Can…not…resist…Must…do…Resistance…Is…Futile…
5 things I was doing five years ago:
Trying to get used to the idea that my son had moved away from home
Working on an analoy cover for church
Trying to get used to the idea that I was actually a grandmother
Anticipating a new daughter-in-law (the less said about that, the better)
Having my kitchen redone, which was [...]
Archive for the ‘My Life in Christ’ Category
Mimi’s Meme
Posted in Music, My Life in Christ, Needlework, Orthodox Christianity, Personal, domestic domovaya, family, home on July 26, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Is That All There Is?
Posted in My Life in Christ, Orthodox Christianity, spiritual warfare on April 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This was the title of a song when I was a young woman, back in the 1960s. I hear it a lot on the channel guide that my local cable company puts up — they play a lot of “elevator music,” which is actually quite relaxing, when you’ve had it up to Here with ads [...]
Holy Week
Posted in My Life in Christ, Orthodox Christianity, spiritual warfare on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It occurred to me last night, while at Bridegroom Matins, that one of the very nicest things about the Orthodox Church is Holy Week. As most of you know, in the West the 40 days of Lent begin on Ash Wednesday and end on Holy Saturday at noon. In Orthodoxy, again as most of you [...]
Thanks…
Posted in My Life in Christ, Orthodox Christianity, family, spiritual warfare on April 4, 2009 | 4 Comments »
…to all who responded to my last post. As so many of you noted, all we can do is pray for our children, and hope that they figure it out before it’s too late. Meanwhile, our daughter’s birthday is coming up, and my husband doesn’t want me to send her anything, not even a card. [...]
That’s What It’s All About?
Posted in My Life in Christ, Orthodox Christianity, spiritual warfare on February 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I saw my former spiritual father today. The only reason he is my “former” is because he is 40 miles away, and when gas hit $4/gallon last year — and we finally had a decent priest — I got his blessing to start receiving Confession from Father Count. Now, as well all know, Father Count [...]
Still Frightful, But…
Posted in Falling Apart at the Seams, Health and Its Absurdities, My Life in Christ on January 18, 2009 | 5 Comments »
This is, what, the fourth or fifth Sunday with measurable snow?! Last week, I missed church, and Father told me on Monday that there were four people in attendance, besides himself and his wife — and two of those were chanters. This weekend, he cancelled Liturgy altogether. A good thing he did, because the projected [...]
Father Count — Still Counting
Posted in Church Life, My Life in Christ, Orthodox Christianity on December 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Some weeks ago, I wrote about an unsettling encounter I had with my priest. Time to report back that although we didn’t exactly “have it out” — that’s not Fr. Count’s style — he did note that ecumenical activity is “economia, pushed to its very limit.” So at least he’s aware that this isn’t something [...]
How It All Began
Posted in Church Life, Falling Apart at the Seams, My Life in Christ, spiritual warfare on June 20, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I’ve been meaning to write about this for some time, and the fortieth anniversary of its beginning seems as good a place as any to start.
1968. The height of the protests against the Vietnam War. For those of us who had “people” over there, children, or brothers and sisters, or fiances or spouses, those protests [...]
