August 2026
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Christian and Missionary Alliance Pastor Connects the Dots on NAR Theology and Modern Worship Music
I remember the burst of excitement when I came across these articles. Finally, I thought — a Christian and Missionary Alliance leader talking about the NAR. After a brutal youth retreat our group went through in January 2025, where a… Continue reading
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Herman of Alaska
When I first began intentionally inquiring into Orthodoxy, I was in that early stage where everything felt new and strangely beautiful — a faith I had never heard of, yet found myself drawn to in wonder. Somewhere in those first… Continue reading
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Lazarus Saturday / Palm Sunday
I became a catechumen in the Orthodox Church on the first Sunday of Great Lent, known as the Sunday of Orthodoxy. I was instructed by my spiritual father that my catechesis from then until Pascha would be simply attending the… Continue reading
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Such Is The Kingdom
One of the things I love most about Orthodoxy is how, in every service, everyone is there together — young and old, men and women, children and babies. That can lead to chaos sometimes. I remember once, during the Divine… Continue reading
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What did Christians do before the Bible?
For most of my life, the question “What did Christians do before the Bible?” would have made little sense to me. I had simply assumed that the New Testament was completed during the lifetimes of the apostles and that Christians… Continue reading
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Veneration as an Expression of Love
As Khouria Frederica Mathewes‑Green says in the video below, icons are often one of the biggest stumbling blocks for Protestants who are exploring Orthodox Christianity. That was certainly true for me. This question caused months of intellectual, emotional, and spiritual… Continue reading
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Rock and Sand
I first picked up Rock and Sand because I wanted a perspective on the Reformation that wasn’t shaped by the internal debates between Protestants and Roman Catholics. Since Orthodoxy wasn’t directly involved in the Reformation, its voice felt like a… Continue reading
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An Icon of Hospitality
Just days after my baptism into Orthodoxy, a group of men from my church and I had the opportunity to visit Holy Cross Monastery in Wayne, West Virginia. I was still in the “honeymoon” phase of conversion, thrilled to finally… Continue reading
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The Beauty of American Orthodoxy
I found this video long before I ever imagined I would convert. It’s just a simple visual presentation of the beauty of Orthodoxy in America — slow, reflective music, rural scenery, images from churches and monasteries. Nothing dramatic. But every… Continue reading
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Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy
I found the Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy podcast at a time when I was trying to discover what Orthodoxy was, how it differed from Catholicism, Protestantism, evangelicalism, and other Christian traditions. I found a wealth of information here. Father Andrew Stephen… Continue reading
