I’ve been wearing my Brown Scapular and crucifix for a while now, and as a Catholic from Kenya, they’re a constant reminder of my faith and the man I want to be. They remind me to stay close to Christ and trust in Our Lady’s intercession.

Good afternoon, brothers and sisters.

I am deeply shocked: in Jordan and Ethiopia, on two different continents, two brutal massacres have taken place in the space of just one week. Armed men have stormed into churches to murder innocent worshippers. Children have been killed, and families have been torn apart and traumatised.

I have posted about this, and it saddens me to see that the latest gossip about whatever is happening in the United States receives more attention than the suffering of our brothers and sisters.

Can you imagine trying to go to Mass and ending up being killed? Can you imagine being afraid to go and meet the Lord in His house?

We must be the voice of those who have no voice. And we must not normalise the indiscriminate killing of our innocent brothers and sisters. The grief of the Orthodox is the grief of us all. We cannot remain silent. This has to stop.

Pray for our murdered brothers and sisters, the wounded and the traumatised families.

painted by Chinese Christian artist, Luke Chen (Chen Yuandu)

I randomly decided to draw this. Jesus loves you 

I started a print club and just wanted to share my first drawing!

I'm about to draw my way through the entire Bible: one book, one drawing, every month. 66 books.

We start where everything starts: Genesis.

Genesis | The Last Evening in Eden

This piece captures the first disobedience: Adam and Eve believing the serpent's lies, and their final night in the garden. It's the moment everything changed, and it's where this whole story begins.

Hi all, I am new to Reddit and usually just read but tonight something happened to me that was just so amazing I’ve been sharing the story everywhere I can. I am a 26-year-old woman who is in my senior year of nursing school. I am currently away at clinical training and my entire family is home. I have been talking about eating dinner at one restaurant all evening, I get off and just drag myself around not going to eat yet. Finally I decided I would go get dinner so I can get ready for bed, on the way there I change my mind and switch to a different restaurant. I go in and there are 3 girls sitting there, I order and I go to pay. One of the girls walks up to me and asks me “can I pay for you food?” I said “oh no it’s okay” I thought oh geez I changed into my sweats I probably look like I don’t have the money to get my dinner, and she goes “please God put it on my heart to pay for your dinner.”. She paid for my dinner and asked me if she could pray for me. She then hugs me and says “Jesus loves you”. I never told anyone this but earlier in my shift I had a older man I was caring for, who has dementia and was not talking clearly all day grab my hand at the end of my shift, he said “do you believe in God?” I said “yes I do”, he said “do you know who Jesus is?” I said “Yes, Jesus is Gods son”. He then said “Yes, Jesus is the son of God and Jesus loves you.”. I have always been a Christian, I was raised in the church but in the last few years I have been talking a step back and not leaning into my faith like I should, but this past year has been challenging and this past week I fell apart. I didn’t talk to my husband, family or anyone, I just prayed. I told God I felt like I wasn’t smart enough to be a nurse. I told him I wouldn’t be mad if this wasn’t the direction he wanted my life to go but I just prayed and prayed for him to give me answers and point me in the right direction. Tonight I cried, I cried because I always heard of people hearing from God but I never thought I would be one. I know God is real and I’m so grateful to have that experience, I am so grateful to be able to share my story. I am so grateful to have turned to him in my hardest times. I will forever remember tonight.

It has been a very sad week for Christians around the world. There have already been two mass attacks on our Orthodox brothers and sisters. In Jordan, and now in Ethiopia. Five of those who died in Ethiopia were just children.

Mourning is in our hearts. May God have mercy on their souls, on their families and on the injured who are fighting for their lives. May God grant the grace of repentance to those who do evil.

Today, I was reading Acts 10 for my bible study and was firstly trying to figure out if the angel of God was Jesus throughout the chapter but then the last verses really caught me and I decided to break down Peters sermon.

Acts 10:34–43 (LSB)

34–35 And opening his mouth, Peter said: “I most truly comprehend now that God is not one to show partiality, but in every nation the one who fears Him and does righteousness is welcome to Him.

36 As for the word which He sent to the sons of Israel, proclaiming the good news of peace through Jesus Christ—He is Lord of all—

37–38 You yourselves know the thing which happened throughout all Judea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism which John proclaimed. You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.

39–41 And we are witnesses of all the things He did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They also put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree. God raised Him up on the third day and granted that He appear, not to all the people, but to witnesses who were chosen beforehand by God, that is, to us who ate and drank with Him after He arose from the dead.

42 And He commanded us to preach to the people, and solemnly to bear witness that this is the One who has been designated by God as Judge of the living and the dead.

43 Of Him all the prophets bear witness that through His name everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins.

Breaking this down:

1. Peter says that we must "fear Him" (referent Jesus) and immediately identifies Jesus as Lord of all. This is something you're commanded to do towards God alone (Isaiah 8:13, Deuteronomy 6:13, Proverbs 9:10).
2. Peter claims Jesus is not only "Lord" but "Lord of ALL". Again, this is a title only God can have, as you cannot be Lord of all without being the highest.
3. Jesus claimed He would raise Himself from the dead (John 2:19–21). Peter claims that God raised Him, thus supporting Jesus = God.
4. Peter claims that Jesus will judge the living and the dead. Again, this is something only God should do, not a mere prophet/man having this kind of responsibility.
5. Forgiveness of sins --> Only God can forgive sins, or else Isaiah 43:25 wouldn't make sense, where God claims He is the one who does this.

I’m really trying to keep faith and trust. I will never not believe in God or love him but I just don’t understand. I’m the oldest and I heard that the oldest are closer to God but I feel like I’m being punished, I know he doesn’t punish but this grief and pain I’m in forever now just don’t understand. I know my baby is with him but is alone? he doesn’t have his mom or dad i feel uncomfortable without him but I know he’s having the time of his life and he got blessed by going straight to heaven he only knew love and he never knew pain of anykind. its bittersweet bc I know my little man is having an amazing time but I’m suffering. It’ so strange i want to be with my baby but I can’t choose that bc I can’t risk not seeing him again. how do people do this? Like Job lost whole family and he still kept his faith in God im so confused

On Friday, October 23, 2026, gunmen opened fire during a funeral at St. George’s Greek Orthodox Church in Hamoud, Karak Governorate, Jordan. What should have been a moment of mourning and prayer became a tragedy for the victims, their families, and the wider community.
According to Jordan’s official news agency, Petra, nine people were killed and 34 were injured. The attack shocked the country and left many families grieving for their loved ones.
For three days, security forces searched for those responsible. On Monday, October 26, Jordanian authorities announced that three suspects had been arrested following an armed confrontation at an abandoned house in Karak. All three were injured during the operation, and weapons and ammunition were reportedly seized. No security personnel were reported injured.
As a Christian, I find this tragedy deeply painful. A church should be a place of prayer, peace, and comfort, especially during a funeral. It is heartbreaking to think that people gathered to mourn a loved one were caught in such violence.
Christianity teaches us to love our neighbors, pray for those who suffer, and reject hatred. Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers” (Matthew 5:9). We may struggle to understand why God allows such suffering, but we should never confuse the actions of violent people with the love of God.
I also believe that faith does not require us to ignore injustice or pretend that we have all the answers. We can grieve, ask difficult questions, demand justice, and still hold on to hope.
My prayers are with the victims, the injured, their families, and everyone in Jordan affected by this tragedy. May God comfort those who are grieving, bring healing to the wounded, and guide our communities toward peace rather than hatred.
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Earlier today I had a DM after I commented on this sub. They were supposedly linked to an "Orphanage" in Uganda. This is a known scam so if you get a message similar to this make sure you report or ignore.

My boyfriend and I love each other deeply. we are both under 23 years old. We were close friends for nearly two years before we officially started dating in February 2026. In the beginning, we established clear boundaries that were fully respected. Over time, however, we began crossing those lines. While we have not had sex, we constantly find ourselves pushing the physical boundaries we set.

Initially, the fear of falling into sexual sin led us to consider marrying early. By the grace of God, our mentality around marriage has completely shifted. We now realize marriage should not be an escape hatch to avoid falling, but a mature readiness to form a holy covenant. Since then, we have made incredible progress: we have tackled difficult conversations, broken bad spending habits, and successfully overcome a shared addiction to pornography.

Despite this growth, physical self-control remains our biggest hurdle. While we are completely fine in public, we struggle deeply to keep our hands off each other during private dates at home (even with family in the house) and during late-night phone calls. We love each other and desperately want to break this cycle without causing mutual hurt, aiming for a wedding in 2027.

Outside of my relationship, I am facing a parallel struggle with self-control and motivation. I am deeply involved and highly successful in leading church activities and communicating with others, but I am completely frozen when it comes to my education. I cannot bring myself to go to class or study for school, and I feel completely lost in this cycle.

Edited the post because I realized the first one was all over the place.

Something I noticed reading Acts with a rough timeline next to it. Paul almost never stayed anywhere long. Thessalonica was about three Sabbaths before he had to get out at night (17:2, 17:10). Corinth was eighteen months (18:11). Ephesus was his longest, around three years (20:31).

The part that stopped me is Acts 14:21-23. On the way home from the first trip he goes back through cities where the churches had existed for maybe a year at most, and appoints elders in every one of them. Then he commits them to the Lord and leaves. He didn’t wait until they were mature by our standards. He trusted local men, and he trusted the Holy Spirit with them.

Titus 1:5 is the same pattern. Titus was left in Crete to appoint elders in every town, not to run the churches himself.

There’s an old book on this, Missionary Methods: St Paul’s or Ours? by Roland Allen. He wrote it in 1912 after serving as a missionary in China. His argument was that Western missions kept foreign workers in charge for generations because they never trusted local believers the way Paul did. More than a hundred years later a lot of it still lands.

Where this hit me was my own giving. For years most of what I gave to missions went toward people from here going somewhere for a while. These days I support a boy in Kenya and the local man I pay to tutor him. The tutor isn’t a visitor. He’ll be there next year and the year after that, whether or not anyone from overseas ever shows up. When I ask which of those two kinds of giving looks more like Acts 14, it isn’t close.

I don’t think outsiders have no place. Paul was an outsider everywhere he went, and so was Barnabas. But Paul seems to have judged his work by what kept going after he left, and that question rarely gets asked about a trip or a project. What is still running a year after the last visitor flies home, and who is running it?

3 John 8 says that when we support faithful workers, we become fellow workers with them. I used to read that as being about the missionaries we send. I read it now as being just as much about the person who was already there.

I did a lot of shit in My Life That in Not really proud of, wich Even at the time i knew it was wrong. It was some Morning i bearly remember But i was out with a boat on a River when a Strom Hit, it felt Like i was hearing a soft and strange voice Calling me when a lighting bolt knocked over a tree Right next to me and i got scared. I was thinking of some of the worse things i did and i startet begging for second chance of making things Right, then a second lighting bolt Hit the sky and i swear i saw the face of jesus christ in the sky/ in That lighting. I dont know why but the Lord saved me for a for me unknown reason, i dont think i deserved that but hell im still Here. Im Not a Great guy but i do my best to be better then i was and im together with a Girl who really dont deserve,she‘s an Angel and i love her.

Im sorry for my Bad english im still learing becouse its my second Language and i rely on my phones auto correction but i Hope its readable becouse my experiance will help some poor fellas becouse even if its only guy its worth it.

During the Medieval Era much like today, many paintings of Christ were get made. Me personally, I'm more into those renaissance paintings of Christ like The Last Supper from Da Vinci but I don't really hear a lot of people talk about Medieval artworks so I made this post to give some attention to those medieval works depicting the Savior, the King, and the Judge, Christ the one and only messiah.

So today I was starting my journey again with restarting my audio book start to finish of the bible and as you all know in the being god created man and women. And I started thinking on this. how cave men existed. If god created men and women where do cave men come in to play at? My faith i feel like is strong. But this thought alone is causing me to think otherwise now. And I hate to think this way. Maybe cave men existed before the flood and the flood took them all out. And then Noha helped re populate the earth?. I never finished the full bible so maybe I should just do that and completely finish it maybe it will have all the answers im looking for.

Religious liberty is very important for a free society, which is why its abuse, turning it upside-down and inside-out, by using it for religious supremacy must be called out and rejected:

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/henrykarlson/2026/10/religious-liberty-for-all-not-just-christians/