First Tuesday of Lent, Reading, Cleaning, book buying + unpacking, Canon of St Andrew

Did I mention that I got this book recently?

The Orthodox Church in the World: Talks and Discussions in Cyprus, Russia, Romania and Georgia

It's been really informative; I did not get the link

between dogma and how it translates into lived experience; 

how right dogma (doctrine/ideas about God) creates right culture/living.

Makes perfect sense, I just did not frame the idea in this way,

thought I have been pondering this topic 

(of how we are where we are today/in history) for years.

This book is a bunch of things on many topics, including kids/child-rearing.

I love books like that, wide-ranging.

I've been thinking over and over today

dogma = right living and such thoughts.  Ortho-nerdy fun at it's best ;)

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I got to do more reading today. 

It was SO NICE.

Uninterrupted quiet reading on the futon in our library/chapel with

time to make notes, look over past notes (I write a lot of quotes from books

I am reading esp that I want to write about) and making notes for DV

future essays that I want to write. 

I have not had a lot of chance for such a time and I really deeply 

appreciated having it today.

I love this plant that a friend gave me this summer...

Books for church bookstore! New Rome Press! 

That was a heavy box to carry up 2 flights of stairs! 

I was out of breath, I admit!

And under 10 minutes of my opening the box of books,

there was Cleo exploring the newly emptied box!

These 2 new books are WONDERFUL, cool and the St Paisios book very BEAUTIFUL.

My godkids often get books from me and I was so excited to see these 2!!! 

Church tonight.

I was really glad to be there.

Was tired tonight so I sat some.

But that's cool. 

I have been learning to not push myself into sickness

and am trying my best there.

Speaking of that, I need to get on to sleep for the night! 

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May God bless, protect and heal us all!