Don’t you want to come to the Talking Circles and play with this fun toy?! On January 25, from noon to 4 PM, All Saints will be holding an all-parish Talking Circles event, led by Canon Neil Mancor. What does this mean, and why should you devote a wintry Saturday afternoon to it? The Talking Circle approach is one that’s… View Post
The Light is Real
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
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