I think there are three situations that can speak volumes about our faith. 1. When God allows something we don’t want. 2. Not having something we want. 3. Waiting…endless waiting. What do all these 3 things that can make us want to leave the Father’s house and never come back have in common? Pain. Sometimes […]
“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13 It’s been an ‘eventful’ few months, when you befriend every type of pain and anguish, it seems like the most radical thing you can do is be hopeful. But what does hope really mean? We say it […]
The world is a place of great beauty. There is pain, there is suffering and there is loss, and all work to isolate and make us feel defeated, maybe even alone. With my sister’s recent brain tumor diagnosis, I have known suffering and I have known defeat. I have been on a journey of learning […]
This post is a homily by St Ephraim the Syrian on the sinful woman. May her story encourage us in our repentance! Hear and be comforted, beloved, how merciful is God. To the sinful woman He forgave her offenses; yea, He upheld her when she was afflicted. With clay He opened the eyes of the […]
We live in a very hostile world today. We all are passing each other, our pockets fully equipped with armor and weapons ready to declare war against one another. Our loneliness has caused us to be so needy and as a result we have become overly sensitive to any hints of someone trying to attack […]
By the road there is a man washing his laundry in a filthy bucket. My brother finds him, and immediately runs to buy detergent. A sweet sister comes by to sit with us to hear the word of God. Mama comes along, picks up a stick from the ground, inscribes “Jo 8:2-12” on the inside […]
And the cutting winds that blew violently, hushed. The roaring waves that crashed ferociously, silenced. The devastated earth that was shaken, became still. One season had come to an end… Let me tell you a simple tale of a man who endured unparalleled pain, and prevailed. Listen, as I share with you the story of […]
They ask me what it’s like to be a petite privileged girl living in an inner city ghetto on the south side of Chicago..
This is a guest post by Paul Ghaly from Sydney, Australia. He is works with Asaph Tunes, which is a music service that aims to encourage young Orthodox Christian artists to write and sing new songs using contemporary music. Check out Asaph Tunes website and facebook page, for the new album “In His Image.” You can support their kickstarter campaign ending in a […]
It’s been almost a year since I entered Korea with my wife, only being married a few months at the time. As Moses was placed in the reeds by the river’s bank without his planning or consent, a series of divinely appointed events placed us in this foreign country for our first year of marriage. As our time here […]
