Someone once said that God has four answers to our prayers: "Yes", "No", "Wait a while", and "You've got to be kidding me!"
When I think of our requests we make…
Is your eye evil? Little did I know when I converted to Orthodoxy that there was a whole body of writing and even prayers against "the evil eye."
Turns out…
I confess to being both addicted and often overwhelmed by daily news headlines. I am an information junkie and have my daily routine of reading different sites and news aggregators…
"Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance." so says the ancient Roman poet Virgil.
The ability to have "stick-to-it-tiveness" is a learned trait. The fact is endurance is both a…
"I need to speak with your supervisor." The customer service lady on the other end of the line could tell I was frustrated. I had already called several times to…
I remember thinking "We're not in Kansas anymore, Toto." It was one of those moments in our journey to Orthodoxy that caused my soul to say "Aha." A point of…
I've heard this all my life "God will provide." I remember hearing it when me and my brother and my mom were near poverty when I was young, and He…
You see it in every restaurant bathroom you go to: "Employees must wash their hands before returning to work." I've even seen detailed instructions in bathrooms as to how to…
"Hey, I know that boy. I've known him my whole life. Who does he think he is?" I confess, it hurt a bit. You see, I was preaching one of…
George Bernard Shaw once said "Youth is wasted on the young." What he meant by that is when we have great strength and potential, we are still too immature to…