On Hiatus

I am putting the blog back on hiatus until such a time as I get reestablished elsewhere. I am close to moving and I need to focus on accomplishing that goal for the time being.

Lectio Divina

When I was a novice oblate I was given a handbook with twelve lessons to be completed within a year - one lesson per month. At the beginning of the handbook, it is explained that there are six duties of a Benedictine Oblate of Our Lady and Saint Laurence. One of those duties is the practice of Lectio Divina - or Divine Reading.

The Significance of a Sacrament: Chrismation

I apologize for how long it has taken me to get this post written and posted; I was suffering from some pretty bad migraines. Why? I don't know. If I knew what was causing my migraines I would stop doing whatever it is that is causing them.

Anyhow, where was I? Oh yes, blog post. Let's get on with it, shall we?

The Significance of a Sacrament: Baptism

OK, so far we have talked about what a sacrament is, and one of the sacraments that should be central to our faith, but usually isn't. This next one that is going to be covered most Christians should be familiar with in some shape or form.

How Bespoke Post has Helped Me

OK, first of all, I would like to say that this is not a paid post. I wouldn't even know how to go about getting sponsored for my articles, and I don't think that my viewership is high enough for anyone to even consider paying me to write articles for or about them. That disclaimer out of the way, let me explain how I feel that the Bespoke Post has helped me in my life.

The Significance of a Sacrament: Confession

I am starting off this new series with a sacrament that is very important, but also controversial among low church Protestant types. If you couldn't guess from the title of this post the sacrament of which I speak is confession.

The Significance of a Sarcrament

I'm going to try a new series here. I know, I don't think I finished anything else I started, why should this be any different? Well... reasons. And stop making fun of my ADHD, it makes finishing things and keeping focus very

On Iran

Ok, here we go. As I am sure most of you know Iran and a certain Iranian general have been exploding in headlines lately, and in a shameless effort to draw more readers to my blog I have decided to weigh in on this matter outside of social media and memes.

On the Rule of the Theotokos

I think that I mentioned before that during one of my phases of searching for "Authentic Original Christianity"™ that I stumbled upon a thing calling itself Celtic Christianity of the Orthodox flavor. It was during this time that I somehow came across a website offering free rosaries. Obviously, I ordered some.