Peter Preble

This past week I have been re-reading the book Orthodox Psychotherapy by metropolitan of Nafpaktos Hierotheos. This was a textbook from one of the Pastoral Theology classes in seminary. The subtitle of the book is The Science of the Fathers.…

Okay, so I am reality TV nut what can I say. It all started years ago with survivor and has continued to today. Tonight we have the continuation of Big Brother All Stars. If you have never seen that show,…

This Sunday is the 82nd Annual Church Picnic at the parish of St. Michael in Southbridge. This picnic is by far the best in town. Of course I have to say that as I am the priest here so I…

As I was preparing for Liturgy for the weekend, I began to read again from the Book of Psalms. I am not sure how many Orthodox view this book, but I have always found comfort in this little treasure trove.…

In my surfing around the net I came across this mission in Toronto that is exactly what I was thinking of. The website is: This is just what the Orthodox Church needs to do. Their mission is as follows:…

It has been a long time since my last post which was only my second post. The idea behind this blog was for random thoughts on my monastic journey. Not much has happened since my last entry so it would…

Today is Veterans day here in the US. I often find myslef thinking of all of those men and women who have gone before us in service to our country. We owe a great debt of gratitude to these people.…

Greetings, This is my first entry of what I hope to be many. I am an Orthodox Priest and very interested in monasticism. I was a monk in the western church before my conversion to Orthodoxy. I hope that we…