In God Alone
I’ve been very overwhelmed this last month. Most people, I think, have their overwhelm before Christmas and the holidays. Ours has happened after Christmas, as my husband looks for work…
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Hope
I love Advent. I love Advent music. I love Advent choral, organ, everything music. There are too many wonderful hymns for me to possibly share all the ones that give…
Now Thank We All Our God
1 Now thank we all our God with heart and hands and voices, who wondrous things has done, in whom his world rejoices; who from our mothers’ arms has blessed…
For All the Saints
I love Halloween, but this year it felt very underwhelming. I just couldn’t find it in me to go all-out on a costume for the toddler. Luckily, he is full…
The Iona Community
This hymn is about space but also about community, inclusion, love and care. God who loves us and cares for us delights when we do the same no exceptions made. It’s a wonderful hymn for beginning worship and intentionally creating a sacred space.
Naega sanŭl hyanghayŏ (To the Hills I Lift My Eyes)
Our hymn this week is a setting of Psalm 121 by the Korean poet Song-suk Im (b. 1933). It was set to music by Song-chun Lee. The psalm is a…
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…
Week 2 in Taizé, France
Last week we learned about the Ecumenical Monastery in Taizé, France. When my friends went there a few years ago, they spent the first week of pilgrimage in service, washing…
All God’s Children Sing 