Fr. Paul Siewers is Rector of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco Mission Church (ROCOR) in Winfield, PA, and is Associate Professor of Literature at Bucknell University (BU). He serves as an Orthodox Christian Chaplain at BU and the Muncy (PA) State Prison. Fr. Paul is a former Urban Affairs Writer for the Chicago Sun-Times and has written for outlets such as The Federalist, First Things, and Orthodox Life. You can follow Fr. Paul's writing at ecosemiotics.com