Psalm 88 When I was a child, one of the things that used to keep me awake at night was the thought of the complete insignificance of my existence. I used to lie in my dark room and imagine how … Continue reading
What did we learn, and what’s next? One Thursday in mid-March, the atmosphere in the Music Office was unusually tense. Greenwich Public Schools had just announced that they would suspend in-person teaching for the foreseeable future. Should we follow suit? … Continue reading
A sermon preached at Christ Church Greenwich on Sunday, June 3, 2018 (Proper 4, Year B) In the name of God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Recently, I was caught up in a fascinating Twitter debate. The burning issue concerned … Continue reading
Now the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animal that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, ‘Did God say, “You shall not eat from any tree in the garden”?’ The woman said to the … Continue reading
A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, ‘Give me a drink’. (His disciples had gone to the city to buy food.) The Samaritan woman said to him, ‘How is it that you, a Jew, ask … Continue reading
This past summer I was fortunate to attend the Gothenburg International Organ Academy, an annual meeting of world-renowned scholars, teachers and organ-builders on the west coast of Sweden. The overarching theme of the week was exploring the pictorial in organ music, … Continue reading
We thought we held you in our hands, Content to bask in radiant glory. But you slipped through like golden sand, Cascading to the bottom of the glass, And now your gift is music’s story. We thought we fixed you … Continue reading
After this there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, called in Hebrew Beth-zatha, which has five porticoes. In these lay many invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. One … Continue reading
“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that … Continue reading
And when Jesus had finished these parables, he went away from there, and coming to his hometown he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty … Continue reading
