“…what really is so terrible about ‘belonging’ to someone who loves you?” Wendy Shalit, A Return to Modesty This meditation is dedicated to the memory of the newly departed Archimandrite Fr. John Namie. Fr. John was the first Director of…

“A child who has the experience of being 'loved into existence' is secure about the goodness of life, and of his own life in particular. Surrounded by loving relationships, he can take for granted that he is glad to be…

“For Godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but worldly grief produces death.” 2 Corinthians 7:10 A nation grieves. What does this mean? We can barely understand the grief of a single individual who…

“Mirrors are everywhere, nobody ignores them. Toddlers play peekaboo with themselves, teenagers probe for blemishes or incessantly comb their hair, the middle-aged measure their stomach overflow or search for gray hair and wrinkles. All these [and more] are reflected dutifully…

“As one who was once in darkness suddenly sees the sun and is illumined in the vision of his body, seeing what he had not seen clearly before, so one found worthy by the Holy Spirit is illumined in soul…