My in-laws gave our son a book of “Best-Loved Prayers” for Christmas, and I browsed through the book today for the first time. I was surprised to find a prayer of a saint from whom my husband’s last name is derived: St. Columba (521-597).
My dearest Lord, Be [...]
Monthly Archive for January, 2007
An Honest Moment: I forgot to pray for myself yesterday.
This may sound like a funny statement, but if you knew what my day was like, you would think I was crazy not to pray: I WAS SICK.
What is referred to as “morning sickness” took over my entire day, and I was miserable. I [...]
I had originally intended to use this blog to help my non-Orthodox family better understand our journey. But now I see that this blog has become a tool for my own understanding of this venture.
Visiting with my family over the holidays showed me how wrong my perceptions had been about their views/opinions of our [...]


