August 27, 2019 Should Parents Interfere in Their Children’s Relationships? Question: My son is dating a girl, who does what is best for her, does not consider my son’s feelings, even degrades him sometimes….
August 18, 2019 How Saints Raised Their Children There were saints who raised their own children to become saints, too. Their experience clearly confirms a favorite saying of Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom) of…
August 5, 2019 In the Shadow of the Priest Question: My husband is looking ahead to ordination. What is my job? What will I be expected to do? I can’t handle that! Answer:…
July 19, 2019 How to Find “The One” or What an Ideal Marriage Is Question: What Should I Do, if I Have Not yet Met that Special Someone? Answer: What do Orthodox Christians usually advise those who strongly…
July 16, 2019 How to Raise Kind and Caring Children How do we teach empathy to our children? In a society of “me, me, me,” it seems like an uphill battle to instill such…
June 28, 2019 How to Quarrel with Teenagers in a Right Way: Some Tips for Christian Parents A reader asks: Why does my teenage son smile at me when I tell him off? The boy is Orthodox and he knows that he…
June 19, 2019 Priest’s Reminder for Father’s Day: “True Success Is Found Within” Happy Father’s Day to all the Dad’s and Grandpa’s! (June 19th if you’ve forgotten.) The poem below was given to me many years ago…
June 16, 2019 Holy Fathers of the Church on Child Rearing Parents and teachers, keep your children free from whims, for if you don’t, they will soon disregard the price of your love, contaminate their…
June 11, 2019 10 Simple Ways to Make Your Summer Spiritually Full We all know it can be hard to do stay spiritually engaged with our faith when we just want to be outside enjoying the…
May 23, 2019 Some Thoughts on Marriage: Which Sin Cannot Be Forgiven? Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery. These…
April 16, 2019 Some Christian Ideas on Raising a Real Man All parents want to raise their boy to be a person they could be proud of; a person who will become the head of…
March 13, 2019 Simple Tips on How to Keep Lent in Your Family Let’s be honest: how do we moms feel when we suddenly realize while we are in Liturgy, that the Gospel reading for the Sunday…
