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The Year of Hope
Okay, New Year’s Resolution – get more regular with the blog. There! That’s much more simple than losing weight and paying all my credit cards down. So what happened that I stopped blogging for a while? Truth is I started … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic, Christmas, church musicians, disaster, hope, Music, New Years
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The Bug Man
Grandson number two, who is ten going on eleven years old, has proudly earned the moniker of Bug Man because of his remarkable compassion and love for bugs of every kind, and their apparent attraction to him. Personally, when I … Continue reading
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Tagged bugs, butterfly, Catholic, Children, gospel, Matthew 10:29, Music
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Is it Time for Bible School Already?
Today we began our annual summer test of endurance and fortitude, Bible School. Since I’m the parish music minister, my job is to get 75 children from preschool to grade 5 to sing about how awesome God … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible School, Children, God, Music, singing, summer
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All in a Day’s Work
The laptop shut down yesterday for no good reason. Just turned black and the lights went out. Luckily I was able to get it up long enough to get everything backed up, but my fate was sealed. I was condemned … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic, Choirs, Choral, Composition, Gloria, Music, Roman Missal
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Lillies and Pot Pie
Everything’s finally quiet. Jesus has risen, we all sang “Alleluia!” and the world has gone back to work. A beautiful Lenten season filled with meditation, scripture, prayers and penance culminated in a week filled with emotional highs and lows; intrigue, … Continue reading
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Tagged Apostles, Celebration, Church, Easter, Emmaus, Music, Paul, Thomas
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