Marriage as a Path to Holiness
As we go through this time of Lent, I have been greatly enjoying taking extra time to think about spiritual things. I listened to a podcast today about marriage and […]
View ArticleThe Desert Fathers and Lent
I find it very interesting that I was always taught in my Christian education that monks were people who wanted to separate themselves from the world. They were constantly degraded […]
View ArticleSt. Isaac the Syrian
Let yourself be persecuted, but do not persecute others. Be crucified, but do not crucify others. Be slandered, but do not slander others. Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep […]
View ArticleNesting and My Books
Christ is Risen! We are currently in the midst of rearranging our living quarters in our house, and I am taking this opportunity to go through our belongings and get […]
View ArticleLet Love Reign in Your Home
Show your martyr’s spirit in the daily arena of your life, in your home, with your husband, with your wife… Let love reign in your house. When you see that […]
View ArticleTeaching the Faith
We should never pass the opportunity to explicitly or subtly teach the faith to our children, no matter what the task. It makes me so sad to see cradle Orthodox […]
View ArticleReading the Psalms
One thing I vastly underestimated was the amount of time that I would spend nursing. I suppose some babies are speedy but mine is a “rester,” which means he is […]
View ArticleSt. John Chrysostom on Training Children in Chastity
Hear this, ye fathers, bring your children up with great care “in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.” (Eph. vi. 4.) Youth is wild, and requires many governors, teachers, […]
View ArticleA Lonely Post
It’s a lonely post being a new mom. So much hussle and bustle over the baby, diapers, feedings, and visitors. But most of the time, it’s just you and baby. […]
View ArticleWhat is Orthodoxy?
After Pentecost, the disciples and the 70 spread out and started churches in the cities they visited. They appointed leaders in every church (presbyters) and all the smaller cities fell […]
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