After church this Sunday, I was sitting with one of my favorite college kids, when she realized that her friend had never heard of Be the Bee, or its host, Steven Christoforou. She was flabbergasted. How can an Orthodox teen miss this? As we chatted, she realized that I know Steve. Personally. Her flabbergast increased to crazy proportions. A lot of us Orthodox writers and podcasters know each other, and there’s a…
I’ve been awfully quiet on this blog, and in general perhaps. In 2019, my husband moved out and we divorced. I had a lot of processing to do, and as someone who writes about family stuff… I just wasn’t sure what I could say, what I had to offer. I wasn’t sure that it was ok for me to continue offering. Maybe no one would want to hear it anymore, you know?…
Traditionally, Christians mark the moment when our Lord is revealed to the world on January 6. In the early days, we celebrated His birth, the visit of the Magi, and His baptism all at once – and each of these events, in its own way, is the moment at which our Lord truly comes to us. He comes to us in His incarnation, and then He is revealed to the nations through…
As we come to the end of 2020, we are still struggling with a pandemic, and we can see clearly that it will be a while before life gets back to “normal”. In some ways, we may have found blessings in this strange new situation, as extracurriculars are cancelled and many of us are spending more time at home with our families. Some have found that this pandemic allowed them — forced…
The Nativity Fast is moving by quickly, and many of us are nearly halfway through Welcoming the Christ Child! In past years, I’ve posted ideas for “jesse trees” on which we can hang our ornaments as we count down to Christmas, journeying through the Old Testament on our way to Christ’s birth. Those ideas are still good, but now I have a few more! I’ve heard from a few families this year…
I’ve been telling you all about how wonderful YES trips are for our youth for years; Youth Equipped to Serve comes to your town and teaches your kids what it practically and truly means to love your neighbor, and equips them to become servant leaders in your community. YES sends leaders to your town and gathers your kids together and brings them face-to-face with the various kinds of poverty in your own…
