The Liturgy after the Liturgy
by Irina von Schlippe [caption: Three of the works of mercy (giving drink to the thirsty, visiting the prisoner, clothing the naked)... Read More
Fifty issues of In Communion
By Jim Forest "Your father Abraham rejoiced that he was to see my day; he saw it and was glad." The Jews... Read More
Saying Yes
by Nancy Forest These are extracts from a journal Nancy started keeping a week before donating a kidney to her husband, Jim.... Read More
Fr. David Kirk’s Legacy of Hope
by Julia Demaree and Albert Raboteau Fr. David Kirk, founder of Emmaus House in New York City's Harlem, died last year on... Read More
Consider Today’s Lily
by Cranford Joseph Coulter Consider the lilies, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in... Read More
Removing the Wall Between Mary and Martha
by Mother Raphaela Vermeer's painting of Mary and Martha with Christ Again and again during the year we hear the story of... Read More
A Sunday of Forgiveness in Nairobi
by Emmanuel Kashoke Holding the future in their hands and hearts, these youngsters who attend St. George Orthodox School in Kibera, just... Read More
Living on the Wrong Side of the Wall
by Maria C. Khoury Hoping someone might want to boost the Palestinian economy by buying some of my books, I traveled to... Read More
The Barrier Wall
by Alexander Patico One of the sources of Arab discontentment has been the erection of the "Defensive Wall," as Israelis call it,... Read More
Young Adam
by Frederica Mathewes-Green Last summer we had a houseful at the beach, with our children and their spouses and the seven (soon... Read More