Busy Week Update

I do have some posts I hope to get done, but for us Old Calendar types, today is the first day of Lent, and there are services every day of the week. This does put a bit of a crimp into blogging time, but still hope to get some things up.

My Liturgics class seems to be going well and so far I seem to be handling things. It is intense and I’m very glad I didn’t try to do two courses. Getting my feet wet with just one proved to be a very good idea. For all that I do continue to heal from being hit by lightning, and the docs said I should be able to take a class and pass, it’s another thing to actually do it. Working on routines and compensation methods to try to ensure memory formation and actual retention of the material.

If I didn’t say it before, the class was not what I expected. I was thinking it would be going over the Liturgy (the main worship service) and perhaps a bit on some of the other services such as Vespers and Matins. Instead, it is all about the theology behind the Liturgy and the worship of Christ. I’m pretty sure my priest, who has taken the class and encouraged this, knew full well what I was getting into as he has had the class and the professor (I’m taking the class at the same seminary he attended). It has been eye opening and a bit like trying to drink out of a fire hose, but fun.

Most of our focus so far has been on Christianity, and the development of the Liturgy from the Crucifixion to present with an emphasis (so far) on the first 500 years. I’m already wanting to take the Church history courses they offer… More on the course soon, but it does take up a chunk of my week as well.

I’m also working on my pilgrimage and the visit to Mount Athos. I found out this morning that one of the monasteries I wanted to visit on Mount Athos is already booked for most of the month including the days I have to visit Mount Athos. My thought is that there is a reason, that something is being worked, so just waiting to see what happens.

Continuing to experiment with the water distiller and filters. Enjoying the taste of clean water.

There was something else I was going to share, and if I remember what it was, will put it here.

Have a Blessed week, and hopefully more soon.

Getting hit by lightning is not fun! If you would like to help me in my recovery efforts, and to start a truly new life, feel free to hit the fundraiser at A New Life on GiveSendGo, use the options in the Tip Jar in the upper right, or drop me a line to discuss other methods. If you want to know some of what it is going for, read here. There is also the Amazon Wish List in the Bard’s Jar. It is thanks to your gifts and prayers that I am still going. Thank you.