The Original Oneness of Adam & Eve
by Jim Forest While browsing in our parish bookshop not long ago, I happened to notice in a rack of cards a... Read More
A Conversation in Volos about Church and State
by Jim Forest [photo: Metropolitan Ignatios, bishop of Volos] Fifty Orthodox, Catholic, Anglican and Protestant Christians from Europe and the United States... Read More
The Pilgrimage of Illness
by Jim Forest Any trip, even a small journey from one prosaic location to another, has the potential to become a pilgrimage.... Read More
St. George the Great Martyr
True stories become legends and legends are compressed via symbols into myths. The St. George of myth was a knight in armor... Read More
The Healing of Enmity
by Jim Forest But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. - Jesus Christ (Mat... Read More
Mrs. Jellyby and the Domination of Causes
by Jim Forest Among the many memorable characters populating Charles Dickens's novel Bleak House is the formidable Mrs. Jellyby, a woman living... Read More
The Ladder of the Beatitudes
by Jim Forest Those who are new to Orthodoxy are sometimes surprised to discover the intense reverence the Church has for the... Read More
We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us
talk by Jim Forest for the Orthodox Peace Fellowship meeting in Canton, Ohio, June 22, 2001 In the dawn of time, way... Read More
Salt of the Earth: An Orthodox Christian Approach to Peacemaking
"You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is... Read More
