Those of you from the South have most likely grown up eating black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day. Typically, they’re served with a “mess” of greens, such as collards, mustard or turnip greens, or even cabbage. Each region has its own tasty ritual. “Cook your beans low and slow, ideally in a slow cooker. For …
Month: December 2022
Since Christmas, my incredible husband has spent the last few days of his vacation coming up with a Dungeons & Dragons story to play with our three sons. Being Dungeon Master is quite an investment of free time, of which my hard-working husband has little, so they’ve played only once before and, admittedly, it has …
“Never, never, never let anyone tell you that, in order to be Orthodox, you must be Eastern. The West was fully Orthodox for a thousand years, and her venerable liturgy is far older than any of her heresies.”— St. John Maximovitch There’s a contingent of haters – dare I say, a conspiracy – that has …
By Valerie Protopapas For those who are not members of or following the doings of the Roman Catholic Church, you may not know (or care, actually!) that well known pro-life priest Fr. Frank Pavone has been laicized by the Vatican – actually, by Pope Francis himself! – and Fr. Pavone believes that this is only …
Fr. John A. Peck is the pastor of All Saints of North America Orthodox Church in Youngtown, a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona, an Orthodox priest under ROCOR, the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, and dean of Great Martyr Euphemia Orthodox Theological Academy. He runs the websites Fr. John Peck, Preachers Institute, Good Guys Where …
James Perloff is journalist who wrote for The New American magazine for nearly three decades. He’s the author of “The Shadows of Power,” an exposé of the Council on Foreign Relations, two books about the evidence against Darwin’s theory of evolution, “The Case Against Darwin” and “Tornado in a Junkyard,” and a comprehensive primer on …