Vacation
Actually, not really, we’ve been moving and settling into a new house! It’s exciting, but exhausting and does not really count for ‘vacation time’. During this time of the Covid-19…
Category: Pentecost
Christian Songs from around the World, pt. 3
In An African Prayer Book, Desmond Tutu wrote: Goodness is stronger than evil; Love is stronger than hate; Light is stronger than darkness; Life is stronger than death. Victory is…
Christian Songs from around the World, pt. 2
Psalm 117 1 Praise the Lord, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples.2 For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord. I really love the idea of calling all…
Christian Songs from around the World, pt.1
Today I am starting a series on music from Christian communities around the world. We’re starting in France, at the ecumenical monastery in Taizé. The community was founded in 1940…
Lift Every Voice
I have been debating this whole week what, exactly, is my role in the present discourse happening here in the United States. Specifically, I’ve been asking myself what role does…
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
1 Come, thou Fount of ev’ry blessing,Tune my heart to sing Thy grace!Streams of mercy never ceasing,Call for songs of loudest praise:Teach me some melodious sonnet,Sung by flaming tongues above.Praise…
Holy, Holy, Holy
Today is Trinity Sunday. Trinity means, essentially, a group of three (people, things, animals, you name it!). We believe in One God in Three Persons. But since pretty much ANY…
Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire
Happy Pentecost! Pentecost is my favorite day in the Church year because it’s the day God did something very cool. Creative and quirky, really. See, after Jesus Christ had died…
All God’s Children Sing 