It is super hard to move away from a home that you grew up in. If you lived in one place for over seven years, you would probably be very attached to the house. The first time I ever moved was when I was ten years old.
At the beginning, when I was told our family was going to move, it seemed worse than it really was, because I was looking at the bad side of things. One time in the car, my mom told me that moving is like holding a half full glass of water. Half of the glass is empty standing for the bad things about moving. The part with water stands for the good things.
There is a saying “If life gives you sour lemons make lemonade out of them”. This means that instead of walking around sulking and crying instead make your life full of excitement. That way, the next time you move, you won’t be so scared.
Lazarus Saturday, 2017
I have a friend and fellow graduate of a one-time missionary school held in an Orthodox Monastery in California. This friend reminded me of an old movie list that he has recently decided to resurrect for the salvation of his own soul and those of his immediate circle in memory of the former Abbot who authored the list, Fr. Herman Podmoshensky. I offer the list here in memory of the same Abbot, whose love and selfless devotion birthed in so many of us the need to feed our own souls along with our spirits.
“I’m a Christian, so I don’t go to parties,” said a person to me recently. There was a time in my life I would have accepted such a judgment about parties without qualification. The theology behind the idea of 
Monday, November 15/28, 2016
August 6/19, 2016
For those of you in my faithful readership who have yet to experience an 
