Narsai Lectures

After the release of my book, I decided to do a series of lectures at St. Peter’s going through it a chapter/memra at a time. The first two lectures work through the Introduction, discussing Narsai’s biography and giving a summary of his theology. The next twelve lectures will be on each chapter of the book. […]

The Book of Before & After

Decades after starting, and with various editions in between, I’m happy, honored, and relieved to present The Book of Before & After: The Liturgy of the Hours of the Church of the East, an English translation of Kthawa da-Qdham wad-Bathar and extensive selections from the Ḥudhra. There’s a lot to say about it, but this […]

Negativity is Not a Virtue

Matthew 15:21-38 And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cried, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely possessed by a demon.” But he did not answer her a word. And […]