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Called to serve, called to lead: My guest post at Church Life Journal
I was asked to contribute to Notre Dame’s Church Life Journal on being a leader in the Church. Turns out I had a lot to say! Read more. Like what you read, or want to stay in touch? Subscribe, or catch...
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What I’m into, July 2016
I can’t believe August is here already, but I refuse to allow that to auger the onset of fall. It is still summer, darn it, and if this last month of break is anything like the first two, it should be...
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The thing worth chasing: on saying goodbye to a friend
I get awfully emotionally seeing the people I love receive the Eucharist. When I was quite ill with Crohn’s, before surgery put me into remission, I was often unable to stand through mass. I would...
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What I’m Into: April 2017
April was busy! Lots of music, reading and church, so I’m linking up with Leigh Kramer to share some of what I’m into. Books Shirt of Flame: A Year with St. Therese of Lisieux This has been on my...
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The blessedness of place
Because I know that time is always time And place is always and only place… – T.S. Eliot, from Ash Wednesday I spent last weekend in the Berkshires, a region of western Massachusetts near the northern...
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What I’m into, Sept and Oct 2017
No surprise, the autumnal schedule upshift kept me from sharing what I read, listened to, sang and did during September. So I’m doubling up with both September and October in this entry, which I...
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Life Lessons from Church Singing
Mass at Fenway Park, 2011 When you sing five masses in a weekend, it gives you a lot of time to think. This past weekend, as I tried to fit both swallowing and taking a breath into a quarter rest, I...
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What I’m Into, Nov/Dec 2017
Happy New Year! I wasn’t able to post much in December, since I was booked solid with concerts and rehearsals the whole month. I did sneak in some time to read (once by showing up reeaaallly early for...
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What I’m into, Spring 2018
April and May were full of rehearsals and concerts and periodic attempts to get into a routine of eating on the porch. Cold weather keeps popping back up in the northeast, but I am optimistic that June...
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Deep Breaths
I noticed it for the first time during the Exsultet at the Easter Vigil. Despite being focused on a lot of words and a lot of notes, despite being unnerved by singing to an empty chapel on what would...
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