5 Reasons to Visit a Monastery
(Originally published on OCN’s The Sounding) Published here with Permission Introduction: Journeying by boat to visit their beloved spiritual father, Constantin...
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Courage in Leadership
One of the fundamental characteristics of a good leader, no, strike that, a great leader is courage. Of all the skills that leaders, especially leaders in the C...
Orthodox Evangelism
I serve what I guess would be considered a small church. We have about 65 families and we are located in an old mill town in Central Massachusetts that long ag...
Red Eggs at Pascha
If you have been following these pages for the last few months you know that in the fall I acquired a flock of chickens, seven to be exact. During that time I h...
St. Brigit on Fasting and Hospitality
Once, St. Brigit and two of her sister nuns were traveling during Lent, and it so happened that they were offered hospitality by a pagan chieftain whose land th...
Temptation
The Temptation of Jesus We all know the scene, a person standing there trying to make the decision and on one shoulder stands the guy in the red suit and on the...
Engaged Monasticism
I have been writing about monastic topics for the last few years. I have been trying to develop a sense of what I have called the “new monasticism” although it ...
St. Basil the Great ~ On Social Justice
“The bread which you do not use is the bread of the hungry; the garment hanging in your wardrobe is the garment of him who is naked; the shoes that you do...
30 November ~ Feast of St. Andrew the First Called
Today the Christian world celebrates the Feast of St. Andrew the First Called of the Apostles. This is an interesting feast day for me since it brings two parts...
Orthodox Prayer Against Bad Weather
I think this is a good time for all of us to recite this prayer each day as part of our daily prayers. O Master, Lord our God, who through your consubstantial a...