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(Aside) I was saving this for later, but recent events have inspired me to go ahead and post… I love C. S. Lewis.  If the Professor was a recognized Orthodox saint, I would choose him to be my patron saint.  The … Continue reading →

Last Sunday we attended the Divine Liturgy Sunday morning.  Attended again this week.  Both times, at the end of Liturgy, they said a prayer for the dead. In the first service, it had been 11 years since the passing (or … Continue reading →

My heart is broken.  At least for now. I can’t believe this is going to be the THIRD post on this subject, which is pretty much just me whining rather than having anything to do with Orthodoxy, but honestly… it’s … Continue reading →

“Does the church you’ll be visiting have a band you can join?”  I smile.  “No, but they do have a choir.”  With an apologetic look in their eyes, they then say, “Oh.  Well, maybe you can start one up.”  I … Continue reading →

I did something hard today. Normally I try very hard NOT to do anything hard. On any day. This normally turns out to be a hard thing to do. But today, this thing, was especially hard. I sort of… turned … Continue reading →

I feel like it’s important to start at the beginning and work my way forward.   I always seem to want a beginning and an end to things, even if the end is quite far away.  Thus, my attempt to explain … Continue reading →

This whole thing started a few years ago when a very good friend, and the worst United Methodist minister in the world apparently, decided to have these long, late-night chats with my husband and I about Jesus, Christianity, the history of the … Continue reading →