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Proposed Church Building Project , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. I've decided on a new strategy for writing. Instead of ...

On a typical day when Elias is unable to play outside due to inclement weather or being sick he will spend an inordinate amount of time on o...

"Aaroneous Monk" , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. The past few summers my family and I have made several trips to se...

Soyo San , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. Miracles are funny things. In the Eastern Orthodox tradition there is a prayer that...

Elias and I say our evening prayers together each night before bed in front of his self-constructed icon corner in his room. These inclu...

Spring Break '90 , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. ____________ I am a lighthouse beam of light pointing outwards throwi...

I took my 8 year old son to see The Hobbit tonight for his birthday. Truth in advertising should have required some kind of warning like ...

Peace in a Box® (detail) , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. A peculiar memory found me today and I wanted to write it down befor...

shadow of a man , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. The poster caught my attention as I prepared to enter the elevator after a wo...

__________________________ He is staring at the wall mounted TV when I enter the hospital room and it is not clear to me that he k...

love is timeless but also placeless from a time outside of time and a place outside of place the energy from which our world sprung a spi...

"Bad News" , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. feet not firmly on the ground swing like a small child's waitin...

The last time I'd glanced at the clock on the mantel it had been after 11 pm.  Greta, my beloved black & white Springer Spaniel, ...

Almost 10 years ago this Fall I learned that the bishop over my former parish where I'd first become Orthodox had been removed from his...

Untitled , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. My alarm clock went off an hour earlier than usual this morning to account for a sid...

Today is the 15th anniversary of the death of singer-songwriter and all around ragamuffin Rich Mullins.  His music was a touchstone for me...

"Shed a Little Light" is a sermon in a song.  I can think of no other artist that has captivated me for so much of my life as Jame...

Thinking of Little Simeon and his parents this morning. , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. in the secret place you were stitched...

I sometimes escape into the realms of the fantastical as refuge from a troubled reality I cannot control. I have accessed this secr...

Attending a conference a straight shot from the Mid West to the East Coast having navigated the mountains of Pennsylvania and investe...