Paul VanderKlay's Podcast Orthodox and Reformed Comparing Notes on Pastoring the Deconstructed Fr. Daniel Greeson
Sep 26, 2025
Fr. Daniel Greeson, an Orthodox priest from a Stone-Campbell background, shares his transformative journey through faith and pastoral challenges. He reflects on growing up in a debate-heavy tradition, his conversion to Orthodoxy, and the role of tradition in providing stability in a fragmented world. Fr. Daniel discusses the complexities of modern pastoral care, the influence of the internet, and the importance of community belonging in this age of deconstruction. His insights illuminate the diverse flavors within Orthodoxy and the need for pastoral wisdom amidst change.
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Formative Churches Of Christ Upbringing
- Daniel Greeson grew up in the Stone-Campbell/Churches of Christ movement with strong congregational and restorationist habits.
- He describes non-institutional Churches of Christ and debates over congregational giving as formative to his early faith.
Raised On Public Debates
- Greeson recounts his father engaging publicly in advertised debates with Pentecostals and Roman Catholics.
- Those frontier-style debates shaped his sense of theological contest and evangelistic culture.
Education Sparked A Search For Coherence
- Reading widely at college exposed Greeson to postmodern and patristic resources that destabilized his original certainties.
- That intellectual pluralism propelled him toward seeking a more coherent, historic tradition.
