Welcome to Maxim Monday! The last 2 weeks we've been talking about work. Getting our work done and letting it go and today... Do the most difficult and painful things first. We tend to do the easy things, the things we like, and put off the things we don’t. We should try to reverse… Continue reading Maxim Week 27
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Maxim Week 26
Welcome to Maxim Monday! YES! Maxim Monday is posted on a Tuesday. I was having a bad time last night getting my internet to work properly so here we are today. Maxim Mondays is a time and place to look at the Maxims of the Christian Life that Fr. Thomas Hopko left us 10 years… Continue reading Maxim Week 26
Maxim Week 25
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
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
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