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Faith on Friday: Not a Moral Project

January 30, 2015 Susan 4 Comments

I’m a mess. Mary Karr and Rodney Crowell understand. Ed Sheeran gets it. Life is messy. Spirituality is messy. One…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Father Stephen Freeman, Glory to God For All Things, Great Lent, moral progress, Orthodox spirituality, spirituality

Faith on Friday: Forgive, O Lord

April 4, 2014 Susan

Pascha (Easter for Western Christians) is just over two weeks away. This week of Lent has been full of blessings…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete, Great Lent, Idiot Psalms, Lent, Ortohdoxy, Saint Mary of Egypt, Scott Cairns

Faith on Friday: Facing the Desert Inside

March 14, 2014 Susan

This is my second post in a series of reflections on the Lenten season, mostly gleaned from the book God…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Beth Bevis, God For Us: Rediscovering the Meaning of Lent and Easter, Great Lent, Image Journal, Ronald Rolheiser, Sundays of Lent

Faith on Friday: Cleansing the Palate

March 7, 2014 Susan

Here we are on the fifth day of Great Lent. The first week is often the most difficult for several…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: ascetical struggle, cleansing the palate, Easter, fasting, gluttony, God For Us, Great Lent, Greg Pennoyer, Lent, Orthodox Christianity, Paraclete Press, Pascha, passions

Wrestling on Wednesday: Guest Post for Karissa Knox Sorrell

March 5, 2014 Susan 1 Comment

My friend and fellow writer, Karissa Knox Sorrell, invited me to contribute a guest post to her Lenten series, “Wednesday…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: battle for the soul, Flannery O'Connor, gluttony, Great Lent, Karissa Knox Sorrell, Lent, Orthodox Christianity, sloth, Southern Festival of Books, The Violent Bear it Away, Wrestling Wednesdays

Mental Health Monday: WTF Part 2

March 3, 2014 Susan

In July of 2012, I did a short post titled WTF. The expression returned to me yesterday and today, as…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Clean Monday, Great Lent, kites, Orthodoxy, RIver Inn Harbor Town Memphis, snow, What the Fuck?, winter storm, WTF

Faith on Friday: Preparing for Great Lent with Concrete and Personal Love

February 21, 2014 Susan

This coming Sunday is known in the Orthodox Church as the Sunday of the Last Judgment, or “Judgment Sunday.” It’s…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Ancient Faith Radio, fasting, Father Alexander Schmemann, Father Thomas Hopko, feeding the homeless, Great Lent, helping the poor, Judgment Sunday, Meatfare Sunday, Orthodoxy, preparing for Great Lent

Faith on Friday: God For Us

January 31, 2014 Susan 2 Comments

    With the celebrations of Christmas and New Year’s only a month behind us, Christians are already looking ahead…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Alexander Schmemann, bright sadness, fasting, Flannery O'Conner, God For Us, Great Lent, Orthodoxy, spirituality, The Lenten Spring, The Violent Bear it Away, Thomas Hopko

Mental Health Monday: Lent Light

March 18, 2013 Susan 6 Comments

While Western Christians are less than two weeks away from celebrating Easter, Orthodox Christians all over the world are just…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: almsgiving, Clean Monday, fasting, Forgiveness Vespers, Great Lent, Joe Kita, Lent, Orthodox Lent, prayer, Reader's Digest, seven deadly sins, The Lighter Side of Sin

Mental Health Monday: Shame on You

March 4, 2013 Susan 6 Comments

Last night I did a “late” Faith on Friday post about the Sunday of the Prodigal Son. Part of the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Brené Brown, Daring Greatly, Great Lent, guilt, Orthodox Church, shame

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