-
Join 532 other subscribers
-
Recent Posts
Categories
- Annemarie Quigley
- Annemarie Stroud
- Ron Hicks
- Sonya Subbayya Sutton
- The Rev. Canon John E. Lawrence
- The Rev. Debbie Kirk
- The Rev. Dr. Carol M. Flett
- The Rev. Dr. Deborah Meister
- The Rev. Emily Griffin
- The Rev. Harriette H. Sturges
- The Rev. Jered Weber-Johnson
- The Rev. Jim Quigley
- The Rev. Loren Mead
- The Rev. Matthew R. Hanisian
- Uncategorized
- Advent
- art
- Baptism
- belief
- Bible
- birds
- Book of Common Prayer
- Change
- chant
- Children
- choir
- Christ
- Christianity
- Christmas
- church
- community
- courage
- darkness
- death
- Easter
- Epiphany
- Episcopal Church
- Evensong
- faith
- faithfulness
- France
- Freedom
- George Herbert
- God
- Good Friday
- Good news
- Grace
- healing
- Holy Spirit
- Holy Week
- hope
- hymn
- hymns
- Incarnation
- Jesus
- joy
- Lent
- life
- light
- liturgy
- love
- Love of God
- Martin Luther King
- Ministry
- music
- new life
- peace
- pilgrimage
- poetry
- Prayer
- Resurrection
- Saints
- sin
- South Africa
- spirituality
- st. alban's
- St. Alban's Episcopal Church
- st. alban's parish
- Stewardship
- summer
- thanksgiving
- The Hymnal 1982
- theology
- travel
- trust
- truth
- Washington National Cathedral
- work
- worship
- yoga
Archives
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
Pages
Meta
Tag Archives: poetry
Advent Hope
(Matthew Hanisian and I have made a one-time switch this week, since I have written a Thanksgiving Daily Cup since 2008 and couldn’t think of any new ways this year to express my immense gratitude for all of God’s gifts. … Continue reading
Posted in Sonya Subbayya Sutton
Tagged Advent, art, Beate heinen, Dorothy Parker, Manger and Cross, poetry, Prayer for a New Mother
1 Comment
Where’s God in all this?
A choir member mentioned to me on Sunday how moved she was by the powerful images of those 888,426 ceramic poppies that have been placed around the Tower of London this week. Representing the individuals who died during World War I, … Continue reading
The round earth’s imagined corners
(parts of this were originally published on May 24, 2012) AND (from the Shameless Commerce Division, information about a choir event on October 4 that gives you a fun way to support the music offerings of this parish: An Evening … Continue reading
Posted in Sonya Subbayya Sutton
Tagged At the round earth's imagined corners, Hindu, Hinduism, John Donne, judgment, Lee Hoiby, life, mandala, Middle East, music, poetry, repentence, round, shape, sonnets, sphere, square
1 Comment
You Are Worthy, Mr. Herbert
Ambiguity that opens the door to many ways of thinking is at the heart of Anglicanism, I think, and the essence of George Herbert’s poetry too. This 17th century priest and poet appeared on the scene at a crucial moment … Continue reading
Posted in Sonya Subbayya Sutton
Tagged ambiguity, David Hurd, George Herbert, love, Love bade me welcome, Madonna, music, poetry, unworthiness
2 Comments
The Seven Last Words of Christ
Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do The Seven Last Words of Christ, or more literally, the seven last phrases of Christ, are believed to have been uttered by Jesus while on the cross. They are words … Continue reading
Posted in Sonya Subbayya Sutton
Tagged earthquake, Franz Joseph Haydn, Good Friday, Mark Strand, meditate, music, Peru, poetry, Seven Last Words, Spain, Three Hours service
1 Comment
Annealed by God’s love
Today is the feast day on our liturgical calendar for the 17th century Anglican priest and metaphysical poet George Herbert. Lord, how can man preach thy eternall word? He is a brittle crazie glasse: Yet in thy temple thou … Continue reading
Posted in Sonya Subbayya Sutton
Tagged Alan Lewis, anneal, February 27, George Herbert, Liszt, music, poetry, stained glass, The Window
1 Comment
Tolle Lege
As the program year for the church begins many of us will return to more regular disciplines of prayer and study. For a lot of us this means more time reading the bible. In 1996 Billy Collins published Introduction to … Continue reading
Poets of the Cross
Welsh poet and priest R.S. Thomas is described as “poet of the cross” by many and his poems often include the stark image of an empty cross – or an “untenanted” one, in his words. He writes of an untenanted … Continue reading
Posted in Sonya Subbayya Sutton
Tagged cross, Francis Poulenc, Good Friday, Motets for the Time of Penitence, poetry, R.S. Thomas, Three Hours
2 Comments
The Song of Simeon in 3D
Art, music and poetry inspired by an old man We haven’t seen many SOS’s yet – Signs of Spring – but there is one undeniable sign to be found in the lengthening days. The morning light appears a little earlier, … Continue reading
Shakespeare and God
From a collection published as Huxley and God: Essays on Religious Experience, author Aldous Huxley writes about what he was able to glean from Shakespeare’s own writings on the subject of God, the poet’s religious beliefs and his attitude toward … Continue reading
The Daily Cup 