ENCOURAGEMENT, SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
MICHAEL
(reposted June of each year, in honor of Michael) Each June I think about my friend, Michael. Michael was a conductor, chorus master, lecturer, author, musicologist, accompanist & my vocal...
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
A ROYAL MOMENT
It was March of 1983. I was living in Seattle, working as an actor and in my church when a golden opportunity arrived by boat…Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip were...
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, THE CHURCH
JAZZ
We were supposed to be in the New Orleans French Quarter a few weeks ago, once again. And I was thinking, although I’ve only seen a small part of this...
ENCOURAGEMENT
THE MIRROR LIES
During these last few months (when “travel” is defined as walking from room to room, and “getting out” defined as sitting on the porch and spying on the neighbors) I...
ENCOURAGEMENT
IT WAS THE BEST OF DAYS, IT WAS THE WORST OF DAYS
(reposted from 2019) What I have always called, “the best day/the worst day” actually began the night before. It was when I was a sophomore, majoring in music performance, at...
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IF I KNEW THEN…
Maybe it’s my age, maybe it’s something else, but lately I’ve been obsessively fantasizing, and even had dreams about, going back and starting over…beginning with my Freshman Year in High...
ENCOURAGEMENT, SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, THE CHURCH
ESSENTIAL
I’ve learned quite a bit so far, in the five weeks of quarantine; things about others (hmmm) AND things about myself (double-hmmm). For instance, here are just a few caveats:...
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
HEROES OF INFLUENCE
LISTEN and/or READ In May, in the year 1889 (10 years prior to the construction of our current sanctuary, and the year construction began on my Brown-Delaware house) one...
THE CHURCH
PANDEMIC PASSION WEEK
I sit in my house during week four of this “season of sequestering”, this “Lent of Solitude”, and this week: “Pandemic Passion Week”. It’s not as I imagined so many...
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, THE CHURCH
FERN SUNDAY
By request, I am recounting the story of “FERN SUNDAY” (an unofficial observance of my own; the Sunday before Palm Sunday – last Sunday, in fact.) First, I know this...