The Saint Emmelia Podcast

Feb 10 2025 91 ep. 136

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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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091 - Hiding in the Library: Of Monsters and Monkeys

Mindi is joined by Monica Chilbert, an Orthodox Christian wife, mother, homeschool co-op teacher, and of course, avid reader. Monica and Mindi discuss assessing books for their kids, and the role of monsters in books. Books mentioned: The Inkheart series by Cornelia Funke The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel Owl at Home

090 - History

Meet our board of Spiritual Advisors! Fr. Nikolai Meyers is the priest of Sts. Peter and Paul in Topeka, KS and is our advisor for the diocese of Wichita and Mid-America. He has been invaluable to Saint Emmelia's, advising us on communications, helping with the SOUTH conference the past few years, and sharing his wisdom about curriculum in our Saint Macrina Lectures.

089 - Interview with Marcy Fox

On today’s episode, Matushka Melissa talks with St Emmilia Ministries financial officer about the scholarship programs funded by our organization as well as managing homeschooling when you have lots of small children at home. It’s a fun and informative interview that will give the listener lots of ideas to make homeschooling easier.

088 - Interview with Maria Ross

On this special episode, Matushka Melissa talks with her oldest daughter, Maria Ross. Maria is a former homeschooler and a 2023 graduate with honors from Michigan State University with a double major in Math and Secondary Math Education with a minor in Biology. Maria uses her personal experience as a formerly math resistant student to give advice and guidance on teaching math in ge

087 - Growing with Grace: On Modesty & The World

Some of the Summer '24 Interns--Cecilia, Caroline, Londyn, and Sevastiane--are joined by Fr. Noah Bushelli to discuss issues around modesty and peer interactions that teens encounter.

086 - Interview with Dr. Philip Mamalakis

On this episode, Dr Philip Mamalakis shares advice and reflections as well as his motivation for writing Parenting Towards the Kingdom which Matushka Melissa and her husband, Fr Benjamin, recommend as THE parenting book every Orthodox Christian needs. The companion book is spiral bound making it infinitely easy to work with for independent study, book clubs, and church school group

085 - Spiritual Nuggets

Taken from the Saint Emmelia Ministries Vocation Fair event, Fr. Noah Bushelli talks about what vocation means and how we can go about discerning what God intends for our lives.

084 - Hiding in the Library: So Many Stories

In this episode, Summer '24 interns Juliana, Sevastiane, and Londyn join Mindi to talk about their reading habits, as well as why certain stories have such a strong pull on readers. Books and Authors mentioned in this episode: Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh The End of the Affair - Graham Greene El coronel no tiene quien le escribe - Gabriel Garcia Marquez The Anxious Generati

083 - Interview with Summer Kinard

On this episode, we talk with Summer Kinard about creating accessible environments at home and in church school. Summer has both a masters of theology and a masters of divinity and she speaks and writes on disability access as an Orthodox Christian. She also owns Park End Books publishing. Summer shares her experiences and her joys on working with challenging situations and teachin

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 Od