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Tag Archives: Advent
Anticipation
Each year, a few weeks before Advent, the Advent calendars arrive in shops: cardboard images with twenty-five numbered doors, or wooden containers with numbered drawers; they help us count down the days from December 1st until Christmas Day. They build our … Continue reading
Posted in The Rev. Dr. Deborah Meister
Tagged Advent, Advent calendar, anticipation, Christianity, Jesus, Star Wars
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What’s in the Box?
We sang what I call a “square” hymn a couple of weeks ago at St. Alban’s, Hymn 601 in The Hymnal 1982. Square hymns are …well, square, literally. Or sometimes rectangular. Two or four lines of music, regular phrase lengths, … Continue reading
Posted in Sonya Subbayya Sutton
Tagged Advent, hymns, light, music, O day of peace draw nigh, text, The Hymnal 1982
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Slow Church
Perhaps you’ve heard of the Slow Food movement? It began in the 1980’s as an antidote to the prevalence of fast food restaurants, and has gained some following with people who value locally grown foods and sustainable farming practices. It’s … Continue reading
Singing Songs of Expectation
Gather, Pause, Reflect, Listen, Await, Sing This Sunday, December 6 at 6:00 p.m. St. Alban’s Episcopal Church A Service of Lessons and Carols for Advent Congregational hymns, choral anthems, and readings for this season of beginnings The Song of Zechariah … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, choral, hymns, Lessons and Carols, music
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Falconer
The naturalist Helen Macdonald’s memoir, H is for Hawk, tells of a year in which Helen wrestled with the reality of her father’s death by attempting to tame a particularly fierce kind of hawk. Early in her time with the … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, Christianity, falconer, God, goshawk, H is for Hawk, Helen Macdonald
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Comfort, Discomfort Ye My People
“The best part of the discomfort you’re feeling right now is the comfort you’ll feel after you come out of the pose.” – Rebecca, yoga instructor, December 10, 2014 com•fort verb \ˈkəm(p)-fərt\ : to cause (someone) to feel less worried, … Continue reading
Congratulations!
In a recent sermon (and Daily Cup) my colleague Matthew asked us, “What kind of Jesus are we waiting for this Advent?” Another colleague’s Daily Cup (Sonya, of course) was titled “Singing Songs of Expectation.” Waiting and Expecting. Boy, Advent … Continue reading
