Loving Imaginative Play . . .

One of my favorite things about reading history and great world literature with my children is watching how they reinterpret these classic stories into their play. Today was a great example.

All afternoon, my 3yo has been running around the house, charging everything and shouting, "I am Caesar and I'm gonna cross the Rublebon!"

I love how "Rublebon" rolls off his tongue in an attempt to say Rubicon . . .

Metropolitan JONAH's Archpastoral Message on Sanctity of Life Sunday

If you haven't yet read this (or heard it read from the pulpit) make the time to read it. Trust me on this one. It's more than worth your time to read it. It brought tears to almost everyone's eyes this morning after our Sunday service.

Archpastoral Message of Metropolitan JONAH of the Orthodox Church in America on the Occasion of Sanctity of Life Sunday