by Phoebe Farag Mikhail As I sat down to write about the launch day of my new book, Putting Joy into Practice: Seven Ways to Lift Your Spirit from the Early Church, my mind couldn’t shake the images of the... Read More

By Phoebe Farag Mikhail Since I shared my latest Lenten book list I’ve been asked by many people how I find time to read. This is an important question. Even I, a voracious reader and bibliophile, have been through seasons... 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

By Phoebe Farag Mikhail When I was a teenager, I participated in the yearly Coptic Orthodox Youth conventions along with hundreds of other youth. The main speakers were Bishop Moussa, the Bishop of Youth, Bishop Thomas, Bishop of the Diocese... Read More

By Phoebe Farag Mikhail In a happy coincidence, yesterday the United States remembered its modern martyr, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This year the observance fell on the same day as a fourth century Egyptian Christian martyr, St. Dimiana (also... Read More

By Phoebe Farag Mikhail I had an epiphany recently at a mom’s fellowship meeting at my church. We were reading Luke 1 together, a joyful chapter in a joyful Gospel, exciting reading for someone who has just written a book... 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 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

Today I am excited to share a guest post from my friend Allison Backous Troy on a topic we both hold dear: socially conscious shopping. A few weeks ago I shared a book review of The Grace of Enough by... Read More