Each year I enter Lent with high expectations. This will be the year that we have family prayers every evening…..that we attend every single Presanctified Liturgy…..that we read spiritual books together…..that we do a family service project. And, each year, I run out of steam. Life becomes overwhelming. Someone gets sick (often me!). Complications arise.Read More
The Prayer of Lent: The Prayer of St. Ephraim
For the Eastern Orthodox Church, Great Lent is the seven week period before Pascha (Easter) during which the faithful fast from certain foods and, more importantly, from sin. In order to enter more fully into the Passion and Resurrection of our Lord, we repent through the traditional disciplines of prayer and fasting. Over the nextRead More
Presanctified Liturgy: The Gift of Lent
For the Eastern Orthodox Church, Great Lent is the seven week period before Pascha (Easter) during which the faithful fast from certain foods and, more importantly, from sin. In order to enter more fully into the Passion and Resurrection of our Lord, we repent through the traditional disciplines of prayer and fasting. Over the nextRead More
March Goals 2019
This year I am trying something new. No, it’s nothing as exotic as learning how to salsa dance or taking a cooking class (though I would love to do either of those!). Instead, I am changing the way I set goals. As I explained in January, I am now setting quarterly goals for myself. (YouRead More
3 Helpful Resources to Engage Your Family During Great Lent
Great Lent is almost here! I truly love this season–it is one of my favorite times of the year. I look forward to the change in rhythm that it brings: the frequent and beautiful services, the call to slow down and eliminate things that draw my focus away from God, the solemn anticipation of theRead More
