PARA- (Gk. pref.): above, beyond, beyond, beside, near. -DOXY (Gk. suf.): good opinion (of someone) resulting in praise. PARADOXOS (Gk. adj.) - incredible/unbelievable, awe/praise/worship inspiring. PARADOXY (n.): Incarnational Orthodoxy - an inclusive approach to orthodoxy based on the love of Christ and the paradoxical implications of the incarnation.
The great grandson of Orthodox Jewish rabbi, I became a follower of Christ as an adult and joined the Episcopal Church (the most "Jewish" church I could find). Growing up outside the Church gave me the unique advantage of viewing Christianity without the lenses of "Christian Culture," and this unfiltered view has better equipped me to distinguish what lies at the core of Christianity (the paradoxical doctrine of the Incarnation) and what is secondary (everything else). You might say that I am both "orthodox" (accepting the core dogmata of the Christian faith and "paradox" (accepting that the core dogmata are paradoxical mysteries beyond human understanding).
A graduate of Virginia Theological Seminary (Honors in Church History) and an ordained priest in the Episcopal Church, I am the founding vicar and first rector of St. Nicholas Church, Darnestown, Maryland.