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Lee in agony

By Walt Garlington Lee’s tormentorsLack none of the demonic rageOf past persecutors –Dismembering him and his steedPiece by piece, as they alsoCut Christ’s martyrs apartOne joint at a time;Heating the furnaceTo infernal degreeLike Nebuchadnezzar’sDisgraceful menFor the Three Holy Youths.Defying their hatred,His face glowed in the fireWith sad nobility –Foolish souls! You have confounded yourselves,Making manifest …

Dissident Mama, episode 81 – Father Deacon Ananias Sorem

Fr. Dcn. Ananias Sorem, PhD is the founder of Patristic Faith. He is an Orthodox apologist and teaches philosophy at Fullerton and Carroll colleges. To learn more about Father’s educational training, his current academic work, and his traditional Orthodox teachings, click here. In our conversation, Father and I talk about Orthodox MontaNIKA, a successful conference …

Dissident Mama, episode 80 – Meade Skelton

Meade Skelton is a Richmond-based musician specializing in “inspirational songs filled with traditional values.” Dubbed the “piano playin’ cowboy,” Skelton is a multi-talented “countrypolitan” singer-songwriter who has played with many notables of the Virginia capital’s independent music scene, yet he embraces “outsider music” status within that leftist subculture and within stringently woke Richmond – a …

Dissident Mama, episode 78 – Nicholas from Orthodox Reflections

Nicholas is co-founder of Orthodox Reflections, a collaborative effort by committed Orthodox Christians to provide thoughtful analysis of the Orthodox Christian faith’s interaction with American culture. He serves as the website’s executive editor and is one of its most prolific contributors.  Nicholas is a former Marine with an undergraduate degree in international relations with a …

We do not consent

By Ioannes Xaverius The State of Tennessee recently passed a law entitled The Adult Entertainment Act, which has commonly been referred to as “the drag show ban.” The law prohibited “topless dancers, go-go dancers, exotic dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators who provide entertainment that appeals to a prurient interest” from performing on public property …

Zebulon Lee

June is a beautiful time of year. It marks the beginning of summer with its sunny adventures, pleasure of eating watermelon and catching lightnin’ bugs, and long, lazy days with friends and family. It’s also the month in which my oldest son was born (16 years ago this year, in fact), and includes some important …

Memorial Day in Dixie

By Walt Garlington The Confederate StatesNeither denied the Holy TrinityNor Christ’s divinity. They rejected the stumbling blocksOf cold deismAnd wild pantheism. They never invadedAnother country’s landTo pillage all near to hand. Those gentlemen did notCarpet-bomb a townOr nuke Asian ground. No one can accuse themOf starvation of civiliansBy economic sanctions, Of launching regime change ops,Or …