82 episodes
The Saint Emmelia Podcast Melissa Naasko, Fr. Noah Bushelli, and Ancient Faith Ministries
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- Religion & Spirituality
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4.6 • 10 Ratings
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The Saint Emmelia Podcast provides inspiring and informative resources and experiences that equip homeschooling families to educate the next generation of Orthodox faithful in North America.
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082 - Hiding in the Library
Mindi is joined by her husband, Calvin Schneider, to discuss how his unique educational experience impacted his relationship to reading, as well as how books reveal the Incarnation.
Books mentioned:
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
The Unsettling of America by Wendell Berry
The Miraculous Pigness of Pigs by Joe Salatin
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C Clarke
Perelandra by C.S. Lewis
The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis
Other media mentioned:
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081 - Interview with Subdeacon Herman Ward
Today on the podcast, Melissa Elizabeth Naasko talks technology with Subdeacon Herman Ward. Subdeacon Herman is a husband and father and holds his masters degree in library science. He works as a technology expert with a public school district in California. His wife works as a teacher with St Athanasius Online School and he gives parents advices based on both his professional experience and his faith. Today’s show will be extraordinarily useful for parents but there will be references to some of the specific temptations facing children today.
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080 - Spiritual Nuggets
Fr. Peter Kavanaugh offers guidance on how to address some of the challenging questions with which parents will be faced.
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079 - Interview with Casey Kassiani Newman
On today’s episode, Melissa Elizabeth Naasko interviews Casey Kassiani Newman, an iconographer, mother, and wife of a deacon . She maintains her studio, Kassiani’s Art Studio from which she produces icons and children’s art and iconography educational materials. She is the creator of the incredibly helpful Sparks4Orthodox materials for children.
Kassiani’s Art Studio on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/kassianis.art.studio?igsh=M3g3emZ3dDBveWh4
Sparks4Orthodox Website
https://sparks4orthodoxkids.com/
Sparks4Orthodox on Instagram
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078 - Spiritual Nuggets: Beauty
Fr. Ignatius Green reflects on the importance of and need for beauty. Fr. Green is St. Emmelia's Spiritual Advisor for the OCA.
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077 - Interview with Amanda Chagnon
Amanda Chagnon is a wife and mother of three who is now using her professional experience as a nurse to care for her medically fragile child. She talks with Melissa Elizabeth Naasko about the joys and challenges in homeschooling with chronic illness.