Tag Archives: summer

Sounds of Summer

Posted on September 3, 2015 by sonyasutton

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 →

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Ordinary Gifts

Posted on July 24, 2014 by sonyasutton

I love summer. I love the feeling of warm – yes, even humid – air on my skin. I love the sounds of summer – crickets and cicadas and all the surprising creatures in my neighborhood that call to each … Continue reading →

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Summer Travels

Posted on July 17, 2014 by sonyasutton

I traveled to a foreign country this week, and enjoyed my stay very much. It was only 45 minutes away in Baltimore, but the foreign country was a biennial gathering of Lutheran church musicians, to which I had been invited … Continue reading →

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We invite you to come, Holy Spirit

Posted on June 7, 2012 by sonyasutton

A trinity of liturgical observances, each rather more difficult to define than Christmas or Easter,  have appeared on the church calendar these past few weeks – Pentecost two Sundays ago, followed by Trinity Sunday and today’s Corpus Christi.  Together they … Continue reading →

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Disturb Us, O Lord

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Carol Flett

Summer is a popular time to get away from home for a while – away from what is routine, familiar, comfortable and easy, and take a journey to experience another culture, another climate, and another way of seeing the world. … Continue reading →

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Rest and renewal on the beach

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Carol Flett

Every summer I must return to a sandy beach along the ocean, for at least a week – Orleans, Cape Cod; Martha’s Vineyard, or Rehobeth Beach, DE. There is something in my body, mind and soul that needs the smell … Continue reading →

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God rested from all the work that he had done in creation

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Carol Flett

“Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their multitude. And on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done. … Continue reading →

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