Author Archives: frjosephhuneycutt

My wife likes to say that she knew we were becoming Orthodox when she came home one day to a recording of Byzantine chant playing, and a censer smoking on the hearth next to a couple of icons. I remember … Continue reading →

Oops! Wrong picture … D’oh! Everyone knows that story! Here we go: My ol’ e-buddy, Dawn, was recently at my alma mater, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina. (I’m sure it took her at least a thousand words to explain … Continue reading →

The following is a re-post from September 24, 2005.Route to Rita At first, my son wasn’t excited about moving to Houston. He’d heard they had hurricanes. Fr John Salem, the priest at St George, encouraged me to tell him that … Continue reading →

A. J. Jacobs’ recent book writing trick: Live a whole year following all the rules of the Bible. Unless your religion is similar to a Weird Al Yankovic video, or your Bible’s missing a whole section called the “New Testament,” … Continue reading →

Back when I was an Episcopalian — and “on my way” (as the say) to Orthodoxy — I really weirded out the Missuz. Oh sure, she was ready to move on from where we were, but she was not 100% … Continue reading →