Monthly Archives: February 2012

The shortest month of the year gets an added day on this leap year – on this February 29th.  According to some customs, while it is the man’s duty to ask the woman for her hand in marriage, women could … Continue reading →

H/T: Notes on Arab Orthodoxy. Here. Lenten greeting by Metropolitan Ephrem. Translated from the Arabic. The Fast is for Purifying the Heart Beloved, at the beginning of the fast we are placed before this struggle that comes to us anew. … Continue reading →

Lent isn’t only a time we try to find something nourishing to eat so that we might feed our bodies but we also look to feed our souls with something good to read. Luckily for us a new book has … Continue reading →

It seems as though, over the years, more and more Protestant churches are acknowledging the benefits of Lent. Granted, I doubt any of them are actually fasting. Whatever the case, they still see it as something which “seems fitting” that … Continue reading →

H/T: Orthodoxy and Recovery (here) Sleep Disruption There is a common problem with recovering addicts: sleep disruption.  Many alcoholics endure countless hours of insomnia in early recovery, and panic over their inability to either fall asleep or stay that way. … Continue reading →