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Caleb Congrove

Caleb Congrove is a high school teacher in Ohio and a father of three. A layman, he belongs to a Greek Catholic parish.

No Other Story: Preaching as Catechesis

This is the first in a series of essays on preaching written by lay people. By Caleb Congrove About five years ago, I wrote a little...

To blaze his Name abroad

"Let us blaze his Name abroad, For of gods he is the God; For his mercies ay endure, Ever faithful, ever sure."

A Bold and Generous Vision

Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, is a theologian, writer, and dedicated ecumenist.

France, la sainte: A pilgrimage with Vladimir Lossky

Vladimir Lossky's diary, on the road to joining the French Army in 1940, reveals an intimate portrait of the famous theologian, barely revealed in his academic writing.

Listening to the cicadas

Cicadas, like everything else, have a divine origin: “All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being” (John 1:3).

A wretch like me? Crossing to the demoniac

Then they arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. As he stepped out on land, there met him a man...

Lent, Kiva, Chrysostom, and me: Microcredit and the Great Fast

If you are not concretely doing things to help the poor, you are avoiding an unavoidable part of the Christian life.

Everyday bread: the spiritual writing of Soren Johnson

A lot of popular theological writing seems permanently focused on bigger pictures and patterns. By contrast, Soren Johnson reflects on the humble burdens of discipleship in close relief.

At home at the monastery

Manny and Jessica Archuleta have a blog called Every Home a Monastery. That name reflects the central purpose of their life together as a...

Light in August, and everything after

August is especially dense with the mystery of salvation in the two feasts of the Transfiguration and the Assumption.