The Gospel of Necessity
by Joe May Matthew 25 House is a house of hospitality in Akron, Ohio, offering transitional housing to homeless men. Many guests... Read More
The View from Below
by Joe May Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote from his prison cell in Nazi Germany: "We have learned to see the great events of... Read More
A Child's Hand…
An injured child's hand clutching a baptismal cross... The photo was taken at Beslan where at least 330 people, mainly children, died... Read More
The Other as Icon
Lecture by Jim Forest for the June 2002 conference of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship at St. Tikhon's Monastery, South Canaan, Pennsylvania You're... Read More
A Visit to Beit Jala
by Jim Forest Beit Jala, with its population of 12,350, stands on the eastern slopes of Ras Jala, which rises 920 meters... Read More
Peace Be with You
Living the Beatitudes in a Wounded World At the invitation of Metropolitan Herman of the Orthodox Church in America, the North American... Read More
The Passions: Enemy or Friend?
[published in In Communion 17 / Fall 1999] Orthodox Peace Fellowship retreat in Vézelay, April 1999 / second lecture by Bishop Kallistos... Read More
Vezelay retreat photos
The Christ of Vézelay, a Romanesque carving over the main inner doors of the basilica. Bishop Kallistos (right) and Fr. Stephen Headley.... Read More
Confession: the Sacrament of Reconciliation
by Jim Forest Without confession, love is destroyed. It is impossible to imagine a vital marriage or deep friendship without confession and... Read More
Embracing the Orphans and Outcasts Among Us
by Renee Zitzloff a lecture given at the Orthodox Peace Fellowship conference at St. Tikhon's Monastery, South Canaan, Pennsylvania, in June 2002... Read More