For the first seven or so years of our marriage, my husband and I did not celebrate Christmas. As I…
I thought that when I quit drinking in September of 2017, that it was the hardest thing I’d ever done.…
Today is the Feast of Transfiguration in the Orthodox Church. (Read about this feast at the icon here.) I went…
Two weeks ago I mentioned a book I’m reading, Time and Despondency: Regaining the Present in Faith and Life, by…
Today is known in the Orthodox Christian Church as the “Leave-taking of Pascha.” (Here’s a talk given on this topic…
With Mother’s Day coming, I find myself thinking about happy memories of my mother. I’ve been doing this a…
When I was in Jackson, Mississippi, on Monday (my husband had a medical meeting there) I stopped in at…
This is a big weekend for those of us who take Mary of Egypt as our patron saint, and for…
Thirty years ago today, my husband, Dr. William/Father Basil Cushman, was ordained into the priesthood of the Orthodox Christian Church,…
Today is the Feast of Theophany in the Orthodox Church. Historically it’s been as big a feast as Christmas, with…