Buried Treasure

I have found a treasure, this morning, tooling around the web waiting for... Godot. I have no idea what I'm waiting for -- I'm probably just being lazy -- and here, I have found a treasure: a web site dedicated to the life and works of the late Metropolitan Anthony Bloom.

When I have said, in other places, that at the time of my conversion to Christianity, in the late 1970's, there were only the works of Fr. Alexander Schmemann and Timothy (now Metropolitan Kallistos) Ware available in English, I had forgotten (to my shame) the books, especially on prayer, written by Metropolitan Anthony.

You should spend your time reading him, rather than me, so go for it! I would highly recommend starting with the essay excerpted on the home page of the site, entitled I Believe In God. You may notice the affinity between his words and those of Fr. John Behr, who is (as of July 1) the incoming Dean of St. Vladimir's Seminary. Metropolitan Anthony heard Fr. John's first confession as a child, and clearly a relationship was formed.

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At the risk of having mis-categorized this entry under The Orthodox Church vs. Non Sequitur, let me add that last night, we discovered another treasure: Vienna Teng in concert at the Firehouse Center for the Arts in Newburyport. The performance was intimate -- the theater seats just 195 -- and truly breathtaking. Now there are three more CDs destined for inclusion in What's on the iPod.