. Blogging has become difficult. We're hitting 'the wall' in this marathon. Runners know what 'the wall' is. It's that wonderful experience you just have to push through. It's tough. It's all will power. Now for those of you who took up the challenge of the 30 (40) Days of Blogging, first let me congratulate you for takinng the challenge. Second, for … [Read more...]
Well begun is half done. Aristotle, Politics We are officially half way through our 30(40) Days of Blogging exercise! I bet you didn't know that it was Aristotle who first wrote the above quote, but I digress. Congratulations to all of our bloggers, and especially those who continue to blog daily throughout the Nativity fast. Best thing to do it to write your blog entry NOW. Sometimes it gets tough trying get something out every day … [Read more...]
During every Nativity Fast, I offer my spiritual children and parishioners an exercise in Scripture which I call "The New Testament Challenge." It's really not all that challenging, but for someone who has never read the entire New Testament before, it is an excellent time for just such an exercise. If you begin on Nov. 15th, you will do the 40 day schedule. If you begin on Dec. 1, you will do the 25 day schedule. Both schedules … [Read more...]
by Deacon Michael Hyatt Deacon Michael Hyatt is the Chairman and CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, the largest Bible publisher in the world. His blog is a treasure chest of wisdom and enlightenment on leadership, vision and responsibility. He also has a popular podcast, At The Intersection of East and West, on Ancient Faith Radio. This post is excellent advice for getting readers, and keeping them. Assuming you want to increase your blog … [Read more...]
November 15th begins our annual blogging exercise, The 30(40) Days of Blogging, for priests, deacons, bishops, pastors, or anyone else who would like to get started in Pastoral Blogging. Preachers Institute provides this exercise every year for mutual support for bloggers veteran and rookie who want to make a common effort to blog daily for 30 (or 40) days. For brand new bloggers, this is the best time of year to make the effort, with fellow … [Read more...]
Congratulations to our Bloggers who signed up for the 30 (40) Days of Blogging. Today is the 40th day! Your marathon journey has come to an end! Axios! I want to thank everyone for participating. I've been reading your blogs, and I must say, I'm impressed with your work and the incredible labor that went into it. We will repeat this exercise next year, starting (once again) on Nov. 15th. In the meantime, I want to especially congratulation some … [Read more...]
We have now completed 30 Days of our 30 (40) Days of Blogging, and offer our congratulations to all our bloggers who took up the challenge. For those going on to the full 40 Days of Blogging, you have only ten days to go. For those who are stopping here, we salute you on a job well done. For those of you who would like to see what our bloggers have been up to, go to our online Forum, and see what the bloggers have been blogging about. With only … [Read more...]
Now that we have entered Advent/Nativity Fast, and many of us have begun the 2009 New Testament Challenge (some will begin on Dec. 1st), I'd like to make a simple offering about the actual reading of the Holy Scriptures. When I am teaching my parishioners or catechumens to read the Bible, few actually ask how one does this in the Orthodox way, but I believe this is an important idea, and in the spirit of giving, I always offer it to them. I … [Read more...]
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