Today we celebrate my second favorite Great Feast of the Church...the Exaltation of the Life-Giving Cross! Absolutely beautiful! We honor the Cross, for by it Joy has come into all the world! I am going to do a kind of "guest post" today by taking the essay from the OCA.org website on The Universal Exaltation… Continue reading The Cross
Letter Writing Wednesday
All month long I have felt that it is later than it really is. I was sitting down to write to you about an event coming up because I had been thinking that it starts this next week. But in fact we have 12 whole days! Well, all the better I guess. All the more… Continue reading Letter Writing Wednesday
Maxim Week 51
The count down to completion begins! Four more after today! Whatever shall we do with our Mondays? For now let us lean in to what Fr. Thomas Hopko has to say today in Maxim 51. It is a good one! Really good! Have no expectations, except to be fiercely tempted to your very last breath.… Continue reading Maxim Week 51
Resurrection Reminder
Beauty and joy are found in these Sundays when we get to sing about His enlightening the whole world. When we get to sing about all of creation rejoicing in Him. About Him bringing joy into all the world. For us! Today we also celebrate one of the Great Feasts, The Nativity of the Theotokos.… Continue reading Resurrection Reminder
Looking Up
As I walk from my office to the car I find myself looking up. I find my self looking up a lot lately. I am completely enamored with clouds and trees and the beauty they create. Ever since I read Everywhere Present and the chapter on “We live in an altar” I have made a… Continue reading Looking Up
Maxim Week 50
Wow! I can't believe we only have five Maxims left after this week. It has taken quite awhile to get through them all, after the big break last winter. It sure has been fun, hasn't it. We might need to have a little celebration when we get to the end! Today... Be merciful with yourself… Continue reading Maxim Week 50
Resurrection Reminders
Happy Sunday! We are out in the woods, as this goes live on the web, worshiping at the altar of His creation. Besides the Feast of the Resurrection itself, there is nothing that fills me with such joy, such awe in my Maker than being out in His creation. Marveling at the beauty. I can't… Continue reading Resurrection Reminders
Psalm 33/34
This Psalm has been on my mind quite a bit over the last couple of weeks. Two weeks ago on Sunday it suddenly hit me, the words that I was singing. I will bless the Lord at all times, His praise shall continually be in my mouth. One of my goals...to continually be focused on… Continue reading Psalm 33/34
Maxim Week 49
Have a daily schedule of activities, avoiding whim and caprice. Again, the Holy Fathers teach us that idiorhythmia, capriciousness, whimsicalness is the cause of all of our downfall. We have to be disciplined. We have to have a rule for ourselves, and try and follow it. Of course, the rule is not some kind of… Continue reading Maxim Week 49
Resurrection Sunday
It fills me with great joy to remind you and by doing so, myself... That Christ is Risen! Every day! Sung just last night at Vespers. Have an amazing, joy-filled week!
Kindler of Joy! 