Childlike vs. Childish
What is it about children that Jesus wants us to emulate?
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Adult Education in Practice: The Case of Emerging Adults
Let’s consider a concrete example of what’s been written so far about adult education. To summarize, the earlier posts discussed that there are different ways of organizing content in adult...
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Is Ministry Preparing Kids for Life in the Church?
Why do so many kids who are active in youth ministry grow up and disconnect from the Church?
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Meeting the Needs of Adult Learners
Meeting the Needs of Adult Learners: One Size Does Not Fit All
In my previous post, I discussed three different ways to develop an adult education program in a parish. They were Learning the...
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What is Love?
“I love your new SUV!” “I love this restaurant!” “I love that movie’s soundtrack.” Countless times, I have expressed these types of sentiments. Perhaps in my eagerness to describe a sincere ...
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Water We Doing!?
Locally and internationally, debates regarding best practices to save the world’s diminishing clean water supply swell between two main camps: those who support the human right to water and those who promote privatization. Realizing the complexity of the issue, this blog intends only to provide a very boiled-down overview of each position as well as resources on the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese’s work on the topic.
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What is Adult Education?
With Great Lent approaching, many parishes will offer a Lenten lecture series or other educational programs for the faithful. These are often held after Pre-sanctified Liturgy on Wednesday night...
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Faith and Football
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At the center of my Sundays since the mid-90s has been the act of praising and thanking God (for almost fifteen years now, in Eastern...
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Who Brought You to Christ?
Growing up I was blessed to have many mentors and guides in the Faith...
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Moving Past Regret
Our regrets keep us bound to the past. How do we let go and move past regret?
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An Orthodox Voice on Sexual Assault
Orthodox Christians are called to walk alongside survivors of sexual assault. Here are a few things we can do today to work against this great societal ill.
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Interfaith Dialogue: A Call to Respond to Millions on the Move
On November 8 th , the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America (the Assembly) and the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches (SCOOCH) held the Tenth...
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Lessons Learned from a Service Retreat
Here are three lessons a group of young adults in Virginia learned after their recent service retreat.
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Being a Compassionate Presence
How can Orthodox Christians better be a compassionate presence in this world of confusion, fear, and anger?
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A New Way to Learn the Bible
Y2AM is happy to announce a new tool to help you better understand the Bible and connect with Christ.
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“Hagia Sophia: Turkey’s Neo-Ottoman Icon”
Until the recent rise of Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) to political prominence, Turkey’s secular Kemalist order had for decades remained largely...
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“Hagia Sophia: Turkey’s Ottoman Icon”
It is no small irony that across the globe the edifice and image most widely associated with Turkey, Istanbul, and even perhaps Islam, is a sixth-century Orthodox Christian church—the...
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In Praise of Sunday Church School
Sunday school is perhaps the single largest program in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. On a national level, assuming 550 parishes with an average of 30 students per Sunday school...
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3 Reasons I Keep Rewatching Parks and Recreation
This week on PCCH, Christian and Christina discuss NBC's sitcom, Parks and Recreation.
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Questions, Questions, Questions
“After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions; and all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.”...
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Holding on to God in Hard Times
Experiencing hard times, especially natural disasters, can challenge our faith as we struggle to hold on to God.
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Prayers for our Planet: World Day of Prayer for Care of Creation
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Pope Francis issue first ever Joint Statement on World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation
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Balancing Our Inner Mary and Martha
Mary and Martha often personify the roles of prayer and action. How do we balance these in our own lives?
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3 Things "Game of Thrones" Gets Right
"Pop Culture Coffee Hour" is back with a new episode on "Game of Thrones."
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The Ecumenical Way
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese hosts annual Ecumenical Officers' Retreat.
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