by Jeremiah LANDING GEAR IS DOWN — I’M COMING HOME After years of feeling spiritually homeless I knew where I belonged. Keeping with an early tradition of the Church in which many converts were brought in the day before Pascha (Easter), I was chrismated on Holy Saturday and partook of my first communion on Pascha. […]
My Journey to the Ancient Church, Part Three
by Jeremiah LOSING INTEREST After months of what felt like dry liturgical services, my quasi-Pentecostal mindset wondered: where is the Holy Spirit in all of this? I recognized the validity the Orthodox Church’s claims to have the same beliefs and practices as the early church, but what good is that if the Holy Spirit has […]
My Journey to the Ancient Church, Part Two
by Jeremiah WHAT IS THIS ORTHODOXY? I tried the charismatic movement, I ran in progressive Christian circles, I went back to my roots of conservative Christianity, and I even considered starting my own home church. Nothing had a satisfactory answer. A spiritual mentor of mine suggested I look into Eastern Orthodoxy (he himself was not […]
My Journey to the Ancient Church, Part One
by Jeremiah My journey into Orthodoxy was not easy. But it is not meant to be easy. It challenged me (and continues to do so) to become the person God has created me to be, and to recognize my place in His Body, the Church. When one becomes Orthodox they are called a “convert,” which […]
The Sunday Morning Show
From Jeremiah at the Orthodox Road blog Upon my first visit in an Orthodox Church, I remember thinking that it was a bit too ceremonial and flashy. There were fancy vestments worn by the priest, candles burning, incense being flung about in a censer, icons painted on the wall, and a procession around the inside […]