Walking an Ancient Path

Lynette Horner, and Ancient Faith Ministries
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Walking an Ancient Path

The Walking the Ancient Path podcast explores the joys and struggles of prayer and worship, sacraments, everyday asceticism, and the cultural adjustments on the journey into Orthodoxy (whether taking first steps or traveling deeper into the Faith).

  1. 12/21/2023

    Failing at the Jesus Prayer

    In the final episode of Walking an Ancient Path, Lynnette ponders the words of Bishop Kallistos Ware as she struggles with practicing the Jesus Prayer. She examines the reasons the Church emphasizes "the Prayer" as well as ways to incorporate it into our lives as we press forward together in Christ. Thanks!

    32 min

  2. 12/13/2023

    Pondering the Nativity Icon

    One of the most beloved icons of the Orthodox Church, the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, is a wonderful example of "theology in color." In this episode, Lynnette talks about various elements in the icon and the lessons they have to teach us.

    19 min

  3. 11/29/2023

    DIY Christianity versus Sacramental Faith

    Lynnette contrasts her de-churched Christian friends and their nonsacramental beliefs with the necessity of the Liturgy and community in the Orthodox Christian life. She also talks about the upcoming end of Walking an Ancient Path.

    25 min

  4. 11/08/2023

    A Countercultural Christmas Carol

    Orthodox Christians begin Christmas preparations long before the beginning of Advent. Our Lenten disciplines of prayer, almsgiving, and especially fasting are out of step with the surrounding society, including the practices of Western Christians. In this episode we explore these differences and how they prepare us for the celebration of the Incarnation.

    13 min

  5. 10/25/2023

    The Experience of an Orthodox Christian Death & Burial

    In this fourth and final episode on death & burial in the Orthodox Christian Church, Lynnette walks listeners through the journey from the point of death to the final resting place. With the continual recitation of psalms and the various services offered from the deathbed to the graveside, the Orthodox believer in death is surrounded by prayer.

    34 min

  6. 10/04/2023

    Preparing for Death with End-of-Life Planning

    In this third episode of a four-part series, Lynnette discusses reasons for pre-planning the care of our bodies in dying and death, issues with embalming, making a death plan, and remembering that our most important preparation is for standing before God.

    22 min

  7. 09/20/2023

    The Sanctity of the Human Body & the Church's View of Cremation

    In this episode Lynnette looks at the meaning of the human body, three reasons our bodies our sacred, the Catholic Church's grudging acceptance of cremation, and five reasons the Orthodox Church remains opposed to cremation.

    36 min

  8. 09/06/2023

    Remembrance of Death & Celebrations of Life

    In the first of a short series on the Orthodox Christian approach to death and burial, Lynnette considers the Church’s emphasis on the remembrance of death and looks at changes in the wider Christian world in the ways we remember and honor the dead.

    31 min
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The Walking the Ancient Path podcast explores the joys and struggles of prayer and worship, sacraments, everyday asceticism, and the cultural adjustments on the journey into Orthodoxy (whether taking first steps or traveling deeper into the Faith).

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  • Creator
    Lynette Horner, and Ancient Faith Ministries
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2023
  • Episodes
    61
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Ancient Faith Ministries
  • Show Website
    Walking an Ancient Path

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