There seems to be a cottage industry that has developed in America surrounding the notion that modern life is lonely. It seems this sense of loneliness flows from the notion…
Recently, I was hearing one of my new convert's confession, and she admitted that she was having trouble figuring out what to say. I sympathized with her and told her…
I’ve heard this so many times: Why can’t I find love? What’s wrong with me? The expectations of some fairy tale notions wound us and wound our children. Add to…
"How come you were able to find this and not Ann?" With that question, my friend's wife wondered at her husband's ability to fix some tech problems more than the…
"It's not a "what." It's a "Who." And with that caveat, my initial lesson in becoming Orthodox began.
You see, I always thought that the Christian Faith was about giving mental…
I remember the first time I heard the prayer "For our deliverance from all affliction, wrath, danger, and necessity, let us pray to the Lord." I thought "What a curious…
The Christian life is a marathon, not a sprint. That means endurance is key. But how do we build endurance in the spiritual life? How do we stick with it…
Do you know the difference between a barrier and a threshold? It's actually quite an important distinction.
There's actually some really important contemplation to be done here. Boundaries are necessary…
Growing up in that sliver of Christian sub-culture of the American South in the 70s and 80s, that was the time of the Left Behind novels and constant speculation about…
Christ is risen!
Paul Tillich once said, “Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.” Interesting!
Real life is filled with moments of doubt and any honest person has…