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Don’t Be an Idiot

November 18, 2019 Susan 4 Comments

So this happened. On Sunday morning I was sitting with my 16-year-old Goddaughter Sophie at St. John Orthodox Church and…

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Posted in: Mental Health, Orthodox Christianity, Spirituality Filed under: Dwight Schrute, fasting, Nativity Fast, passions, prayer, The Office

The End of the Affair (?)

November 15, 2018 Susan 4 Comments

I thought that when I quit drinking in September of 2017, that it was the hardest thing I’d ever done.…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Alaska, Anne Lamott, eating disorders, essays, fasting, Hershey's milk chocolate, Hersheys Kisses, Louisiana, Louisiana Book Festival, Nativity Fast, Navigating Disaster, Orthodox Church, poetry, Sheryl St. Germain, St. Nikolai Velimirovich

#Lent2018: To Re-spond or De-spond?

February 19, 2018 Susan 3 Comments

Two weeks ago I mentioned a book I’m reading, Time and Despondency: Regaining the Present in Faith and Life, by…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: #Lent2018, despondency, fasting, Great Lent, house blessing, Lenten season, Nicole M. Roccas, Orthodox Church, Time and Despondency

Happy Lent, Mardi Gras, and Five Star Reviews

February 27, 2017 Susan 2 Comments

While the folks in New Orleans are still celebrating Mardi Gras (today is Lundi Gras and tomorrow is Fat Tuesday,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Amazon book reviews, Clean Monday, Endymion Parade New Orleans, fasting, forgiveness, Forgiveness Vespers, Goodreads book reviews, Great Lent, Lent, Mardi Gras, Orthodoxy

Faith on Friday: No Fasting!

June 24, 2016 Susan

Orthodox Christians—those who make some effort to keep the fasts of the Church throughout the year (including no meat, dairy,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: fast-free week, fasting, Orthodox Church, Orthodox fasting, week after Pentecost

Faith on Friday: Friday After Ash Wednesday

February 12, 2016 Susan 2 Comments

Great Lent doesn’t begin until March 14 this year. And Pascha doesn’t arrive until May 1. Wait… didn’t we just…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: #Lent2016, Ash Wednesday, fasting, God With Us, Greate Lent, Lent, Orthodoxy, Richard Rohr

Faith on Friday: Fish Heart, Liver and Gall

November 13, 2015 Susan 1 Comment

The New Guy gave a wonderful homily at church this past Sunday. To set the stage for his words, I’ll…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Archangel Raphael, Dr. Christopher Veniamin, Elder Sophrony of Essex, fasting, St. Silouan the Athonite, St. Tikhon's Orthodox Seminary, Tobias, Tobit

Faith on Friday: Saturday Mornings: MORE Church and Fasting?

August 28, 2015 Susan 6 Comments

I should probably begin this post with a confession. I’m slothful. It would be better if I turned that into…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, fasting, Herod, liturgy, Orthodox Church, Orthodoxy

Faith on Friday: The Great… Love

February 13, 2015 Susan

The season of “Great Lent” (link goes to the Orthodox Church in America’s web site) begins soon for Orthodox Christians……

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: almsgiving, fasting, Father Stephen Freeman, Glory to God For All Things, Great Lent, Orthodox fasting, Orthodox Lent, Orthodoxy, prayer, The Great Fast

Faith on Friday: On Prayer, Fasting, and Poetry

June 20, 2014 Susan 2 Comments

First let me say that I try not to whine on this blog. But after a little whining in Wednesday’s…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Apostles' Fast, Circling Faith: Southern Women on Spirituality, Facing Altars, fasting, Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, Idiot Psalms, Mary Karr, Orthodox Church, Orthodoxy, poetry, prayer, Prayers by the Lake, Saint Nikolai Velimirovich, Scott Cairns

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