Saint Mary of Egypt Today, April 1, is the Feast Day of my patron saint in the Orthodox Church. Mary…
The Akathist Hymn In lieu of writing a personal post, I’d like to share this wonderful You Tube video from…
What is the Psalter? The Psalter is the book of Psalms divided into 20 sections called kathisma (singular) or kathismata…
“Focus on your writing and you’ll find joy” This morning I got an email announcing the three finalists for a…
If you follow me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, you probably think I am perpetually busy, productive, energetic, and happy.…
Nonfiction 23: Fiction 20 This is my third year to compile an end-of-year list of the books I read during…
Why doesn’t it have its own name? This past Sunday, November 24, I was “in conversation with” the author Sonja…
Expeditions into Devotion I fell in love with Sonja Livingston the first time I met her. That was back in…
So this happened. On Sunday morning I was sitting with my 16-year-old Goddaughter Sophie at St. John Orthodox Church and…
Grieving Infertility During Lent of 2018, I wrote a series of six blog posts about a book called Time and…