This chapter was somewhat familiar to me. I've read it three times now and I've actually written about it on KofJ before. In fact, I was tempted just to reblog one of my posts about it but I decided not to. I'll reference it though. It is pretty astonishing to me that as I sit… Continue reading Book Club Monday – Chapter 6 Notes
It has been about just over a year since I first wrote about the prayers of the Akathist Hymn to Almight God for Help in Times of Trouble. And that short little sentence above, that short little prayer is one of my favorite pivot prayers! I've been revisiting it lately. Not because I'm in any… Continue reading Prayers
Earlier this week in my post Death is Overthrown I mentioned that I was reading Way of the Ascetic by Tito Colliander. I've been pondering on this very short section of his book, On Times of Darkness, all week. I shared how comforting it was to know that "even the saints have had their dark… Continue reading Take Comfort
Many years ago I received a prayer card from a sweet friend of mine. This morning prayer was written by Elder Sophrony (+1993) of Essex, spiritual child of St Silouan the Athonite. I found this description of the prayer on AbbaMoses.com. "He gave this prayer to his own spiritual children, to be said ‘on rising… Continue reading A Morning Prayer
About two months ago I decided that I wanted to add Psalter readings to my daily routine. The Psalter is just a fancy book of Psalms that is used in liturgical practice. It contains the Septuagint version (in the numbering) of the Psalms that dates back to, well, forever. (Which is why you will see… Continue reading Psalter Readings
A week or so ago I wrote a post called Pivot Prayers. It is one of my favorites and it is crucial to my walk in Christ. A tool to use to bring myself back from distraction. When I am not happy, when I am being negative and sad, I am not focusing on the… Continue reading Prokeimenon
Good Afternoon, my joys! As I mentioned in my last post I wanted to come back and share with you about this term “pivot prayers”. To do so I need to back up a few years and share with you about a poster I named the Pivot Poster. It has been many years since I… Continue reading Pivot Prayers
We are well over half-way through the 55 Maxims Fr. Thomas Hopko has shared with us. Fifty-five maxims of Christian Living, maxims to work towards on our path to salvation. I've quite enjoyed digging into them and I hope that you have as well. Today, week 35... Think and talk about things no more than… Continue reading Maxim Week 35
Kindler of Joy! 