The Vocation of a Peacemaker By Jim Forest
This is an extract from a talk given by Jim at St Tikhon’s Monastery in June 2003. The talk was later edited... Read More
Standing on Cracking Ice: A chapter from Writing Straight with Crooked Lines by Jim Forest
IN MARCH 1985 a political event occurred in the USSR that was to make the world a less dangerous place: Mikhail Gorbachev... Read More
Letter from the editor IC69
Ukraine Crisis: Truth the First Casualty guest editorial by Jim Forest Wars are fought not only with weapons but with words and propaganda.... Read More
Where Love Is Never Treason
by Jim Forest One day Jesus asked the question, “Do people gather figs from thistles?” The answer is of course no––you harvest... Read More
Loving Our Enemies: Reflections on the Hardest Commandment
Loving Our Enemies: Reflections on the Hardest Commandment may sound like the start of one of those tough theology lessons you want to dodge because you just don’t want to go through the pain of failing the exam.
Confession: A Primer
by Jim Forest A young monk said to the great ascetic Abba Sisoes: “Abba, what should I do? I fell.” The elder... Read More
St. Elizabeth: A Planned Community
ST. ELIZABETH COMMUNITY is not yet in existence but is envisioned by its planners as a “Place of Belonging, a community where... Read More
Saint Alexander Schmorell: A Canonization in Munich
by Jim Forest Saints come in many sizes and varieties, ranging from kings to beggars, surgeons to street sweepers, scholars to the... Read More
A Pilgrimage to Hell
by Jim Forest “Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men,... Read More
For the Peace from Above
For the Peace From Above:An Orthodox Resource Book on War, Peace and Nationalism edited by Fr. Hildo Bos and Jim Forest The... Read More