* I promise I will do post 3 of my Common Core series next! But when the muse comes, I gotta listen to it! They tell me I was six years old. It was a Sunday night, and after my dad’s sermon I came to the altar to ask Jesus into my heart. My dad …
Tag: prayer
Can You Find God Outside of the Church?
In my last post, I said, “Sometimes I feel like I need to walk away from the religious life I’ve always known so I can find God on my own, and then I’ll be able to come back.” I feel like I need to explain that comment more, because I received some comments (both on …
Some Days You Have to Be Brave
The past couple of days have been like that. No details are needed, except that there are times when all feelings are heightened – sorrow, joy, fear. It’s when you dance across the yard barefoot with your kids and know there will never be another moment exactly like this. It’s when all the gifts are …
Because We All Wonder, And Sometimes It Hurts
I wonder what would have become of me had Will not died and had I not married Steven and converted to Orthodoxy. I imagine a version of myself out there in the world. She lives overseas, where she teaches English at an international school and is studying her fourth language. She has a group of …
Where is Joseph in the Birth of Christ?
As we celebrate the birth of Christ tomorrow, people all over the world will focus on Jesus, who put on human skin and stepped into our world. Many will remember Mary, who through her obedience became the Mother of God and essentially the first Christian. The Orthodox icon of the Nativity, seen above, is no …