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<h1>Finally, a Coherent Worldview</h1>
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<author>Joshua Seigler</author><date>July 14, 2023</date>
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Around the time of my previous post, I had just been received into the
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Orthodox church. Since then I have found it to be everything I was
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looking for, and a great deal more. There is such a wealth of wisdom,
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going back thousands of years. And it was all there, un-seen, un-read,
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as far as I was concerned not existing at all! It seems impossible to me
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that I was so unaware of these treasures by chance.
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Father Seraphim Rose, Saint Paisios, Saint Porphyrios, Elder Thaddeus of
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Vitovnica - to name only a few! - lived in this world, recently. They
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speak plainly and lovingly about modern and familiar concerns. Their
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example and guidance are a priceless treasure! And not only they help
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me, but participating in the tradition of the Orthodox Church has… I
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don’t even know how to say it all. I have experienced how the prodigal
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son felt when he took a few trembling steps back to his father, and
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instead of the rejection or anger he had earned, he received joyful,
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unearned forgiveness. His father <em>ran</em> to him while he was still
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far away!
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Here is what I know, now from experience: Jesus Christ is life and truth
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and love. To look for life, or truth, or love apart from Him is
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pointless! It’s a contradiction, like looking for light by marching into
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the shadows. God made me, and He loves me more than I love myself.
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Because this is true, I want to do everything His way, even if I don’t
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understand it at first.
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