New Blog Address
After many happy years with blogger I decided to move my blog over to WordPress. I hope you will all come with me!
View ArticleWaving Palms
You knew, I think, as you rode into Jerusalem, that the end was near – but did you know how many of us, thousands of years later, would give anything for the chance to try again, to stand before you...
View ArticleBy the Grace of God I am who I am
For I am the least of the apostles, not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been ineffective....
View ArticleI have desired to go
Heaven-haven I have desired to go Where springs not fail, To fields where flies no sharp and sided hail And a few lilies blow. And I have asked to be Where no storms come, Where the green swell is in...
View ArticleOOPS! An apology to subscribers
A few hours ago, while trying to resolve an issue with the import to my blog, emails were sent to many subscribers with all of the posts I wrote between 2008-early 2011. How many posts? A bazillion....
View ArticleReady to be peaceful
We are asked throughout Advent to stay ready. For these days of Advent I invite you to reflect with me on the many forms of readiness. I used to be the kind of person about whom people said “so young,...
View ArticleSinging through the Messiah
Voice lessons are all about best use of the voice – catching overtones, tuning perfectly, collaborating with accompanists, singing powerful, gracefully, cleanly, and with control. Until this week I...
View ArticleWhat I’m into, July 2015
I hope everyone is enjoying the dog days of summer! I’ve been indulging my love of the heat, elaxation, time with my sweetie and reading on beaches all over. Though this photo shows me catching up on...
View ArticleThat marriage might make me holy
About four years ago I started to crack up. This isn’t that unusual for me, as I find myself “grieving over Goldengrove unleaving” during October, but that year was different. And I could be excused...
View ArticleWhat I’m into, Sept/Oct 2015
I had such high hopes for keeping up a monthly report of what I am into, but again the madness of the academic year has overtaken my best intentions, and I am doing a two month round up once again. As...
View ArticleMercy all around
Today the Church, led by Pope Francis, begins a Jubilee Year of Mercy. In preparing to discuss this with students I spent a lot of time reading about and contemplating mercy. Giving myself time to...
View ArticleMy one word for 2016: Create
Looking back over the archives, I realized it has been three years since I last wrote about choosing one intentional word to guide my year. The great team at OneWord365 encouraged me to do it in the...
View ArticleThe weariness of remembering
Where I Was This is the time when we are exhorted to remember the tragedy of September 11th. We hear stories of sorrow and heroism that have been told hundreds of times, and we hear the stories that...
View ArticleOOPS! An apology to subscribers
A few hours ago, while trying to resolve an issue with the import to my blog, emails were sent to many subscribers with all of the posts I wrote between 2008-early 2011. How many posts? A bazillion....
View ArticleReady to be peaceful
We are asked throughout Advent to stay ready. For these days of Advent I invite you to reflect with me on the many forms of readiness. I used to be the kind of person about whom people said “so young,...
View ArticleSinging through the Messiah
Voice lessons are all about best use of the voice – catching overtones, tuning perfectly, collaborating with accompanists, singing powerful, gracefully, cleanly, and with control. Until this week I...
View ArticleWhat I’m into, July 2015
I hope everyone is enjoying the dog days of summer! I’ve been indulging my love of the heat, elaxation, time with my sweetie and reading on beaches all over. Though this photo shows me catching up on...
View ArticleThat marriage might make me holy
About four years ago I started to crack up. This isn’t that unusual for me, as I find myself “grieving over Goldengrove unleaving” during October, but that year was different. And I could be excused...
View ArticleWhat I’m into, Sept/Oct 2015
I had such high hopes for keeping up a monthly report of what I am into, but again the madness of the academic year has overtaken my best intentions, and I am doing a two month round up once again. As...
View ArticleMercy all around
Today the Church, led by Pope Francis, begins a Jubilee Year of Mercy. In preparing to discuss this with students I spent a lot of time reading about and contemplating mercy. Giving myself time to...
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