All Saints, Dorval Epiphany, Year A January 5, 2020 Photo from the Wandering Wisemen Facebook page, which if you don’t follow, you should. Today, we celebrate Epiphany (a smidge early) but technically it’s still the twelfth day of Christmas. Tonight is Twelfth Night, if any of you want to make plans to wassail your apple trees or bake a king… View Post
Only the beginning
All Saints, Dorval Christmas Eve, Year A December 24, 2019 The Christmas before I was ordained, I went to a concert presented by the Yale Camerata. The second half was the sixth and final part of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, and I described the very end (on my blog – remember we all had those in 2007?) as follows: Last chorale,… View Post
Why Christmas pageants?
Banners to be used during the pageant, made by Grace last week. This coming Sunday is the Christmas pageant, which will be presented during the 10:00 service. (Fear not, those who come to the 4 PM on Christmas Eve will still have the chance to put on a costume and participate in the manger tableau!) Christmas pageants are a beloved… View Post
On the Holy Way together
All Saints by the Lake Advent III, Year A December 15, 2019 The “superbloom” in the California desert, Spring 2019 It is very tempting to simply stand up here, play the second movement of Brahms’ “German Requiem” and sit down again. For those not familiar with one of the greatest choral works of all time, the text for that second… View Post
There is life after Christmas
We’re (rightly) focused right now on preparing for Lessons & Carols, the Christmas pageant, Christmas basket delivery, and Christmas Eve services, but here’s a heads up about some exciting things happening in January and February! The Montreal Diocesan Theological College is offering another online course running from January 28 to February 18, this time on the theme of “Wholeness and… View Post
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