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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

Thy Will Be Done

August 4, 2017 Susan 2 Comments

This morning I read a quote by Evagrius the Solitary with my morning prayers. Here’s part of it: Pray not…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: faith, Flannery O'Connor Prayer Journal, Holy Dormition Monastery, nuns, prayer, Psalms, publishing, writing

Faith on Friday: Being Known by God

March 18, 2016 Susan 2 Comments

Many saints and theologians talk about knowing God. Some say it is the goal of the Christian life, and surely…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Alzheimers, faith, Jimmy Buffet, knowing God, Lakeland Nursing Home, Lent, Margaritaville

Faith on Friday: Finding Faith in a Nobel Prize Winner’s Poetry

January 30, 2016 Susan

My post is a day late, and will be short. I recently discovered the poetry of Tomas Transtromer, winner of…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: faith, Jennifer Whiting, poetry, Tomas Transtromer

Faith on Friday: Women (and Girls) of Faith in Fiction

January 22, 2016 Susan

This morning I woke up thinking about faith, as I often do on Friday mornings. After saying my morning prayers…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: art imitates life, faith, fiction, Julie Cantrell, life imitates art, Lisette's List, Oscar Wilde, Susan Vreeland, The Feathered Bone

Faith on Friday: The Joy of the Artist

June 19, 2015 Susan

This will be my final post of reflections from Jonathan Jackson’s book, The Mystery of Art. Links to previous posts…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: art, caretakers of the culture, Enation, faith, Jonathan Jackson, joy, The Mystery of Art, writing

Faith on Friday: Dying Is Her Next Career

May 29, 2015 Susan 5 Comments

About a year and a half ago I met a wonderful Memphis author and well-known and much-loved religious leader, Phyllis…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: dying, Evangeslit of the Future, faith, Phyllis Tickle, Sybil MacBeth, The Dying is My Next Career

Faith on Friday: Religion—A Process of Becoming

May 22, 2015 Susan

Today I’m sharing a few more reflections from Joan Chittister’s book, The Gift of Years. If you’ve missed my previous…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: becoming, faith, Joan Chittister, process of becoming, religion, spirituality, The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully

Faith on Friday: Courage and Kindness in Kiev and Syria

January 24, 2014 Susan

  I’m sure by now everyone has seen this image of an Orthodox priest standing between the police and protesters…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: almsgiving, Antiochian Orthodox Church, courage, faith, Orthodox priest in Kiev, Syrian war orphans, SyrianOrphans.org, war in Kiev, war in Syria

Faith on Friday: Remembering One Who Was Full of Faith

October 4, 2013 Susan

Six years ago this coming Sunday, I lost a dear friend and spiritual mother. Urania Alissandratos, whom many called “Yia…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: "Watching", boiled wheat, faith, Kolliva, Orthodox meorial prayers, Orthodoxy, prayer, St. Katherine Review, Trisagion Prayers for the Dead

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