By This past Sunday we sang “The Eyes of All Wait Upon Thee”, a choral piece written by Jean Berger. It’s a particularly challenging piece for me as an amateur singer: it’s a capella, so there’s no organ or piano as a security blanket; it concludes quite low in the alto part and my alto range …
A prayer for you
At choir rehearsal we always have a member close out the evening with a prayer. My friend Karen led us with this prayer which really spoke to me. I hope it speaks to you too! A little info about the prayer – Tempe RedHawk is the author. She is a singer/songwriter in the Atlanta area. …
You don’t need the church. The church needs you.
Years ago I would take Speedy, our super smart beagle mix, on long walks through the neighborhoods near my sister’s house. I would often bump into a priest in the front yard of his church and we’d have delightful conversations. He said something to me that has stayed with me over the years. You don’t …
Lost in translation
I saw something on Instagram about translation that reminded me of two funny language failures on my part when speaking German. The first was in Austria. I was lost and was trying to say ‘Excuse me, do you know where…’ . I must have learned ‘Excuse me’ (Entschuldigung or Entschuldigen Sie) and ‘By the way’ …