Devotees of Hagia Thekla

Last Friday, we looked at the physical shrine of Hagia Thekla and what it said about gender roles in early Christianity.  Today, I wanna look at the actions and attitudes of the real people who lived and traveled there.  We will see that the devotees that worshiped, vistied, and lived at Hagia Thekla were from [...]


A Prayer I Prayed

My church hosted a community-wide prayer meeting. I was asked to deliver the prayer for the least of these. Here’s what I prayed:
God, our Father, we thank you that you are also Adonai Jireh, our provider. We thank you that you have been so good to us, that portion of your people who [...]