Coming to Trust Liturgy

A couple of weeks ago I was having a conversation with an old friend about my spiritual journey. We had attended church together at a contemporary evangelical charismatic Protestant church as college students. At the time, I ardently defended contemporary worship. The songs stayed in my head for a great length of time, generally they [...]

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Traveling as a Catechumen

Since Tony-Allen asked what I meant, I figured this post was a natural place to start. My catechumenate is unique in the sense that God has seen it fit to relocate me professionally twice since I began the process. As such, my job interviews and other assorted travels brought me to parishes all over the [...]

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Upcoming Posts

Hello everyone, Sorry for sparse blogging this week, but I’ve been on vacation. Who knew that vacations would be so fun, so relaxing, and so capable of pulling me away from the internet? With that, I would like to let you know some of my upcoming posts because I’ve had time to brainstorm and want [...]

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On the Road to Antioch

The following is an essay that I wrote several months ago about coming to the Orthodox Church. ——- What does it mean to “be a Christian?” American society has some interesting ideas to say the least. To some, being a Christian is synonymous with being abstinent: Christians “don’t smoke, drink, or chew, nor go with [...]

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Shifting Perspectives

Of everything that I am learning about following Christ, one of the hardest lessons is “it is not all about me.” Orthodoxy has challenged me in this regard to the deepest degree. At first glance, church is not the way I would like it to be. Music is simple singing. Chanting sounds funny. Standing hurts [...]

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