Posts filed under: Who is my neighbor?

The Impact of Abuse on Children, and Disclosing Sexual Abuse

By Silvia Farag, MSW, LSW, PsyD Candidate Today is the third post in a five-part series I’m sharing on sexual abuse. I’m honored to have an expert clinician in the field share her knowledge and experience on the topic of... Read More

End inequities with your dollar: giving opportunities

By Phoebe Farag Mikhail It’s my birthday, and I’m raising money for some great causes! Give a pack of books to underprivileged children in Paterson, NJ through a local independent bookstore, or help fund a scholarship for high school students... Read More

Have you not always practiced love?

Today’s post is the third in a listening series, where I get the amazing opportunity to amplify the voices of my black and African brothers and sisters. Read the first post, “A Common Enemy,” here, and the second post, “Coming to America,” here.... Read More

Coming to America

Today’s post is the second in a listening series, where I get the amazing opportunity to amplify the voices of my black and African brothers and sisters. Read the first post, “A Common Enemy,” here. Each post will demonstrate an... Read More

A common enemy

Today’s post is the first in a listening series, where I get the amazing opportunity to amplify the voices of my black and African brothers and sisters. Each post will demonstrate an array of viewpoints that will help us be... Read More

Listening is a form of hospitality

By Phoebe Farag Mikhail There’s a family of Canadian geese that has gotten friendly with my children these days. They’ve been feeding them pieces of bread, and they keep coming back to our front lawn for more. The kids keep... Read More

Their Blood Cries Out: A Litany for the 21st Century

by Phoebe Farag Mikhail For the souls of the named and the unnamed, the known and the unknown, who have died in the United States of America unjustly because of the color of their skin, let us pray to the... Read More

Plague, Paschaltide, and Pachom: What is Really at Stake during a Pandemic

St. Pachomius is known as the father of Koinonia, of “cenobitic” (communal) monasticism. The Western Christian Benedictine Order has its basis in his Pachomian Koinonia. I begin the “Hospitality” section of my book, Putting Joy into Practice, with the story... Read More

Taking Our Thoughts Captive

By Phoebe Farag Mikhail A little bit over a year ago, my first book, Putting Joy into Practice: Seven Ways to Lift Your Spirit from the Early Church came out. And ever since the global COVID-19 pandemic began, the question... Read More

The Work of a Witness

I am enjoying Laura Jansson’s new book, Fertile Ground: A Pilgrimage Through Pregnancy, a new release from Ancient Faith Press, and I’m pleased to share today a wonderful guest post that isn’t just about how she bears witness as a... Read More