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<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1,viewport-fit=cover"><link rel="preconnect" href="https://stats.apps.seigler.net/"><style>@font-face{font-family:'Inter Variable';font-style:normal;font-display:swap;font-weight:100 900;src:url(/fonts/inter-latin-wght-normal.woff2) format('woff2-variations');unicode-range:U+0000-00FF,U+0131,U+0152-0153,U+02BB-02BC,U+02C6,U+02DA,U+02DC,U+0304,U+0308,U+0329,U+2000-206F,U+20AC,U+2122,U+2191,U+2193,U+2212,U+2215,U+FEFF,U+FFFD}@font-face{font-family:'Inter Variable';font-style:italic;font-display:swap;font-weight:100 900;src:url(/fonts/inter-latin-wght-italic.woff2) format('woff2-variations');unicode-range:U+0000-00FF,U+0131,U+0152-0153,U+02BB-02BC,U+02C6,U+02DA,U+02DC,U+0304,U+0308,U+0329,U+2000-206F,U+20AC,U+2122,U+2191,U+2193,U+2212,U+2215,U+FEFF,U+FFFD}</style><script defer src="https://stats.apps.seigler.net/script.js" data-website-id="ccb4bd94-2a71-47fe-8eea-d85bf75b7f6d"></script><link rel="me" href="https://github.com/seigler"><link rel="webmention" href="https://webmention.io/joshua.seigler.net/webmention"><title>Finally, a Coherent Worldview - joshua.seigler.net</title><meta name="description" content="Why did I think I could figure everything out on my own?"><meta name="keywords" content="posts, faith, ethos"><meta property="og:title" content="Finally, a Coherent Worldview"><meta property="og:type" content=""><meta property="og:url" content="/posts/finally-a-coherent-worldview/"><meta name="twitter:title" content="Finally, a Coherent Worldview"><meta name="twitter:description" content="Why did I think I could figure everything out on my own?"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta name="generator" content="Eleventy v3.1.0"><script type="module" crossorigin src="/assets/main-BcCmWSCK.js"></script><link rel="stylesheet" crossorigin href="/assets/main-MPbmXHLu.css"></head><body data-font="english" data-path="/posts/finally-a-coherent-worldview/"><header><nav><div class="nav-row"><div class="nav-home"><a href="/">joshua.seigler.net</a></div></div><div class="nav-categories"><a aria-current="page" href="/posts/">/posts</a> <a href="/about/">/about</a> <a href="/now/">/now</a> <a href="/uses/">/uses</a> <a href="/recipes/">/recipes</a> <a href="/music/">/music</a> <a href="/books/">/books</a> <a href="/links/">/links</a> <a href="/search/">/search</a></div></nav><h1>Finally, a Coherent Worldview</h1><div class="header-meta"><span>July 14, 2023</span> <span class="tags"><a class="tag" style="--tagIndex:4" href="/tags/faith/">faith</a> <a class="tag" style="--tagIndex:0" href="/tags/ethos/">ethos</a></span></div></header><header class="toc"></header><main data-pagefind-body="data-pagefind-body"><p>Around the time of my previous post, I had just been received into the Orthodox church. Since then I have found it to be everything I was looking for, and a great deal more. There is such a wealth of wisdom, going back thousands of years. And it was all there, un-seen, un-read, as far as I was concerned not existing at all! It seems impossible to me that I was so unaware of these treasures by chance.</p><p>Father Seraphim Rose, Saint Paisios, Saint Porphyrios, Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica - to name only a few! - lived in this world, recently. They speak plainly and lovingly about modern and familiar concerns. Their example and guidance are a priceless treasure! And not only they help me, but participating in the tradition of the Orthodox Church has… I don’t even know how to say it all. I have experienced how the prodigal son felt when he took a few trembling steps back to his father, and instead of the rejection or anger he had earned, he received joyful, unearned forgiveness. His father <em>ran</em> to him while he was still far away!</p><p>Here is what I know, now from experience: Jesus Christ is life and truth and love. To look for life, or truth, or love apart from Him is pointless! It’s a contradiction, like looking for light by marching into the shadows. God made me, and He loves me more than I love myself. Because this is true, I want to do everything His way, even if I don’t understand it at first.</p></main><script data-isso="//comments.apps.seigler.net/" src="//comments.apps.seigler.net/js/embed.min.js"></script><section id="isso-thread" data-title=""><noscript>Javascript needs to be activated to view comments.</noscript></section><footer>© Joshua Seigler 2025. - <a rel="me" href="mailto:joshua@seigler.net?subject=Hello">Contact</a> - <a href="/feed.xml">RSS</a> - <a href="/unoffice-hours/">Unoffice Hours</a> - <a href="/webrings/">Webrings</a></footer><div id="effects"></div></body></html> |