Why should we seek happiness, the cynics wonder, when life is hard and people are stupid and cruel or at…
I read sometimes about the phenomenon of God withdrawing from a soul or withdrawing consolations for a time, and I…
I’ve been reading a lot lately about imperfect hospitality. If you have survived the “entertaining” culture of the late 1990s…
Have you ever wished there was a way to get children’s attention instead of having to cajole them about their…
Almost two weeks ago, I attended the Ancient Faith Writing and Podcasting Conference, a two-day gathering that builds up the…
I’m working into the wee hours every night to finish up the manuscript for my book, Of Such is the…
Last week, I realized that my book needed a chapter dedicated to non-verbal prayer. After I reviews some talks I’ve…
The most effective and lasting way to teach is through how we arrange and prioritize spaces. The ancients knew this…
“We don’t know if she’ll understand you, but she can hear you even though she’s sedated.” I stood at my…
A few weeks ago, I traveled to Antiochian Village to attend the Ancient Faith Women’s Retreat. On the first morning,…
I wrote those words over 20 years ago when I began to reflect on the way Christ came to me…
For those of us who ask the help of saints in our daily lives, one of the first questions that…
It happened again when I opened Instagram a couple of days ago. Yet another platformed Christian woman was telling…
We Orthodox Christians are rowdy this week with Paschal joy. We just put in a collective 7 weeks of repentance…
I used to get eyeroll headaches from the faith writing trope that goes like this: I used to go to…