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	<description>Reflections on leadership in the Orthodox Church</description>
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		<title>Reflections on Prayer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thom Rainer, a prolific Baptist writer and former seminary dean, recently published an article titled &#8220;9 Reasons Why Church Leaders Struggle with Prayer.&#8221; I&#8217;ve thought about the article several times since it appeared about a week ago and decided to record some of those thoughts here. Read the article, then come back here. In no particular [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://orthodoxleader.paradosis.com/2013/07/30/reflections-on-prayer/</link>
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		<title>The Value of Memorization</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In reflecting on the distracted hearer, I had intended, but then failed, to make mention of a valuable practice that can be used to battle that problem: memorization of Scripture. It was going to be a brief point yesterday, but, thanks to its omission, merits something of an excursus. Yesterday’s article talked about the enabling [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://orthodoxleader.paradosis.com/2013/07/16/the-value-of-memorization/</link>
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		<title>The Distracted Hearer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are two sides in this matter of preaching (the topic I started last time), which means there are ultimately two primary sources of difficulty. The first side is, of course, the preacher himself, and the second is his hearer. I’ll tackle the second one first for no other reason than that I think it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://orthodoxleader.paradosis.com/2013/07/15/the-distracted-hearer/</link>
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		<title>The Tightrope of Preaching</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been working my through St John Chrysostom&#8217;s treatises on the priesthood, not having read them in some time. See the end of the article for details about the translation. (Some words are amended for precision.) One of the greatest challenges the priest faces is that of preaching, and it&#8217;s not a new problem. Even [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://orthodoxleader.paradosis.com/2013/06/25/the-tightrope-of-preaching/</link>
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		<title>The Priest and His Ordination</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll post one final excerpt from Fr Kyprian Kern. This time he takes up the matter of ordination. It is now time to put aside these matters [of how priests and bishops are chosen] and turn our attention to the most important matter &#8211; ordination &#8211; its meaning and substance. The priest, whether chosen or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://orthodoxleader.paradosis.com/2013/06/21/the-priest-and-his-ordination/</link>
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		<title>Priesthood Defined as Eucharistic Service</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s some more from Fr Kyprian Kern (see yesterday&#8217;s post for the first excerpt). Note also that Fr Kyprian was Fr Alexander Schmemann&#8217;s mentor and confessor while at St Sergius in Paris. Those who attended Fr Schmemann&#8217;s liturgical theology lectures at the St Vladimir&#8217;s Seminary remember Fr Alexander referring often to Fr Kyprian. As to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://orthodoxleader.paradosis.com/2013/06/20/priesthood-defined-as-eucharistic-service/</link>
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		<title>The Priestly Calling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of excerpts from Orthodox Pastoral Service (alternative source here) by the late Archimandrite Kyprian Kern (1899-1960). On the priestly outlook on life and salvation: Man in whose society the priest is called to serve, was, is, and will always be, in spite of all his sins and degradations, God&#8217;s beloved creation. For this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://orthodoxleader.paradosis.com/2013/06/19/the-priestly-calling/</link>
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		<title>Running the Race</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our parish is holding Vacation Bible School this week, with a theme of “Running the Race. Going the Distance.” The key Biblical passage is 1 Corinthians 9:24-27: Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://orthodoxleader.paradosis.com/2013/06/18/running-the-race/</link>
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		<title>The Orthodox Priesthood: Every Man for Himself?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This return to blogging after hiatus is occasioned by a simple recollection of experiences as an Orthodox priest. The following are stories from friends and acquaintances. (Really!) Not a one of these is fictitious. I am familiar with one priest whose parish leadership has repeatedly refused to pay for him to attend diocesan assemblies and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://orthodoxleader.paradosis.com/2013/06/17/the-orthodox-priesthood-every-man-for-himself/</link>
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		<title>Policy Change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new discipline for me has me blogging once again. Note also, though, that the site policy is changing. Posting under pseudonyms is allowed. Comments will be moderated to weed out any slanders or similar inappropriate material.]]></description>
		<link>http://orthodoxleader.paradosis.com/2013/06/17/policy-change/</link>
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