On June 25th, 2019, the icons from a workshop at St. Mary the Virgin’s Anglican Church in Regina, Saskatchewan, were blessed after a week of prayer and painting. There also appeared in the bulletin a note about the week and icons, which Fr. Schroeder has kindly permitted to be published here. I hope you will … Read more
All icons of Mary the Theotokos (the “Birth-giver to God”) are a profound statement about humanity’s relationship with God. Mary, a teenage girl embodies the beauty of faith—saying yes to the angel’s promised miracle despite its unfathomable reality nine months earlier. Christ Emmanuel, the baby boy, is truly God with us. In this icon we … Read more
This is an issue very near to my heart. In 2005 our second son was born. He lived for thirty-eight days before entering the glory of his Father. His name was Anthony. In that too-short time with us, we were informed by some well-meaning members of our community that we had gotten his name wrong, … Read more