Lent 17

Ah, Holy Melody, sing me a love song in warm alto tones of compassion, a simple tune that I can learn and endlessly echo. Sing me a stirring descant of lament and let me cry (finally, really, let down and weep) over death and illness and love lost. Sing me a lullaby,...

Praying with Beethoven

(For the fullest experience, open Beethoven’s Symphony 7 movement 2 in a separate window, and listen as you pray here.)I come before You in the spiritof Beethoven’s 7th (ii):restinglisteningconcentratingfeeling the spaces of silencesurrounded by the music...

Breathing Deeply Before Christmas

Steal away, steal away Steal away to Jesus Steal away, steal away home I ain’t got long to stay here “Steal Away”—the African American spiritual from the era of slavery in the United States—has been beckoning me in the midst of the mad rush leading up to...

Advent in October (Part 2)

For a musical expression of living in Advent, listen to “Hey World (Don’t Give Up)” by Michael Franti.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01FE9cPXE3M

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