This morning I've felt really motivated to do some writing, and of course I have no time to really give to that right now. I need to get to work! There is so much I could share. I'd like to at least put down a few bullet points that can serve as reminders for future topics. If and when I write on those topics I'll try to remember to add links.
- Writing Post #4 of "Why Randy's Going East". I just realized I haven't written that yet!
- More about why I joined the Orthodox Church
- Why I'm still in the Orthodox church, how my outlook and expectations have changed, and how I view the Church differently.
- Joining the church - Chrismation
- Why I might rename this blog, or start a new one
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The Septuagint, the so-called Apocrypha, etc.
- Why we use the Septuagint
- Why we accept books that others (i.e. Protestants, and to a lesser extent, Catholics) have since rejected
- Thoughts on some of the cool stories in these books to which I'd never been exposed before now: Judith, Tobit, Esther (unabridged!)...
- New Testament extra-biblical texts--the good, the bad, and the ugly. Actually I don't have much desire to write on this topic since I know very little about this subject. I'd have to do a lot of research for this one. The good news is that I can simply say that the Orthodox Church includes the same 26 books in our N.T. canon as do Catholics and Protestants.
- Mary, Jesus' mother, AKA The Theotokos ("God-bearer"). This is a touchy one for Protestants, I know. I intend to tread lightly here.
- Father Arseny
- St. Herman
- Other saints
This list doesn't have to be complete, but it's what I've got for now. Perhaps by making this list it will help me to actually put out some writing. Not so much because I think I'm all that wise (I'm not), but because I want to share the truth with my family and friends. By that I don't mean dogmatic truth, although I believe the Orthodox faith is true, but I mean I want to share what my faith truly is, i.e. clear up misconceptions.
