Last week, I wrote about St. Valentine’s Day, but the next day was another American holiday: Presidents’ Day.  Besides the mattress and car sales, Presidents’ Day is a day to recall our past national leaders: the good and bad. We

In our day and age, it’s popular to say that you’re spiritual but not religious.  Often, what is meant by this phrase is that you’re against organized, institutional, or a hierarchy that give structure to religion and spirituality. In today’s

We all know life is unfair. Some of us suffer more than others. Some of us endure more trials than others. Sometimes these trials are temptations are so persuasive they get us into trouble. James has said that these temptations

Whereas Jesus may have literally flipped the tables in the Gospels, James flips the spiritual tables of our lives.  And … he hits us where it hurts the most: our pocketbooks.  This week, as we take a look at James

This photo shows our newest member receiving her first communion after her chrismation. Receiving communion is a joy for all Orthodox Christians. In fact, when she got back to her pew, she said, “Let’s do that again!” Scripture tells us

In today’s podcast we take a look at wisdom and faith. What does James mean when he says, “If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God?”  What does he mean by the word “wisdom?” Where does it come

Today the Way Podcast takes us to the Letter of James. Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll take a look at this challenging, yet often overlooked letter. And it doesn’t take long for it to start challenging us. As

I had already recorded this week’s podcast when the unimaginable happened: domestic terrorists, at the encouragement of the U.S. president, stormed the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Now four people are dead. In light of this, I thought it was

The lectionary readings around Christmas are fascinating, especially this year.

 Every year for the Sunday before Christmas, we read the genealogy from Matthew. This reading forces us to consider the entirety of the Old Testament—especially in light of Christ’s upcoming

Christ is born! Glorify Him! On this special Christmas episode, we take a look at the mystery of the Christmas story. Am I referring to the virgin birth? No, not that one. This mystery is so mysterious, I bet you’ve