by Alison Cloonan I was not baptized in the Orthodox Church when I converted from Protestantism. This has become a subject of intense controversy, but fortunately for me it was not when I received the Chrism of the Holy Spirit into the Orthodox faith twenty years ago. And even today I would not change my mind, […]
Never Say “Never” To Jesus: Part Two
Part two of why, no matter how varied, demonic, or resistant your background, you should never say ‘NEVER’ to Jesus. by Hannah Well, after a couple of years of God sending people, I finally surrendered my life to him and joined a Protestant Church. To be honest at first it was our of fear from […]
Never Say “Never” To Jesus: Part One
Another installment of our series on women who become Orthodox without their husbands, this is a powerful story of why one should never say ‘never’ to Jesus, and that no matter how sinful, demonic, or crazy your past, Jesus has a future for you. by Hannah I am an African/Native American woman. Our family were […]
Julianna’s Journey: Part Three
The final installment of Julianna’s Journey. by Julianna By early 2012, I finally came to the conclusion that it didn’t matter what I agreed or disagreed with in Orthodoxy. Who was I, 2000 years removed from the source, to try and interpret or say what Christianity was? Who was I to say I disagreed with […]
Julianna’s Journey: Part Two
Part two of Julianna’s Journey, and another addition to our series on women who convert to Orthodoxy without their husbands. by Julianna In the fall of 2010 I was hanging out with my sister-in-law and our girl friends at a Barnes & Noble. She randomly said to all of us, “I’ve been thinking about and […]
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