Blogger, freelance editor, and regular gal-in-the-pews Lynnette Horner hosts Walking an Ancient Path: Living and Learning Orthodox Christianity. Episodes will explore the joys and struggles of prayer and worship, sacraments and everyday ascetic practices, and the cultural adjustments on the journey into Orthodoxy (whether taking first steps or traveling deeper into the Faith).
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Failing at the Jesus Prayer
In the final episode of Walking an Ancient Path, Lynnette ponders the words of Bishop Kallistos Ware as she struggles with practicing the Jesus Prayer. She examines the reasons the Church emphasizes "the Prayer" as well as ways to incorporate it into our lives as we press forward together in Christ. Thanks!
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Pondering the Nativity Icon
One of the most beloved icons of the Orthodox Church, the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, is a wonderful example of "theology in color." In this episode, Lynnette talks about various elements in the icon and the lessons they have to teach us.
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
DIY Christianity versus Sacramental Faith
Lynnette contrasts her de-churched Christian friends and their nonsacramental beliefs with the necessity of the Liturgy and community in the Orthodox Christian life. She also talks about the upcoming end of Walking an Ancient Path.
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
A Countercultural Christmas Carol
Orthodox Christians begin Christmas preparations long before the beginning of Advent. Our Lenten disciplines of prayer, almsgiving, and especially fasting are out of step with the surrounding society, including the practices of Western Christians. In this episode we explore these differences and how they prepare us for the celebration of the Incarnation.
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
The Experience of an Orthodox Christian Death & Burial
In this fourth and final episode on death & burial in the Orthodox Christian Church, Lynnette walks listeners through the journey from the point of death to the final resting place. With the continual recitation of psalms and the various services offered from the deathbed to the graveside, the Orthodox believer in death is surrounded by prayer.