All posts by: phoebe@beingincommunity.com

What I’m Reading this Lent (2024 edition)

By Phoebe Farag Mikhail If you’re an email newsletter subscriber, you’ve already gotten a sneak peak at some of the books on my annual Lent reading list when I sent it out on Ash Wednesday a few weeks ago. Want... Read More

Shortbread Theology

by Jessica Ryder-Khalil Today’s guest post by frequent contributor Jessica Ryder-Khalil is the perfect read for everyone seeking peace during the flurry of preparations this holiday season. My family’s shortbread dough is comprised of just three ingredients: flour, sugar, and... Read More

Holiday Book Gift List 2023

by Phoebe Farag Mikhail This has been a great season for new books, and I’m so excited to highlight a few for bookshelves and gift-giving this year. The first six are children’s books, and the last two are adult books.... Read More

Africa and Byzantium at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

By Phoebe Farag Mikhail A few months ago, on a visit to Egypt, I had the opportunity to visit the ancient archeological heritage site, Abu Mena, just outside the modern Monastery of St. Mina near Alexandria. Believers from all over... Read More

Death, Roses, and Resurrection

by Jessica Ryder-Khalil Today’s guest post is from a Being in Community frequent contributor, Jessica Ryder-Khalil. As skeletons, ghosts and other reminders of death adorn houses all around us in Western cultures as we head towards Halloween, Jessica’s words help... Read More

Having it all together is not a fruit of the Spirit

by Phoebe Farag Mikhail A bag full of hand me downs for my youngest son has been in my car for a month now. A more Well Put Together mom would have brought it in the same day, folded what... Read More

What I’m Reading this Lent (2023 Edition)

By Phoebe Farag Mikhail This is my seventh year since staring Being in Community that I have shared my Great Lent reading list, and it has become one of my most popular posts. This year’s list includes some older books... Read More

Confidence: My Word of the Year

By Phoebe Farag Mikhail  My favorite song from The Sound of Music, “I Have Confidence” has inspired my word of the year for 2023. Maria, a novice out of place in her convent, accepts the challenge of becoming a governess... Read More

Thankful for my Fall/Winter Book Stack (2022)

By Phoebe Farag Mikhail I have a delicious fall/winter book stack, I must say, and I’m glad I have the opportunity to share it with you! Many of these books also serve as wonderful holiday gifts, so consider this my... Read More

Follow the Faithful Ones

by Phoebe Farag Mikhail “Look for the faithful,” Traci Rhoades writes in her new book, Shaky Ground. When I read her words about who to look to in times of crisis, these words stuck, because I recognized that over the... Read More