By Phoebe Farag Mikhail If you’re an email newsletter subscriber, you’ve already gotten a sneak peak at some of the books on my annual Lent reading list when I sent it out on Ash Wednesday a few weeks ago. Want... Read More

by Phoebe Farag Mikhail This has been a great season for new books, and I’m so excited to highlight a few for bookshelves and gift-giving this year. The first six are children’s books, and the last two are adult books.... Read More

By Phoebe Farag Mikhail A few months ago, on a visit to Egypt, I had the opportunity to visit the ancient archeological heritage site, Abu Mena, just outside the modern Monastery of St. Mina near Alexandria. Believers from all over... Read More

By Phoebe Farag Mikhail I have a delicious fall/winter book stack, I must say, and I’m glad I have the opportunity to share it with you! Many of these books also serve as wonderful holiday gifts, so consider this my... Read More

By Phoebe Farag Mikhail “The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.” Mark 1:1 Every time I read this verse I get chills up my spine. I imagine and wonder what St. Mark must have felt... Read More

This past Saturday, the Coptic Orthodox Church celebrated the Feast of the Nayrouz—Coptic New Year. The Coptic calendar is based on one of the oldest calendars in civilization. My dear friend Maria Andrawis, who has worked with refugees and IDPs... 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

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 the span of two weeks, two women I love and admire passed away. Both were older–great-grandmothers—and both had fallen ill in the months before their deaths, so they weren’t surprises. But these were women that... Read More