Closed for Easter/Pascha

I thought I would be able to keep up with writing during Lent, but the truth is that I wasn't able to. I will return after Holy Week.

For those of you participating in Lenten practices such as more prayer, more church, and more readings, we only have a few weeks left. May the fruits of your labor this year be remembered in the Heavenly Kingdom.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.

Amen.

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Revival

Introduction It's been about two years since my last post. As expected in life, many things have changed over the course of two years. These changes first brought me to abandon the blog in the first place, but just like in all cycles, the blog will come back because the changes in life find its way back here. What's changed? The biggest changes in life since the last blog is that I became highly involved in nonprofit work, and have developed quickly as a leader in my local nonprofit community. I started my own nonprofit and sat on the board of a second at the same time throughout the past 2 years. This all happened while I'm still working my day job as a researcher. While that presents a full schedule, there was still enough time to engage in online antics during the moments when I was walking from A->B, on an elevator, or the occasional downtime periods. In those gaps, I was in charge of a couple of online Discord communities. How did this affect blogging? Firstly, it ...

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