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Rituals

May 12, 2017 Susan 2 Comments

  With Mother’s Day coming, I find myself thinking about happy memories of my mother. I’ve been doing this a…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: blessings, Hal Hershfield PhD, Orthodox Church, prayers, Psychology Today, Rituals

Rediscovering Mercy: Anne Lamott, King David, and Holy Week

April 12, 2017 Susan 4 Comments

  When I was in Jackson, Mississippi, on Monday (my husband had a medical meeting there) I stopped in at…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anne Lamott, God's mercy, Hallelujah Anyway, holy oil, Holy Unction, Joan Didion, Lemuria Books Jackson Mississippi, Lord Have Mercy, Orthodox Church, Palm Sunday, Psalm 117, South and West, St. John Orthodox Church Memphis

Saint Mary of Egypt and Sneak Preview from Cherry Bomb #Lent2017

March 31, 2017 Susan 2 Comments

This is a big weekend for those of us who take Mary of Egypt as our patron saint, and for…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: #Lent2017, Cherry Bomb, Great Lent, icons, John Tavener, Mary of Egypt Opera, Orthodox Church, Orthodoxy, Saint Mary of Egypt, weeping icons

A Thirty-Year Journey (So Far)

March 15, 2017 Susan

Thirty years ago today, my husband, Dr. William/Father Basil Cushman, was ordained into the priesthood of the Orthodox Christian Church,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Chrismation, Dr. William Cushman, Father Basil Cushman, Father John Troy Mashburn, Ordination, Orthodox Church, St. John Orthodox Church Memphis

The Great Blessing of the Waters—the Mississippi River!

January 6, 2017 Susan 2 Comments

Today is the Feast of Theophany in the Orthodox Church. Historically it’s been as big a feast as Christmas, with…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Blessing of Water, Feast of Theophany, Great Blessing of the Waters, holy water, Orthodox Church, Orthodoxy, Saint John Orthodox Church Memphis, Theophany

Faith on Friday: (God’s) Family Matters

September 9, 2016 Susan 1 Comment

In the Orthodox Church, today is the feast day of Jesus’ grandparents, Saints Joachim and Anna. Being a grandmother (of…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: feast days, icons, Jesus' grandparents, Orthodox Church, Saints Joachim and Anna

Faith on Friday: Most Holy Mother of God, Save Us!

August 12, 2016 Susan 2 Comments

We’re in the Atlanta airport waiting for our connecting flight to Denver. I was going to skip blogging today until…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Dormition of Mother of God, Father John Breck, Father Stephen Freeman, Mother of God, Mother of God save us, Orthodox Church, Paraclesis Prayers, prayers to Mother of God, Theotokos

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: The Feast of Fire

June 17, 2016 Susan

One of the largest icons at our parish, Saint John Orthodox in Memphis, is of the Feast of Pentecost (at…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Feast of Pentecost, Frances Hall Ford, Icon of Pentecost, Malcolm Guite, Orthodox Church, Orthodoxy, Pentecost, Saint John Orthodox Church Memphis

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

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