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I ended my first on this topic with this thought:
This is the shape of the Church Calendar that has been in place since the Fourth Century.  It not only predates the Reformation of the 16th Century, but it even predates the Great Schism (between East and West) of 1054 by almost 600 years!  So this [...]

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The last post gave some background on the origins of the Church Year and why Christians have celebrated the seasons of the Church Year since at least the Fourth Century AD.  In short, observing the seasons and rhythms of the Church Year gives believers a sacred sense of time:  a way to celebrate God’s mighty [...]

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This post is mainly for the great group of talented musicians we have at our church now, but if the rest of you want to listen in, that’s fine.
Being a liturgical church in a mostly non-liturgical part of the country, visitors usually run into some things that require explanation.  On the most basic level, there [...]

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. . . and what it is, is wrong.
A friend sent me this link last night.  I of course had heard some of what had gone on at Coral Ridge.  It’s hard not to hear about it if you’re in church circles at all.  I had heard rumors that the music director and organist had [...]

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Laurel, are you reading? How ’bout you, Tim? (Banks, that is, but Horn can horn in if he wants to. Sorry, really bad pun.) All you other musician types (Bruce, Morris, David, et al), I want your input too.
Take a look at this video (and read the original poster’s thoughts on the [...]

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The blogs and TV this morning are all talking about the “shocking upset” on AI.  I was not shocked.  I predicted that Kris would take the whole thing.  Here are some of the reasons I saw this coming:
1) Adam is incredibly talented and I enjoy watching him perform, but not everyone does.  I like Axl [...]

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This week’s Idol performances, compared to last week’s were pretty dismal, don’t you think?  There were some moments, but on the whole, it was just, well, blah.
I do like that Nick/Norman has injected a little comedy into the whole thing.  Adam Lambert is getting this big buildup by the show’s producers, as if they think [...]

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In case you’ve never seen or heard the term, mondegreens are misheard lyrics, such as the famous “‘Scuse me while I kiss this guy” instead of “‘Scuse me while I kiss the sky” from “Purple Haze.” There are many, many web sites devoted to mondegreens, the most famous, appropriately, being Kissthisguy:  The Archive of Misheard [...]

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Sunday’s Gospel tells the story of the Annunciation.  With that in mind, here is Chanticleer singing Franz Biebl’s beautiful Ave Maria.  This is really a setting of the Angelus prayer, with the last part of the Ave Maria (Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, hora pro nobis peccatoribus . . .) added at the end.
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8:45 a.m. — I am sitting in the car, in our neighbors’ driveway.  Our oldest is taking care of their dog while they’re gone for Thanksgiving, and since it was raining this morning I drove her down instead of making her walk.  (Because I’m so nice.)  Anyway, while she’s inside taking care of the dog, [...]

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