Tag Archives: joy

What do you hope for?

Posted on May 11, 2016 by deborahmeister

Last weekend, our parish set up an enormous graffiti-board at a festival called Flowermart  that we knew was going to draw a couple thousand people. (Jim Quigley blogged about the idea here: http://stalbansdc.org/the-daily-cup/from-bones-to-hope/.) What happened was pretty magical: People of all ages … Continue reading →

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Illegitimi non carborundum

Posted on January 9, 2015 by matthewhanisian

The title for my Daily Cup today is a mock-Latin phrase which has often been translated: “Don’t let the bastards grind you down.”  In reading the Gospel passage assigned for today’s Office of Morning Prayer, one could very easily have … Continue reading →

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Christmas Eve

Posted on December 24, 2014 by deborahmeister

There’s a video going around YouTube this Christmas of Alison Krauss and Yo-Yo Ma recording an ancient song called the Wexford Carol, and right at the start, before they begin, Krauss says, “Maybe we can get it on the first … Continue reading →

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Wade in the Tsunami

Posted on September 11, 2014 by sonyasutton

I’ve been away for five weeks, and many of you have kindly read what became “Daily Gallon of Good News” in my postings from South Africa and Istanbul.  I thought you might now enjoy a “Daily Teaspoon of Good News”, … Continue reading →

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Looking for Joy

Posted on March 6, 2014 by sonyasutton

On this second day of Lent I want to remind you to look for joy. It’s easy to feel joyful during the festivities of Easter, but during these somber days of Lent?  Those who were in church for an Ash … Continue reading →

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It’s Magic, You Know?

Posted on January 13, 2014 by jimq2012

On Saturday evening, January Eleventh, in the year of Our Lord 2014, Deacon Juan Pastor Reyes was ordained to the Sacred Order of Priests.  The service was magical.  Perhaps, as someone who is ordained and all, rather than describing the … Continue reading →

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Joy to the world

Posted on December 26, 2013 by sonyasutton

Pure, exuberant joy.  So many of us would like to reclaim that feeling for Christmas from our childhoods.  Life gets more complicated though, expectations change, and joy is sometimes more elusive than we’d like.  While there is nothing simple about … Continue reading →

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The Joy of Work

Posted on October 24, 2013 by sonyasutton

“Chopin Etudes”, a grieving widow said to me in a sudden burst of clarity.   I didn’t expect her to think clearly about music for a funeral she hadn’t known a few days earlier she would be planning, but though still … Continue reading →

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Faith and Sight

Posted on September 24, 2013 by jimq2012

Leaving St. Alban’s Parish yesterday I noticed a neighbor from a nearby building looking at me with an outstretched arm.  Abby was excitedly circling his hand in a counter-clockwise motion, beckoning me to come to him.  I walked over to … Continue reading →

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Let your light shine

Posted on August 14, 2013 by deborahmeister

Each week, parishioners from St. Alban’s lead a Sunday service at the Washington Home and Hospice. (Astonishingly, this has been going on for more than a hundred years!) One of the joys of this ministry is that I never know … Continue reading →

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