by Tina Attalla Today’s post is by my dear friend Tina Atalla, the author of Once a Passenger: A Journey toward Intentional Living, a new book perfect for everyone who wants to get off the hedonistic treadmill and live life... Read More

Today is the first post in a 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 child sexual abuse for several posts in this... Read More

by Phoebe Farag Mikhail Two years ago I wrote this piece as a guest post on Traces of Faith, my friend Traci Rhoades’ blog. It was a part of a series about the way different Christian faith traditions worship. Looking... Read More

A guest post in the season of Lent By Jessica Ryder-Khalil Some conversations stay with you for years, remaining in our memories as the building blocks of our love for each other. I had one of those enduring talks with... Read More

A few weeks ago, Tasoni Angel Basily departed in the Lord on November 24th, 2019. A modern-day spiritual giant, she outlived her famous husband, the Very Reverend Fr. Bishoy Kamel, by many decades, yet lived her life as if they... Read More

Today I’m blessed to share the fourth 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

by Phoebe Farag Mikhail Forgiveness, reconciliation and love are the features of three books I’ve read this year: The 21: A Journey into the Land of Coptic Martyrs by Martin Mosebach, From Read Earth: A Rwandan Story of Healing and... Read More

Today I have the pleasure of sharing a guest post by Deacon Daniel Malyon, a deacon in the Coptic Orthodox Church in the UK. Today he offers a beautiful meditation on the famous Christmas Carol, The Little Drummer Boy. Written... Read More

By Phoebe Farag Mikhail When I started this blog two years ago, I imagined that I would use it to share my thoughts about family, work, community, faith and relationships. I would have fruitful conversations with readers and pray that... Read More

By Phoebe Farag Mikhail It can seem like no matter where we look, there is pain. The media exposes us to the widespread, unfathomable pain of war and starvation in Yemen. On social media we learn the names of the... Read More