What motivated me to write about my life and conversion to Eastern Orhtodox Christianity?

Why did I write my Pearl of Great Price? This passage is taken from the sequel to my Pearl, In Christ, I am a New Creation. I hope to finish and begin the process of publishing my second book this year. Since all illness has a spiritual component to it, I understood that I was …

Whatever prompted two people with fibromyalgia to move to a wilderness mountain top?

This is one the exquisite mountains we gaze upon from our mountain home overlooking the "Valley of the Dancing Angels (My husband gave this valley that name. When it is a cloudy day wisps of clouds float and dance in the valley resembling dancing angels.) We moved here in May to retire and deepen our …

Now and then….

I am writing my sequel to the Pearl of Great Price - hopefully I will not need 9 drafts and 6 years to finish my sequel! I am amazed that when I am writing a book , I will be living similar experiences in the present that mirror what I was going through years prior …

Mesmerized by the story…

Interesting, February 10, 2013 By mom Amazon This review is from: The Pearl of Great Price: The Spiritual Journey of a New Age Seeker to the Light of Christ and the Eastern Orthodox Church (Kindle Edition) Mesmerized by the story, enjoyable and easy to read, good for seekers (must read) especially for New Age, and …

About Labyrinths… Question from a reader to Veronica Hughes

Question: About Labyrinths... Veronica, After a long journey I find myself at the doors of Orthodoxy. I will soon be a catechumen. The Labyrinth has long held a place in my heart and helped me through my spiritual journey. We had planned on constructing one in our back yard. My question does this in any …

Review of Inner River, the latest book by Kyriacos C. Markides

I have read several of the books written by Kyriacos Markides. What I love the most about his books are his conversations with Fr. Maximos, an Athonite monk, now a bishop. Fr. Maximos is able to summarize matters of faith with the wisdom of an Athonite elder in a manner modern seekers can hear. He …

Elder Paisius of Greece has a new disciple! Recommended reading, The Gurus, the Young Man and Elder Paisius

Our little dog, Bubba, loves to sit on the stairs in our cabin in process in Platina, CA, right above the icon of Elder Paisios of Mt. Athos. If you would like to read a remarkable book related to Orthodoxy and Eastern Religions and Gurus - in addition to my book - look no further! …

Historical Comment about the New Age from my You Tube Channel and my response:

Comment: New Age practices and philosophies sometimes draw inspiration from major world religions: Buddhism, Taoism, Chinese folk religion, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism; with strong influences from East Asian religions, Gnosticism, Neopaganism, New Thought, Spiritualism, Theosophy, Universalism and Western esotericism. The term New Age refers to the coming astrological Age of Aquarius. My Reply: This …

Wonderful video review of Veronica’s book released 12/28/11

Check out this wonderful video review of Veronica's book by David Withun released 12/28/11 A moving biography about the process of Christian conversion that takes you into not just the story, but a part of Veronica's soul and its journey to Christ and the Eastern Orthodox Church. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWbnkCOkh1A&feature=digest_fri Wednesday, December 28, 2011 Short book review: …

Beyond Seeking and Finding – the Life of the Soul in the Eastern Orthodox Church

Since my early 20s I have  been fascinated by the life of the soul, meditation techniques, and  mystical experiences - so much so that I pursued every spiritual avenue that presented itself to me without question or discernment for years - unless it was Catholic and or too Christian.  I had rejected the Catholic Church …