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Mark Koscinski CPA D.Litt.

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      • Another Investment Word Cloud
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      • A Suggested Syllabus for an Advanced Management Accounting Course
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      • Customer Centric Organizations
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      • Is QC a High Value-Added Activity?
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    • Some Thoughts on the IRS Budget
    • Sometimes It Is Too Good To Be True
    • Tax Sharing Agreements, Part II
    • The CEO Pay Ratio
      • A Reexamination of the CEO Pay Ratio by Delia Geyer
      • Analysis of the CEO Pay Ratio by Alex Tursi
      • Email to Richard Thaler
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    • The Power of Positive Communication
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      • AI in Accounting Education
      • How AI Will Impact the Business World
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    • Great Decisions–Nuclear Negotiations: Back to the Future–July 23, 2019
    • Great Decisions: Nuclear Negotiations–Back to the Future July 23, 2019. Lower Macungie Library
    • Nuclear Negotiations: Back to the Future
    • Update on Nuclear Negotiations: Back to the Future
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    • 4Rs: Lessons From A Nobel Prize Winner
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    • The Finance Committee of an NFP
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      • A Book Review: “Shameless” by Nadia Bolz-Weber
      • A Book Review: How Jesus Became God
      • A Book Review: “Relics”
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      • Book Review: The Publicans Prayer Book
      • Favorite Authors–Part II
      • Reflection On: Thank You St. Jude
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      • Akathist to St. Peter and Paul
      • Akathist to the Nativity of Christ
      • Canon of Repentence
      • Prayer For Children Before the First Day of School
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      • #2801 (no title)
      • Commentary on Mark 12:28-34
      • Reflection on I Kings 19: 4-8
      • Reflection on Mark 4:26-34
      • Reflection on Mark 6:30-34
      • Reflection on the Beheading of John the Baptist
      • Reflection on Trinity Sunday
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      • Reflections on the Death of a Young Mother
      • Reflections on the Saints: Sermon at St. Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church May, 2016
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      • From Demiurge to Logos
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      • Literary Devices in the Vita of Mary of Egypt
      • Liturgical Practices in the Vita of Mary of Egypt
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      • Pre-Lenten Sundays
      • Presentation to the Mercersburg Convocation–June 2, 2025
      • Recommended Reading List–Eastern Christianity
      • Roses are Red and Violets are Blue…. Maybe…
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      • Some Thoughts on the Latin Mass
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      • St. Maximos–A Brief Summary of the Faith
      • The Athanasian Creed: Text and Commentary
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      • The Optina 500
      • The Second Ecumenical Council
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      • The Forgotten Holy Day: Mid-Pentecost
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      • Thinking About James, the Brother of Jesus
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        • Christmas 2023 at Holy Cross Church, Woodland Park NJ
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        • First Communion–Holy Cross PNCC May 15, 2022
        • First Holy Communion–May 18, 2025
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        • Holy Cross Church–Christmas 2022
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        • HOLY CROSS PNCC, WOODLAND PARK NJ–NATIVITY 2022
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      • Selected Lenten Practices of the PNCC
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      • The May Liturgical Calendar
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Reflections

Welcome to this section of my website. The following pages are short reflections on various topics, usually from a sermon or homily I delivered.

All Saints Day

Alll Souls Day

Beheading of John the Baptist

Death of a Young Mother

Mustard Seed

Trinity Sunday

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