This post concludes the series chronicling my week-long personal retreat at a local hermitage. Thank you for following along!
The Hermitage: Wednesday
Bow down Thine ear, O Lord, and hearken unto me, for poor and needy am I. Preserve my soul, for I am holy; save Thy servant, O my God, that hopeth in Thee.
The Hermitage: Tuesday
Grace wielded not a two-edged sword, but one with three edges against the foe: a single blade forged in heaven and sharpened with threefold might, which ever fighteth for the one thrice-radiant Godhead.
The Hermitage: Monday
Y'ever been stuck with some monks in a random U-Haul center in Ohio?
The Hermitage: Saturday and Sunday
This post begins a series chronicling my week-long personal retreat at a local hermitage in the last week of January leading into February. These writings were made daily during the retreat, typically in the evenings but as the week went on I would write a bit in the mornings and afternoons too.
Setting up Grocy on Caddy with Let’s Encrypt Support
My wife loves organization and asked for a system to manage grocery inventory management. As the husband sysadmin, it is my sworn duty to oblige (after all, it’s lots of fun!). However, I learned there’s no Grocy setup guides with Caddy. This guide seeks to help those who were in my shoes and be quite reproducible.
A Preface
A couple months ago, I had an idea to write a book on the dirty laundry that us Orthodox Christians have lingering around – mostly in part to vent my concerns on paper. I don’t know if I’ll ever get started on it, whether it will even see fruition, but I thought it’d be worth sharing the preface I had written for it.
Navigating the Schism as a Layman
Christ is born! It has been a bit over a year since most turbulent parts of the schism over Ukraine occurred. The ship that is the Orthodox Church is finally in some quieter waters, but we are certainly still in dangerous territory. Various hierarchs have been making their decisions to commemorate the new Ukrainian metropolitan, rocking the boat and leading to further hostilities amongst our...
Where I Am Now
Greetings, everyone. It’s been a while.
As you might’ve read or noticed, these past few years have been all over the place. I won’t get into details too greatly like my usual blog posts, because they will no longer be my usual blog posts. What I can say though, is that I’m doing better. Not much better, but better nonetheless.
Just a Memory
Listening to The Specktators (well, Packy) right now. It makes me think of the times I’d walk to the bus stop every morning to go to school, muting out the noise of the world, enjoying the beat and the message. Feeling the 60 degree weather, just that perfect temperature that isn’t too cold nor too hot. Not even worrying about the future, worrying about the past. Just living in the...