When I was growing up, our holidays were very secular. We didn’t belong to a church, and we didn’t experience liturgical seasons like the Orthodox do. My mom was Danish, and because Denmark happens to be a Lutheran nation, there are some secular Danish traditions that grow out of the Lutheran experience. In particular, the Danes love to…
Welcome to Day 2 of the Nativity Blogathon that I’m hosting here on Time Eternal! You can catch the first post here. I think we can all agree that the Christmas season is a lot more hectic than we’d like. On top of the Christmas parties, school concerts, work parties, and gift exchanges, for many the season also…
If you haven’t been keeping up with Deacon Michael Hyatt’s journey through my book, Time and Despondency, this last day before the Advent Fast (New Calendar) is the perfect TIME to start! Check out the newest episode here. It’s about the practices of thanksgiving and confession, and the episode is one of three devoted to practical ways to approach and counter…
Just a quick note to let the blogosphere in on a cool thing. The other week, I had the privilege of being a guest on the most recent episode of Hank Hanegraaff’s podcast Hank Unplugged. I met Hank this summer, when we both attended the DMOPC conference in Crete (and also participated in this fun episode of Faith Encouraged Live). I…
Hi Time Eternalites! Before October is done, I just wanted to post a few links to some of the latest TE content that hasn’t yet made its way to the blog. Imposter Syndrome as an Orthodox Writer Yesterday on Ancient Faith’s Behind the Scenes blog, I talked about how my struggle with imposter syndrome and strategies I use to deal with…
In the class I co-teach on death in Orthodox Tradition, last Thursday I lectured on the medicalization of death in the 20th century. To give us all a kind of anchor in the many complexities that affect how people die in modernity and beyond, I selected one of my favorite works of art as a kind of symbol…
This morning I have the distinct pleasure of welcoming my colleague, Dr. Daniel G. Opperwall, to the Time Eternal blog! As you’ll find in his bio at the end of this post, Daniel and I both teach at the Orthodox School of Theology at Trinity College in Toronto and have both published books through Ancient Faith. Today, he…
I’ve already posted several times (here and here) about the Engaging Orthodoxy panel last weekend at North Park University. I’m still reflecting on some of the topics that were talked about, but perhaps one of my personal highlights of the morning occurred not during the speaking portions but after. As the talks came to a close, our moderator,…
Going on a trip is a lot like dying. Especially when you’re plagued with a mild but neurotically persistent fear of flying like I am. (Let’s just say I watched the crash scene in Castaway one too many times on the big screen during my formative teen years.) Because I travel fairly often, I have various ways of dealing…
