Jesus, God of my heart, come and unite me to Thyself forever.
Posted in Children, Family, Life, Parenting, Saints on Sep 23rd, 2008
When we visited Dormition Monastery last month, I had the extreme privilege of making confession with Father Roman Braga. I had seen the documentary on his time in the Pitesti prison and was humbled to be in the presence of such a godly man.
He asked me several questions and ended our confession time by saying,
Love [...]
Posted in Life on Jul 21st, 2008
The final verdict: keep doing what I am doing
I will post again soon to describe how my blog will change in small ways over the course of the next few weeks. There are certain things that I would like to spend more time writing about/sharing with you.
Thanks for all the good feedback, which, incidentally, I [...]
An old Native American tale tells the story of an elder who told his grandson about the battle that goes on inside of people’s heads: “My son, the battle is between the two ‘wolves’ that live inside of us all. One is Unhappiness: fear, jealousy, worry, anger, self-pity, resentment and inferiority. The other is Happiness: [...]
I had the opportunity to participate in my first Forgiveness Vespers this Sunday evening. I have to admit that I am was frightened of what it was going to be like and what I was required to do. Our priest didn’t actually explain it ahead of time, my friend and I were quite [...]
It is ironic that on Judgement Sunday (meatfare), as my husband and I were talking in bed, I spoke about one of my “worst” (or most frequent) sins: judgement (of myself and others). I have a serious problem with this. I have always been one of those people who will base my [...]
Posted in Life on Nov 30th, 2006
Last night my husband and I were the only catechumens at our catechism class, but that turned out to be a blessing to us. We were able to ask questions and talk more intimately with our priest, Father David. This was the last catechism class that we will have with him because he [...]
Recently, my family has been hurt. The wound is raw, and I am unsure of what steps to take to heal it. I keep running through a circle of anger, disappointment, sadness, despair and then back to anger again. I want to draw close to God, but at service this morning, I [...]
If you haven’t noticed yet, I love icons. This is very ironic because one of the things that I struggled with most about the Orthodox Church was the icons.
Growing up, I was always under the impression that any likeness of Christ could not be correct, and, therefore, it was unbiblical/unchristian to have images [...]
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