29 August 2021 | Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost | Menlo Park, Calif.

“‘Let a King first rule well his own house ere he correct others’, it is said. It is true of all men.” —J.R.R. Tolkien, “Aldarion and Erendis"

Friends, after two whirlwind weeks in transition from pastoral ministry back to academic life, I’m glad to be speaking to you again from the grounds of St. Patrick’s Seminary - and I have a lot to talk about, from Aldarion to Akallabêth, from our first day of classes to what the Lord is asking of me this term. Let’s take a walk!

Opening music: “Bless the Lord, O My Soul” (Psalm 103), composed by Nikolai Kedrov, sung by the choir of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary, Yonkers, NY, 2017. All rights reserved.