Welcome to Maxim Monday! I cannot believe that it has been 25 weeks since I started blogging and creating Maxim Mondays. It has really blessed me to do this. I pray it has blessed you as well. Today we look at Maxim #25. Father Thomas Hopko said on his podcast... Be faithful in little things.… Continue reading Maxim Week 25
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Maxim Week 24
After another quiet week here at Kindler of Joy due to camping and exploring creation I am ready to settle at home and say good-bye to summer adventures. What a blessed week it was though, exploring the North Cascades National Park and Ross Recreation Area. Happy Creek Falls Today is week 24 of Maxim Mondays… Continue reading Maxim Week 24
Maxim Week 23
Welcome to Maxim Monday! I'm so glad you stopped by. Today we will see what Fr. Thomas Hopko, of blessed memory had to say in Maxim 23. If this is your first time here and wonder what this is all about check out the very first week of Maxim Monday here. Fr. Thomas Hopko said… Continue reading Maxim Week 23
Maxim Week 22
Welcome to Maxim Monday! 22. Exercise Regularly We all know that exercising regularly is very good for us. For some of us, though, it is a very difficult task to undergo. We are all so busy in life and on top of that we have grown accustomed to not having to put forth a whole… Continue reading Maxim Week 22
Maxim Week 21
Have a healthy, wholesome hobby. Have something where you exercise your brain just for the pure joy of it. ~Fr. Thomas Hopko Welcome to Maxim Monday! I like this weeks maxim. It is telling us to take time to work on something you enjoy. Websters definition of "hobby" is 1. an activity done regularly in… Continue reading Maxim Week 21
Maxim Week 20
Maintain cleanliness and order in your home. God doesn’t live in clutter or in filth and dirt. Yes, we don’t have to be fanatics about having everything prissy clean, but we have to have a Sophianic order, at least in some parts of our house where we live and eat and where we pray especially.… Continue reading Maxim Week 20
Maxim Week 19
Be polite with everyone—first of all, the members of your own family. Sometimes we feel, we could be rude with our own family members but nice to people outside. No, we must begin with kindness to those closest to us first. ~Fr. Thomas Hopko Anyone who has children knows that when they are out among… Continue reading Maxim Week 19
Maxim Week 18
Fr. Thomas Hopko, in his podcast says this about maxim number 18: Be an ordinary person. Be one of the human race. Don’t ever say: “I thank you God, I’m not like other people. Try to be like others as much as you can. Be ordinary. As the Russian writer Chekov said: “Everything outside the… Continue reading Maxim Week 18
Maxim 17
Welcome to Maxim Mondays! Today we are on week 17 and Fr. Thomas Hopko instructs us to "Cultivate communion with the saints." He says, Learn who the holy people were in Christian history. Learn who they were who taught, who suffered, who died, who lived a Christian life. And emulate them. As St. John of… Continue reading Maxim 17
Maxim Week 16
Fr. Thomas tells us in his podcast, Read good books, a little at a time. Don’t gobble them up. Don’t read through it to say “I’ve read it.” Slowly read books. Sometimes, read the same book two or three times over again—trying to put into practice what it says. I cannot tell you how relieved… Continue reading Maxim Week 16
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