by Tamara Schmerse Part 1 of 17 This delightful story of Tamara’s journey is captivating. I’ve decided to publish it in it’s entirety as a series from her blog, My Search For The Truth. Enjoy this excellent journey, and thank you, Tamara, for allowing us to republish it! My Search For The Truth (And Subsequent […]
What A Long, Strange Trip It’s Been: Pt 2
From the blog, The Obnoxious Side of Me Here is the second part of my long and strange spiritual journey. I left off where we had moved to a reformed view of Christianity, and for about 10 years, that was where we were. Some of the aspects of that reformed view changed within that time […]
What A Long, Strange Trip It’s Been: Pt 1
From the blog, The Obnoxious Side of Me. This is a blog post (two actually) that I’ve been working on for quite some time. At this point, I’ve gotten it to about as good as I’m going to get it before I start having diminishing returns in editing. Anyway, without further ado…. I’ll apologize up […]
Reflections of an Orthodox Pilgrim
by Fr. Brendan Pelphrey Converts to Orthodoxy are frequently asked why we became Orthodox. Since my wife and I were chrismated in 1995 we have answered this question hundreds of times, but often it is difficult to know exactly what to say. It is not that our story changes each time, but that the reason […]
For The Children’s Sake
by Tara McNeeley “Let the little children come to Me and do not forbid them; for such is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 19:14 It’s about 8:30 at night in our home and a book has been read, prayers have been said, and everyone is settling down to sleep. All of a sudden I hear […]