In the final episode of Walking an Ancient Path, Lynnette ponders the words of Bishop Kallistos Ware as she struggles with practicing the Jesus Prayer. She examines the reasons the Church emphasizes "the Prayer" as well as ways to incorporate it into our lives as we press forward together in Christ. Thanks!

One of the most beloved icons of the Orthodox Church, the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, is a wonderful example of "theology in color." In this episode, Lynnette talks about various elements in the icon and the lessons they have to teach us.

Lynnette contrasts her de-churched Christian friends and their nonsacramental beliefs with the necessity of the Liturgy and community in the Orthodox Christian life. She also talks about the upcoming end of Walking an Ancient Path.

Orthodox Christians begin Christmas preparations long before the beginning of Advent. Our Lenten disciplines of prayer, almsgiving, and especially fasting are out of step with the surrounding society, including the practices of Western Christians. In this episode we explore these differences and how they prepare us for the celebration of the Incarnation.

In this fourth and final episode on death & burial in the Orthodox Christian Church, Lynnette walks listeners through the journey from the point of death to the final resting place. With the continual recitation of psalms and the various services offered from the deathbed to the graveside, the Orthodox believer in death is surrounded by prayer.

In this third episode of a four-part series, Lynnette discusses reasons for pre-planning the care of our bodies in dying and death, issues with embalming, making a death plan, and remembering that our most important preparation is for standing before God.

In this episode Lynnette looks at the meaning of the human body, three reasons our bodies our sacred, the Catholic Church's grudging acceptance of cremation, and five reasons the Orthodox Church remains opposed to cremation.

In the first of a short series on the Orthodox Christian approach to death and burial, Lynnette considers the Church’s emphasis on the remembrance of death and looks at changes in the wider Christian world in the ways we remember and honor the dead.

Lynnette's first exposure to relics was a shocker. Bits of bone in every parish? Why? In this episode we explore what relics are and what they tell us about the reality of the Incarnation and God's mysterious works within His saints.

Sometimes inquirers are not sure if they'll ever reach the point of desiring to be baptized or chrismated into the Orthodox Faith. In this pressure-free episode Lynnette examines three common struggles in becoming Orthodox, as well as the blessings within the difficulties.

The music of the Orthodox Church can feel strange and foreign. But in the current Protestant worship landscape, concert-style performances and emotionalism dominate. In this episode Lynnette explores our need for the Church's otherworldly music.

When Lynnette’s husband contracted a painful case of shingles, neither of them thought to use holy oil in his journey of healing. Why not? This episode explores three reasons—faith background, culture, and personal doubt—that many of us don’t connect the physical and the spiritual in prayer.

Hymns about the three Holy Youths in the furnace keep popping up in Orthodox services. Their placement seems random, but it’s not. In this episode Lynnette discusses the meaning and symbolism in this story, as well as the sections of the Book of Daniel that are missing from Protestant Bibles.

How do we continue celebrating the living reality of the Resurrection once Pascha is over? In this episode we look at habit formation and applying to our daily lives the lessons we’ve learned during the Great Fast.

Great Lent is the season for making prostrations. But aren’t these a Muslim thing? Lynnette explores the history and powerful meaning behind falling to the floor in our prayers to the Lord.

The Akathist to the Theotokos is an important part of Great Lent in many parishes. But why do we stand? And why is the Virgin Mary called “Champion General”? In this episode, Lynnette explores the content and history of this beloved hymn.

Outward silence can be difficult to find, but the Church is more concerned with inner silence, a quietude of the heart. Lynnette explores the saints’ advice for cultivating stillness at times, regardless of our circumstances.

In Lynnette’s Protestant past, “speaking the truth in love” was emphasized. The Orthodox Church’s emphasis on silence, both outward and inward, was new to her. In this episode, we’ll consider what the saints teach about limiting what we say.

It happens to all of us—our minds drift, and we’re filled with worries when we should be worshiping. Yet God meets us in the nave even when we’re distracted. Lynnette shares some wisdom from the saints as well as some truths to keep in mind when we struggle to pay attention during the Divine Liturgy.

The Christian life is a path of repentance, but lots of us carry negative attitudes about repentance and confession. In this episode, Lynnette discusses the Fathers’ life-giving understanding of repentance and the baggage we carry