elcome to the CrabTree, the online presence and weblog of the Crabtree family: Isaac, Arlie, and Robert. Thanks to Isaac's brother, Justin- our intrepid webmaster, host, and web-developer extraordinaire- the CrabTree will be a site we use to:
- Discuss important events and ideas
- Share family pictures, traditions and recipes
- Explore our family's genaeology
- Write about growing an Orthodox Christian family
This certainly won't be a site of "general interest" but hopefully will be interesting to our friends and family, and perhaps to those looking for another resource in the online Orthodox community.
An Orthodox Evaluation of Jan Huss
Posted by Isaac | Apr 19, 2012
Your great compatriot, Wycliffe, is rightly considered as the beginner of the Reformation. Wycliffe spoke, and his word was his great mission on earth. But his word in Bohemia became flesh--yea, more than flesh--blood and fire. Human words are never great except when transformed into a drama--when incarnated into life.
Precious Vessels of the Holy Spirit
Posted by Isaac | Apr 18, 2012
Book Review, Precious Vessels of the Holy Spirit: The Lives and Counsels of Contemporary Elders of Greece, by Herman A. Middleton. Published by Protecting Veil Press, 2003.
It's quite refreshing to go abroad literarily, especially when such a "trip" concerns saints from other places around the world within the Orthodox Church. It renews ones awareness of the catholicity of the Church, and of both the multifaceted and universal experience of the Grace of Christ. Holiness always seems to heighten and enliven someone's true character and personality, while wickedness tends to do the opposite, woefully banal and uniform as it is.
The Beginning of Wisdom
Posted by Isaac | Oct 14, 2011
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. - Proverbs 9:10
The CrabTree aspires to be a collaborative family website and weblog that will chronicle our experience of raising a family. We were received into Orthodox Catholic Church on May 15, 2004 and we were married to a week later on May 22, 2004. We currently live in St. Louis while Isaac, who has recently been admitted to the Missouri Bar, searches for permanent legal e. Arlie stays home with the baby and is in charge of the management of the household and the education of the children that God gives to us. We have baby boy, Robby, who has single-handedly changed our lives forever. We belong to a wonderful, vibrant Orthodox parish full of young, large families under the jurisdiction of the Russian Church Abroad.