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Tag Archives: France
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This coming Sunday, as well any other I hope, demonstrates how music contributes to the rich variety of worship that is possible in a liturgical setting. When I planned the music this past summer for what I guessed would be … Continue reading
Je me souviens, Paris
The first time I saw Paris, I was sixteen years old. I had come there to meet a family of strangers, the Tabastes, with whom I would live for three weeks as part of a language exchange program. They met … Continue reading
Posted in The Rev. Dr. Deborah Meister
Tagged Bastille Day, Egalite, France, Fraternite, hope, Liberte, Paris
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Sounds of Summer
As renowned neurologist and author Oliver Sacks, who died this week, noted in his book Musicophilia, music has the ability to recover the past. Memories are embedded in music, particularly in songs that you have sung. His work, of course, … Continue reading
Posted in Sonya Subbayya Sutton
Tagged Argentina, Buenos Aires, cicadas, France, memory, music, Musicophilia, Oliver Sacks, Shall We Gather at the River, sounds, summer, Teatro Colon
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Graceland
We went to Graceland a few weeks ago. Thirty-three singers, together with 21 friends and family, left on July 13 for France to spend ten days singing and worshiping and building bonds of community. I don’t think any of us … Continue reading
Posted in Sonya Subbayya Sutton
Tagged David Caleb, Eugene Sutton, France, Graceland, Let us now praise famous men, Normandy, pilgrimage
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Real Dazzle
A few days ago, June 29 to be exact, the liturgical calendar celebrated the Feast Day for Saints Peter and Paul, patron saints of our neighbor, Washington National Cathedral. In Sam Portaro’s brilliant book of reflections on lesser feasts and … Continue reading
An Angelic Poke
As choir members from St. Alban’s gear up to host an “Evening in Paris” on Saturday (to which you are warmly invited: Evening in Paris at Bistro St. Alban’s, October 4, 7:00 p.m.) it was a wonderful coincidence, if there … Continue reading
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