Rdr. Seraphim Pardee

That’s right, I’m productivity blogging now!

“For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant; later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.” - Hebrews 12:11 (RSV)

“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.” - Revelation 21:4 (KJV)

On the occasion of your first birthday.

Friendship with Substack ended, now Ghost is my best friend.

“For we have not a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.” - Hebrews 4:15 (RSV)

“Indeed all was vanity and grasping for the wind.

“Better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for that is the end of all men; and the living will take it to heart.” - Ecclesiastes 7:2

“To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven: a time to keep, and a time to throw away;” - Ecclesiastes 3:1, 6 (NKJV)

“To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is well for them to remain single as I do.” - 1st Corinthians 7:8 (RSV)

This post concludes the series chronicling my week-long personal retreat at a local hermitage.

Bow down Thine ear, O Lord, and hearken unto me, for poor and needy am I.

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.

Y’ever been stuck with some monks in a random U-Haul center in Ohio?

This post begins a series chronicling my week-long personal retreat at a local hermitage in the last week of January leading into February.

My wife loves organization and asked for a system to manage grocery inventory management.

Now if only I had the attention span to actually write a book…

Understanding the Ukrainian situation in the Orthodox Church.

Kept around for the heck of it.

You know… like the opposite of dropping out.

On January 28th, I made a pretty big life-changing decision.