“The Convert experience is full of surprises, not only for the pilgrims involved but for those who attempt to pastor and teach them. One Flew Over the Onion Dome tackles these challenges with up-front honesty, good humor, and steadfast faith.”
— Frederica Mathewes-Green
“Fr Joseph Huneycutt’s book is reminiscent of John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress, in that it details the pitfalls, traps and snares that so easily entrap those who set out to travel the narrow Way. Likewise, he points out the underlying spiritual maladies of the soul and how to avoid the various pitfalls. Many may be able to point out the problems one encounters, even giving them a name. But to identify a problem, i.e., a spiritual malady, is not the same thing as being able to cure it. Overcoming the problem is a different matter entirely. Thanks be to God he offers helpful pastoral counsel to those who must guide others in this difficult path.”
+ MARK, Bishop of Toledo and the Diocese of the Midwest
“We have found the Pearl of Great Price,” could be a subtitle to this gem, One Flew Over the Onion Dome. It is a precious collection of heart-beats reflecting the various facets of the same pilgrimage that St Paul made when called by Christ on the road to Damascus: scrutiny and doubt from Cradles, heart-wrenching rejection by family and friends, periodic re-consideration while zealously bearing fruit in the Lord, delight in the “coming home,” humble acknowledgment of the gift received. “My story is not much different from the host of other stories of Americans converting to Eastern Orthodox Christianity,” confesses Fr Joseph Huneycutt. Although each story has a thread common to the others, each one is singular because it is the life-searching quest of a unique soul longing for “in the present age the knowledge of the truth and in the future age, everlasting life.
This is a must read for Cradles who might need to re-appreciate the Truth, for Seekers who have found the way but must patiently walk it while waiting for that blessed life which is to come and especially for hierarchs under whose omophorions the Good Shepherd has led these sheep for pastoring and who will be called to account for their eternal well-being.”
+ NATHANIEL, Archbishop of Detroit
“In recent years Orthodox churches in America have received a multitude of Converts from a variety of different backgrounds. Many books have been published to tell the story of individual and group conversions. In the pages of One Flew Over the Onion Dome, the reader will find a reasoned explanation, formed through both personal experience and observation, that tells not only stories but provides a much needed guide for the clergy called to form and pastor these various Converts.”
— The Very Rev. Dr. Chad Hatfield, Dean St. Herman Seminary, Kodiak, Alaska — Newly elected Provost of St Vladimir’s Seminary
“This book is like a map for the new Convert, which shows where the pits and dead ends are and, most importantly, how to find the treasure. For clergy, it will be a helpful tool in diagnosing common convert ailments before they become spiritually terminal.”
— Fr. John Whiteford, author of Sola Scriptura and a Priest of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad
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