Back from NM. Pictures will be posted as soon as they come back from the photo dept. of Wally World. Thanks so much to all who prayed. Hav...

We'll take these in reverse order: We'll be out on vacation in NM for a week, so blogging will be pretty much out of the question (t...

Quite a day! We started off the day with each of us getting decked out in our red - white - and - blue stuff--Hope is here with her obvious...

Sky's got an excellent post--as does Pitts --about how World Cup soccer is affecting everyone in the world, and/or how we here in the U...

Are You a Yankee or a Rebel?

Woo Hoo!

A thee-post weekend. Rare for me; hope y'all's endurance is up... Interesting couple of days... Audra and I celebrated our annivers...

(My apologies in advance for the sub-par photos) A week ago today St. Barbara's was blessed with a visit from His Eminence Archbishop +D...

This has been posted over at Seraphim's blog Ancient Church for a while, but I'm just getting around to "breaking the news...

The party won't be until this Saturday, but "my life" (as the phrase goes in Spanish) turns one year old today! May God grant...

Audra and I stayed up late last night talking about the last five or so years since we first started dating...in that time there's been ...

Pablo Francisco does the most amazing imitations I've ever seen. Here is his well-known "Little Tortilla Boy" sketch, along ...

OK, so they've been back since Saturday night. Been busy. They flew in lat(er than originally planned), and both looked tired, but I go...

This post by Brother Aiden on oc . net (in the sidebar) is one of the most right-on assessments of effectively reaching out to youth that I...

OK, seriously, I would make the worst monastic in the world. Wanna know why? Seriously, it shouldn't come as a surprise to any of you o...

What. The. Trash. Lioness in zoo kills man who invoked God Mon Jun 5, 2006 8:31am ET KIEV (Reuters) - A man shouting that God would keep ...

Church Saturday night and yesterday; a small group of guys showed up for Great Vespers, so a male-only service. Something about the quiet, ...

...and according to the photos my wife is taunting me with posting on Hope's website, I'm missing this: Not. Fair. Seriously: who...

A breath of fresh air for me... I know, Come Receive the Light has been in my sidebar for months, and I myself am just getting around to li...

And now, the pictures from Steve and Luda's wedding! Orthodox weddings begin in the back of the worship area, or nave, where the priest...

From last night's vespers service: Without leaving the Father's bosom, having lived with mankind as a Man, today You have ascended i...

Was going to put something inspiring (rolls eyes at self) re: the Ascension of Christ, the commemoration of which begins (for us Orthodox) a...

Thank you.

I was blessed to be asked to sing in the choir for the uniting in holy matrimony of Steve Hall and Luda Chuba (now Hall), two members of our...

Audra and Hope made it to KY safe and sound, but tired...due to a delay from the arriving flight, they didn't leave 'till 5:30, then...

For my uncle, Jeff, who's to be a kidney donor here in a couple of hours for a sick friend of the family, Nancy. Prayers the surgery go...

Last day of school!!! So, obviously, THIS Friday is particularly great for me. Another TGIF moment today, though: it just occurred me this...

I can't remember the exact quote--it had something to do with soldiers (or fighters of some sort) in a traditionally Orthodox country an...

This is late, I know, but for all who don't keep up with him, Jarolslav Pelikan , a former Lutheran theologian turned Orthodox whose his...

You know, you never really are sure who reads your blog, and then you read things like what's on this page on the Our Life in Christ pa...

Pictures to come...the little guy was baptized this past Sunday. Good to be godparents again. God grant him many years...

...from The Onion Dome 's Orthodox Bumper Sticker contest a while back. Some of my favs: My Church wrote your Bible. Horn Broken, Liste...

OK, so I'm pretty sure this was a George Carlin thing (sure sounds like him), but I can relate... People who point at their wrist while ...

(DISCLAIMER: This is long; it started as a mere account of this chrismation and rapidly turned into an explanation of the actual sacrament f...

by John Taylor © 2002 Used by permission of the author. http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/no-dentist.html#author Originally titled: "A...

For those of you who listen to the Our Life in Christ broadcast (which is one of the links down on the sidebar to the right), check out this...

This morning we were blessed with a call from Audra's maid of honor, "Jules" (For Julie Ann), confirming that, yes, this weeke...

This past Thomas Sunday was marked, post-liturgy, by a refreshing and spontaneous decision to chuck all household chores (especially getting...