Elissa discusses angels and what children can learn from them in Sunday school.

Elissa is teaching middle schoolers this year at Sunday school, and she will be using the film The Butterfly Circus as the grounding image.

Elissa offers some suggestions for guiding children through death and dying.

Elissa is teaching middle schoolers this year at Sunday school, and she will be using the film The Butterfly Circus as the grounding image.

Elissa reminds us that it is our job to make our free will line up with God's will.

Elissa reminds us that it is our job to make our free will line up with God's will.

Elissa reminds us that the body of Christ is a living organism, and we remove pieces of it to the detriment of the whole.

Elissa reminds us that the body of Christ is a living organism, and we remove pieces of it to the detriment of the whole.

Citing the writings of Elder Paisios of the Holy Mountain, Elissa demonstrates how the conveniences we have invented to make life easy have actually made it quite a bit harder.

Elissa discusses Orthodox marriage and parenting, focusing particularly on how both involve dying to self.