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I love the Catholic Church. When I arrived at my local parish 4 or 5 years ago, having spent several years as an Orthodox Christian, I felt welcome and at home. I love the simple services. I love Catholic art. I feel stable having the apostolic history of the Church. I love daily services. I...

Greetings, Former Orthodox and lapsed Catholic here. Frankly, I've had it with dogmas and doctrines being held as more important than one's own spiritual growth in God. I am an ally of LGBTQ and have absolutely had it with the weird Catholic and overall Christian fixation on peoples' sexuality...

Greetings, I am a fairly wayward Catholic who has been investigating Protestant traditions and was wondering if anyone here can help me. I've become somewhat discouraged by the legalism in Catholic spiritual practice, particularly the sin/confess/repeat cycle. Some sins are very difficult to...

I could use a little encouragement here. I have had a bunch of health problems for almost 20 years including Type 1 diabetes for the last 8.5. When my levels go high, especially for long periods, I find myself hurling curse words in God's direction. I often feel out of control and angry when my...

Greetings, Orthodox believers. Oh man, have I dug myself into a hole. I don't want to bore you with the infinite details of my struggles, but in brief I was received into the Greek Orthodox Church of Canada about 9 years ago following many years of being a philosophical and spiritual 'seeker'...

I love the spiritual depth of the Orthodox and Catholic Churches, especially the traditional hymns and the rigorous spiritual practices. However, I have an aversion to dogmatism and have come to agree with the priesthood of all believers and do not want my own understanding of Scripture to be...