Holy Nativity Orthodox Church

“But the proposal came ten minutes too late.”  These are some of the saddest words in The Mayor of Casterbridge .  Michael Henchard, immedi...

I just chased a stray dog out of my chicken and goose run. It killed my beautiful hybrid rooster from good laying stock and chased all of t...

In the old days, before divorce was a convenient option, it was not uncommon for a couple to be married, perhaps for many years, and yet not...

The Mayor of Caterbridge begins with a man selling his wife and daughter for five guineas.  The man was drunk at the time, and he really di...

May you see your children’s children (Psa. 127:6).  As some of you know, I have been busy this week with my children’s children. It has been...

I was eager to reread Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens; I remembered it as being my favorite Dickens novel.  However, 100 pages into thi...

“Love is in all things a most wonderful teacher.”  Bella is now knitting baby clothes, and Dickens comments on how well she is adapting to s...

Just as an abundantly flowing fountain is not blocked by a handful of dust, so the Maker's mercy is not overcome by the wickedness of th...

As I am rereading Our Mutual Friend , I realize that part of the reason why I remember this novel so fondly is that I relate deeply to two c...

St. Paul towards the end of his letter to the Philippians urges two women to get along with each other. These two women had “struggled besi...

I am rereading Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens.  I read it about ten years ago, and I remembered it as one of my favorite, if not my fa...