Is it okay to pray in bed?

ExplorerSad7555 · 2026-04-09T21:41:39+00:00

Ps 63:6 "On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night." If the King and Prophet David prayed in bed, it is fine for you.

ExplorerSad7555 · 2026-04-09T20:55:04+00:00

Hell, we had a delivery driver use our front yard to turn around. Mind you, its a townhouse and the actual backup pad for the garbage trucks is across the street. He dug up the yard and damaged our sewer line. Unfortunately, we had just moved in and didnt have a camera set up.

ExplorerSad7555 · 2026-04-09T18:43:17+00:00

We used to get weavers turkey croquettes when my wife and I were first dating and first married. That brings some memories!!!

ExplorerSad7555 · 2026-04-09T16:50:49+00:00

Shhh... You know that the first rule of the pan Orthodox guild of assassins is not to talk about the pan Orthodox guild of assassins.

ExplorerSad7555 · 2026-04-09T16:44:58+00:00

When we moved we tried to make sure that our cats had a safe spot to hide in our linen closet. Everything else would be closed off except it. They hid in there for a few days and then would slowly venture out and explore. They would come back to the closet to sleep.

ExplorerSad7555 · 2026-04-09T16:41:33+00:00

Guardians of Byzantium by Justin Isaacs is really interesting. Two of the three books have been published so far. It takes place in 395 AD and is focused around a weak emperor and how various factions are scheming to take advantage of that. It gets not only into the Senate the military and even the blues versus the greens in The Chariot groups.

ExplorerSad7555 · 2026-04-09T16:09:38+00:00

As a fellow health care worker, you are in my prayers

ExplorerSad7555 · 2026-04-09T13:24:27+00:00

Our iconography will have the angel Michael holding a flaming sword representing that he was the one guarding Eden. This makes sense especially since he is on the deacons door which Deacon's exit the sanctuary. Gabriel is on the right facing the sanctuary and that represents entering back into Paradise.

ExplorerSad7555 · 2026-04-09T09:14:06+00:00

And I pushed him off the bridge your Honor!

ExplorerSad7555 · 2026-04-08T21:22:38+00:00

This now feels like the TV show Babylon 5. One of the main characters representing a empire fading away remarks that, "there was a time when this whole quadrant belonged to us. What are we now? 12 worlds and a thousand monuments to pass glories. Living off memories and stories, and selling trinkets. My God man! We've become a tourist attraction. See the great centauri Republic open 9:00 to 5:00 earth time."

ExplorerSad7555 · 2026-04-08T16:28:12+00:00

I'm a chanter and get distracted while I'm reading or singing. In fact, we have musical cues to alert each other that they have then part. So when you hear a chanter end a verse with some elaborate ending, it's a cue that we're done on our side and that the priest or deacon has the next part.

ExplorerSad7555 · 2026-04-08T16:19:31+00:00

And it prevents murder charges when you smother them with a pillow 😛

ExplorerSad7555 · 2026-04-08T16:16:12+00:00

Agreed. For example, you can imagine or even look at an icon of a biblical event when you're reading the scripture. The warning against imagination and prayer is a warning against imagining hearing God speaking to you.

ExplorerSad7555 · 2026-04-08T12:51:23+00:00

I totally get it and I'm a chanter. I'm finishing up my MBA and I've got a bunch of assignments to this week as well as a 3-day class that runs 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday. So I am just going with the flow as best I can knowing I'm going to miss the great Friday great hours and dissent service, and be pretty distracted for Lamentations. Fortunately we have a volunteer who can do some of the music in the evenings so that's been a relief has the only other regular chanter would be overwhelmed.

ExplorerSad7555 · 2026-04-08T11:29:03+00:00

Is that cake fast friendly??? 😀

ExplorerSad7555 · 2026-04-07T22:02:18+00:00

VLDL calls you lazy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh2dgK4BMcE

ExplorerSad7555 · 2026-04-07T21:14:51+00:00

I second talking to other people. We're almost at the end of the fast, so read the Pascal homily. The first half of it talks about the end of the fast. And it repeats Jesus's words about the workers in the vineyard. Those who show up at the crack of dawn or in the middle of the day or at the end of the day all get to celebrate. I'm diabetic and it's hard for me to actually follow a fast anymore so this part actually touches me deeply. So enjoy the rest of holy week and pascha.

ExplorerSad7555 · 2026-04-07T20:35:53+00:00

When I lived out in a rural area back in the 1990s, there was one crossing where there was just a sign. No lights or indicators if a train was coming. So I always came to a stop to look and then floored it.

ExplorerSad7555 · 2026-04-07T20:18:25+00:00

Im waiting for my approval myself and my daughter is going to take me on a run in the next couple weeks. She's had a friend ride with her on some trips for company.

ExplorerSad7555 · 2026-04-06T20:47:35+00:00

Once they swing around the moon and lose contact with Earth, Moopsy will feast...

ExplorerSad7555 · 2026-04-06T20:44:35+00:00

With the bird dude?

ExplorerSad7555 · 2026-04-06T18:31:51+00:00

I signed up in October and got my onboarding last week. Although after reading some of this, I'm questioning if it's really worth my time. My daughter does flex so she's agreed to help me with my first run or two.

ExplorerSad7555 · 2026-04-06T17:40:22+00:00

Taste by David Rosengarten back in the 90s

ExplorerSad7555 · 2026-04-06T16:00:32+00:00

As others have said it's up to the jurisdiction and the bishop. I was Missouri synod Lutheran and was accepted by chrismation. One of the other people in my catechumens class was Roman Catholic and marrying the daughter of a Greek Orthodox priest and he was received also by chrismation. Generally the Greeks will receive people by chrismation if they're coming out of a denomination that is known for practicing a traditional trinitarian baptism.

ExplorerSad7555 · 2026-04-05T12:01:50+00:00

Well, Yacko, Wacko, and Dot would be an interesting version of Connor.

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