I’m posting this publicly for my relatives who requested it. We have, understandably, had a very different type of Advent…
There are four obvious things you need for wonderworking, and they might not be what you imagine. Then there’s the…
Even when we dream of ladders to heaven as Jacob did, there’s a gap like the empty space under fire escapes. How do we grab the lowest rung?
I had forgotten that I love to find places to sing in the wilderness. As a child, I would wander…
The sunset was so pink and sweet that it hurt my teeth to look at it. My shoulders were hunched…
It’s rare these days for mortals to experience the terror of encountering the unspeakably ancient ones. We tend to relate…
Welcome! I’m Summer Kinard, author of Of Such is the Kingdom: A Practical Theology of Disability. This post provides supporting…
Welcome! This post provides supporting materials for my contribution to the GOARCH Center for Family Care webinar, “Nurturing Independence in…
This spring, we began attending our local Western Rite Orthodox Church, where the Divine Liturgy of St. Gregory is celebrated.…
I call upon the Equals to the Apostles to bear myrrh with me For the innocent ones lost, for my…