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This Changes Everything

March 27, 2023 Susan

This Changes Everything The Evangelist (Nov/Dec 2006) By Susan Cushman [Another in my “series” of articles from the print-only newsletter…

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Posted in: Mental Health, Orthodox Christianity, Religion, Spirituality Filed under: healing the soul, Mother Melania, Orthodox spirituality, St. John Orthodox Church Memphis, women's retreat

“Merely” Bones?

March 18, 2023 Susan

“Merely” Bones? By Deacon James Elliott From the Evangelist (Oct/Nov 2003) Here’s another short piece from the print-only newsletter of…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: miracles, Orthodox Church, relics, St. John Orthodox Church Memphis, St. Longinus, St. Mary of Egypt, the Evangelist

Psalms, Prayer, and Wheat

March 12, 2023 Susan

As I continue re-publishing this series from the archives of the Evangelist, the print-only newsletter of St. John Orthodox Church…

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Posted in: Death, Orthodox Christianity, Religion, Spirituality Filed under: boiled wheat, koliva, kollyva, Memorial Prayers for the Dead, Orthodox Christianity, Orthodox Church, Psalms, Psalter, The Myster of Death

“Worship Has Begun!” Says the Bell of Saint John

March 10, 2023 Susan

“Worship Has Begun!” Says the Bell of Saint John By Susan Cushman the Evangelist (September, 1992) print-only newsletter of St.…

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Posted in: Orthodox Christianity, Religion Filed under: Bell Ringing by John Camp, C. S. Bell Company, church bells, Damon Boiles, Jim Meng architect, Jr., Memphis Belle, St. John Orthodox Church Memphis

Decisions About Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment: Part II

March 8, 2023 Susan

PART I Continuing from Part I, published here in my blog on March 5, Part II was published in the…

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Posted in: Aging, Death, Orthodox Christianity, Spirituality Filed under: end of life issues, Life-sustaining medical treatment, medical ethics, St. John Orthodox Church, the Evangelist

Decisions About “Life-Sustaining” Medical Treatment: Part I

March 5, 2023 Susan

This is the fourth in my series of articles published in the Evangelist, the print-only newsletter of St. John Orthodox…

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The Light of the World

February 27, 2023 Susan

Good Works, Faith, and Saint Nicholas As I was reading through copies of our parish newsletter from the 1990s through…

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Posted in: Orthodox Christianity, Religion, Spirituality Filed under: community, faith, Good Works, St. John Orthodox Church Memphis, St. Nicholas of Myra, the Evangelist newsletter, The Light of the World

Help For the Spiritually Challenged

February 25, 2023 Susan

Continuing from my previous post of February 22, “Trials and Tribulations, the Tender Mercies of God,” I will share another…

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Posted in: Orthodox Christianity, Religion, Spirituality Filed under: Orthodox Christianity, Orthodox Church, spiritual resources, St. John Orthodox Church Memphis, the Evangelist

Trials and Tribulations: The Tender Mercies of God

February 22, 2023 Susan

the Evangelist Back in the 1990s and early 2000s, I was editor of our parish newsletter at St. John Orthodox…

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Posted in: Orthodox Christianity, Religion, Spirituality Filed under: Father John Troy Mashburn, Lent, St. Athanasius the Great, St. John Orthodox Church Memphis, The Resurrection Letters, trials, V.Rev. Jack Sparks

Book #9: ALL NIGHT, ALL DAY: LIFE, DEATH, & ANGELS

February 15, 2023 Susan

Coming June 20 from Madville Publishing! My 9th book and fourth anthology as editor: All Night, All Day: Life, Death,…

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Posted in: & Angels, Anthologies, Essays Filed under: A Book of Angels, angels, Cassandra King, end of life issues, Madville Publishing, near death experiences, Sophy Burnham

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