Author: Richard Barrett

Richard Barrett is the Artistic Director of The Saint John of Damascus Society, a non-profit (501(c)3) arts organization with the mission of “revealing Orthodox Christianity through its sacred music.” You can also find him on his personal blog.

Anglican Liturgical Aesthetics: An Orthodox Reflection

· Richard Barrett
Editor’s Note: This article is part of an October 2017 series of posts on the Reformation and Protestantism written by O&H authors and guest writers marking the 500th anniversary of the nailing of Martin Luther’s 95 theses to the church door at Wittenberg on October 31, 1517. Articles are written by Orthodox Christians and discuss not just the Reformation as a historical…

Orthodoxy and the Problem of Choice: Converting Out of Postmodern Pluralism

· Richard Barrett
C. S. Lewis once famously remarked that “mere” Christianity, as he conceived of it, …is… like a hall out of which doors open into several rooms…[and] it is in the rooms, not in the hall, that there are fires and chairs and meals. The hall is a place to wait in, a place from which to try the various doors, not a…

“The hidden hand behind bad music” – could it happen here?: American Catholic worship and Orthodoxy in America

· Richard Barrett
Some years ago, Catholic church musician Jeffrey Tucker published a piece for Crisis Magazine titled “The Hidden Hand behind Bad Catholic Music”. It was first run in 2002 but recently was recirculated through social media circles, and it caught my eye. I’d read the piece before, and am a regular reader of Mr. Tucker’s work in excellent group efforts such as The New Liturgical Movement.…