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
'Only With Love'
by Jim Forest While in Tirana several years ago to research a book on the Orthodox Church in Albania, one of the... Read More
In Communion: Previous Issues
What's in a name? For many people peace is chiefly the absence of war. "It was a time of peace" is simply... Read More
Forgiving all by the Resurrection
by Jim Forest Let us call brothers even those who hate us and forgive all by the Resurrection. We hear these astonishing... Read More
Let us call "brothers" even those who hate us and forgive all by the Resurrection
Lecture given by Jim Forest at the Belgian Congress of Orthodox Youth at their meeting at the "De Kluis" Center at St.-Joris-Weert... 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
Rescued by Christmas
by Jim Forest What shall we offer you, O Christ, who for our sake has appeared on earth as man? Every creature... Read More
Searching for Kitezh: a conversation with Alexander Ogorodnikov
Alexander Ogorodnikov was born in 1950. At age 17, he was a lathe operator at a clock factory. Three years later he... Read More
Many Offering Death
by Jim Forest "She is unmarried and pregnant, appears to be in her mid-teens, and is nearly penniless. Religiously obsessed, she suffers... Read More
Blessed are the Peacemakers
by Jim Forest An elder said, "I have spent twenty years fighting to see all human beings as one." -- Sayings of... Read More