Grace Pritchard Burson

Traders in the house of the Lord

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All Saints, Dorval Lent III, Year B March 3, 2024 I confess: I sometimes get really tired of refuting antisemitic and anti-Jewish interpretations of Scripture. Especially since I don’t actually think that anyone in this congregation necessarily thinks that the Jewish faith or the Jewish people is inferior in the first place. I would much rather talk about Paul’s idea… View Post

The unanswerable questions

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All Saints, Dorval Lent I, Year B February 18, 2024 The Confirmation & Reception class of 2022 Every year in the lectionary, the yearly cycle of scripture readings in worship, we get some version of the story of John the Baptist three times. First in Advent, when John is the herald of the coming Kingdom of God; then on the… View Post

Maundy Thursday Youth Retreat!

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Newsletter, Lent 2024 (I’ve been very lax lately about both submitting content for the parish newsletter, and getting my reports and other non-sermon materials onto this blog. Trying to be better about that!) Lent has followed hard on the heels of Christmas this year. As I type this I don’t feel remotely ready, but the Pancake Supper will start in… View Post

The Many Dimensions of Lent

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All Saints, Dorval Ash Wednesday, Year B February 14, 2024 Are you ready for Lent? I’m not. I feel like it was Christmas the day before yesterday, and we’ve barely had winter this year, and now here we are once again hearing about plagues of locusts and putting ashes on our foreheads while reading a gospel that explicitly tells us… View Post

Having, and being, an Elijah

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All Saints, Dorval Last Epiphany, Year B February 11, 2024 Who is your Elijah? We all have forebears in our faith and calling. Perhaps a grandparent faithfully brought you to Sunday School when you were little, or perhaps an older, experienced coworker took you under their wing early in your career and taught you how to do the work you… View Post