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Faith on Friday: Random Acts of Art

April 25, 2014 Susan 2 Comments

Today’s post really isn’t so much about faith. But it’s about art. And beauty. And how much they affect our…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: art, beauty will save the world, domestic galleries, Dostoyevsky, Etsy, home galleries, iconography, icons, Kit Fields watercolor artist, random acts of art, reclaimed shutter corner shelves, Stacey Wiedower

Faith on Friday: Miraculous Icons and Riderless Donkeys

June 28, 2013 Susan

  In the Orthodox Church, Jesus and the saints aren’t the only ones who have special “feast days” in which…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: icons, miracles, monasteries, Mother of God, Mount Athos, Of the Three Hands, St. John Damascus

Faith on Friday: The Cross—Foolishness or God’s Wisdom in a Mystery?

March 29, 2013 Susan 1 Comment

  Today is Holy (or Good) Friday for Catholic and Protestant Christians. And yet it will be five more weeks…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Akathist, Catholic, Christianity, Crucifixion, Good Friday, Holy Friday, icons, Kontakion, Lent, Mother of God, Orthodox, Protestant

Faith on Friday: Restoring the Image

December 14, 2012 Susan 2 Comments

    It’s only eleven days until Christmas. I hope you’re finding joy in the season, but if you’re weary…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: 2011 CMA Country Christmas, Angels Are Singing, Christmas, Compass of Affection, ekphrastic poetry, Gabriel's Message, icons, Mary Did You Know? Rascal Flatts, Nativity, Nativity icon, Orthodoxy, poetry, Scott Cairns, Serbian Christmas Song, Sting

Faith on Friday: Icons

September 28, 2012 Susan

I recently had a conversation with someone who has been Orthodox for many years. In our conversation, he confessed that…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: faith, iconography, icons, Orthodox Church, Orthodoxy, Saint John the Evangelist, Saint Mary of Egypt, venerating icons, weeping icons

Must Love Words

July 26, 2012 Susan

A few weeks ago I participated in an “Orthodox Synchroblog” with a group of Orthodox Christians who blog. My post,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: A Syllable of Water, beauty, Henri Nouwen, iconography, icons, interior life, Richard Foster, save the world, spirituality, St. Augustine, Teresa of Avrila, words, writers of faith, writing

Happy Saint Nicholas Day!

December 6, 2011 Susan 1 Comment

>Today is the Feast Day of Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra. I woke up early to say prayers, and to…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Bishop of Myra, icons, St. Nicholas

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