You Cannot Know God: Knowing the Unknowable God

Part 1 of 3: The two ways the Church talks about God, and why the Fathers trusted the one that sounds like giving up

9 hrs ago • Jamey Bennett

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There Can Be Only One (Sort Of)

How ancient Jews viewed God’s “second power”—and why early Christians were not creating a new religion when they worshipped Jesus

Oct 3 • Jamey Bennett

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September 2026

The God They Skipped Was Never the God We Confess

A poem about the Bible names real texts and real wounds—it also rejects a theology the Orthodox Church never held.

Sep 28 • Jamey Bennett

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Reading Scripture with the Church

Class, Handout, and Slide Deck: Why the Orthodox Church reads Scripture within the context of Orthodox Tradition

Sep 22 • Jamey Bennett

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A Romans 16 Kind of Season

Saint Paul closes his letter to the Romans with a bunch of names, and this is Jamey’s version of that chapter

Sep 16 • Jamey Bennett

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August 2026

Saints Among Us: An Introduction to Our Holy Friends

Teaching Video and Slide Deck: Why the Church keeps names—and how a family chooses nine of them

Aug 22 • Jamey Bennett

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We Are Ascending: A Practical Guide to Preparing for the Liturgy

Father Mark Leondis teaches how to prepare for Liturgy, and why a priest doesn't say "Good Morning" at the opening of the service

Aug 14 • Jamey Bennett

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The Mindset and the Margarine: Tools vs. Rules of Our Faith

And: Phronema, oikonomia, and theosis—three words worth knowing before you worry about what's on your fasting list

Aug 6 • Jamey Bennett

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After the Chrism Dries: A Field Guide to Your First Year as an Orthodox Christian

After 17 years in the Orthodox faith, Jamey offers a few thoughts on the first year as a new convert in pursuit of the normal Orthodox Christian life

Aug 3 • Jamey Bennett

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July 2026

Born Mortal, Crowned Holy: The Orthodox Path of the Panagia

Why the Church's most honored saint shares our mortality, our struggle, and our need for Christ—and how her "yes" at the Annunciation, not a papal…

Jul 8 • Jamey Bennett

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What Freedom Is For

Happy July 4th! From morning Creed with a preschooler to Saint Gregory of Nyssa, one Orthodox dad reflects on why Christian liberty has a shape, and why…

Jul 5 • Jamey Bennett

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June 2026

Canned Food, Mama, and Me: On Mormonism and the End of the World

And: An Orthodox view of the end times, and why the kingdom of God is already here

Jun 17 • Jamey Bennett

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