Advent
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Hard choices
We live on the horns of a dilemma. On one hand is the opportunity and responsibility to cultivate the best of the past and continue to harvest its rich blessings. On the other hand is the opportunity and responsibility of God’s invitation through the prophet Isaiah, “Do not remember the former things, or consider the Continue reading
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Are you tomorrow?
When I saw the question, I forgot everything else. It was only three words, part of a series of text messages, and may have made sense as part of the whole conversation. But in that first moment, it made no sense at all; it drew me to a place where sense was irrelevant, a place Continue reading
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As Christmas nears
“Joy to the world!” we’re preparing to sing in little more than two weeks, “and heav’n and nature sing” with us, or we with them. We echo joy in heeding the invitation, “Sing choirs of angels, sing in exultation, sing, all ye citizens of Bethlehem” – and of Buffalo and its environs, too. I already Continue reading
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Out of silence, yes!
How do you make music? Some would say you do it by combining vocal or instrumental sounds, or both, to produce a pleasing form, harmony, and expression of emotion. Each Sunday at Holy Trinity we worship immersed in music that speaks to and for our hearts more deeply than mere words can do. But what Continue reading
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The tipping point
Advent is an awkward, unsettled, ambiguous season. Retail Christmas decorations pop up as early as midsummer, and Christmas music starts filling the airwaves in November. The Hallmark Channel runs Christmas movies year-round. In churches, the urge to decorate for Christmas and sing Christmas music starts as soon as Advent begins. And in our homes, some Continue reading
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The Sauntering Pilgrim 