Posts tagged with: grace

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

On the Struggle of Holy Week in a World that Won’t Stop For It

by Phoebe Farag Mikhail My family and I have rearranged our lives in such a way to make it possible for us to participate in every Holy Week service. We did so in part because we knew how exhausting it... Read More

Changing the Throwaway Culture, One Pair of Pants at a Time (with a Giveaway!)

By Phoebe Farag Mikhail A few weeks ago my nine-year old son tripped and fell at school, cutting a hole in his favorite pair of russet red cargo pants – a pair I had just recently purchased for him. He... Read More

When Sex is a Game, We Are All Losers

by Phoebe Farag Mikhail I feel more deeply saddened and troubled every time I read an opinion about the recent sexual assault allegations against Aziz Ansari.  There are people disappointed in him, blaming her, and everything in the middle. The... Read More

Finding a Home Where There is No Home

A guest post by Maria Andrawis During the time of persecution in Egypt, when Christianity was still illegal and the Roman army was known to severely torture and kill Christians in the country, a young pagan named Pachomius was conscripted to the... Read More