Recently I received an email from someone who listens to the podcast version of Walking an Ancient Path. The listener wrote, Thank you for hosting this podcast! I’ve been listening since last year this time. It’s been very helpful in navigating my personal questions and struggles. My husband would like to convert to Orthodoxy, and I’ve been “looking into it” for about 2 years now. My husband won’t convert unless I’m fully…

I still remember a particular summer morning. Rob and I had discovered the Orthodox Church a few months earlier, toward the end of Great Lent, and had begun attending OCA services and talking to people from the parish during coffee hour. The Orthodox Christian Church was ancient but very new to me, and I was intrigued, edified by her consistent teachings, and drawn by the palpable sense of holiness in the services.…