By Phoebe Farag Mikhail Read to the end to learn more about how to win a signed giveaway copy of Invited by Leslie Verner! If you’ve read my book or this blog, you’ll note that I’ve been sharing a lot... Read More

Today I’m thrilled to share the fifth guest post in my guest blog series on the seven practices I write about in my new book, Putting Joy into Practice: Seven Ways to Lift Your Spirit from the Early Church, published... Read More

Being in Community readers will remember a fundraiser earlier this year to support my friend Eyvette Hanna’s Broad Street Run to fight cancer with the Team CMMD Foundation. You all came together and helped Eyvette exceed her fundraising goal. After... Read More

by Phoebe Farag Mikhail Today on Mother’s Day, I will joyfully celebrate my mother and mother in law, two blessed women of faith, models of diligence in prayer, and fountains of love for their families. I will look to their... Read More

Today I am excited to being a new guest blog series on the seven practices I write about in my new book, Putting Joy into Practice: Seven Ways to Lift Your Spirit from the Early Church, published by Paraclete Press... Read More

by Phoebe Farag Mikhail My new book, Putting Joy into Practice: Seven Ways to Lift Your Spirit from the Early Church is set to release from Paraclete Press on April 16th. I’m floored by the wonderful reviews coming in from... Read More

by Phoebe Farag Mikhail I’m excited to share my Lenten reading list with you because I am so excited to read these books! My stack is HUGE this Great Lent, and deliberately so – I am hoping to spend more... Read More

by Phoebe Farag Mikhail Today might be St. Valentine’s Day (or another saint, depending on your liturgical calendar–in the Coptic Orthodox Church it is St. Febrianus Day), but if you know anything about love, you know that it is not... Read More

Today, my friend Madona Lawindy shares a thoughtful blog post about the tough questions our daughters ask us, from a very young age. I’d love to hear your thoughts on this topic as well! by Madona Lawindy When I found... Read More

By Phoebe Farag Mikhail Art. Intrigue. War. An underground trade on the black market. Spies. Police. Politics. Religion. Family. Love. All of these can be found in Tasoula Hadjitofi’s memoir, The Icon Hunter: A Refugee’s Quest to Reclaim Her Nation’s... Read More