I am not by nature a quiet person. Third child in a household of six, I had to speak up loud and clear to be heard. An extrovert par excellence, I am compelled to fill awkward silences in awkward conversations. A social butterfly — who once worked in a library – I was often shushed…
Lent — the purple season — is fading fast! Fixed on the liturgical calendar, having started on Valentine’s Day, Lent 4 lands on St. Patrick’s Day and Lent 5 follows on the heels of the Spring Equinox. How are you doing with whatever you decided to “give up”? Not so good? That is totally okay.…
Once upon a time, I built a Christmas tree out of books. This is not as crazy as it sounds. I used to work (at least part of the time) in a library. Deeply rooted in theological knowledge, I built my tree out of old National Union Catalogues, Anchor Bible Commentaries, and dusty volumes of…
Let me tell you how I spend my Thursday afternoons — not at Emmanuel but on the other side of the Potomac, at one of my happiest places on earth, at my weekly volunteer gig a our Nation’s Library where I welcome visitors from all over the world. WELCOME TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS! I…
This post needs very little introduction! Memorial Day weekend is here, summer has arrived, and it’s time to pack our beach bags full of books. But what books? Once again I have reached out to the voracious readers and friends of Emmanuel and collected a treasure trove of recommendations! I promise you there is something…
Who of a certain age does not remember the Jefferson Airplane (or was it Starship?) 1967 psychedelic anthem: Go Ask Alice? Inspired by the works of Lewis Carroll. To spark your memory, you can listen to the music. Lyrics quoted here in full. One pill makes you largerAnd one pill makes you smallAnd the ones…
Three weeks after the celebration of Pentecost, we continue to hear scriptural stories and references about the Holy Spirit. Today’s Gospel is no different. Following Jesus’s crucifixion, resurrection and ascension into heaven, the apostles continue to grapple with what it means to accept God’s gift of the Holy Spirit into their lives. Others continue to…
This Sunday is June 6th and Emmanuel is busting out all over!! Emerging like butterflies out of our cocoons, we are so happy! The red doors of our church are open again to all! Figuring out what I might say today, I found this wonderful new book: “A Church for All.” The beautiful rhyming story…
“Summertime and the Livin’ is…” George Gershwin A bibliophile, my book stack is always piled high. There are so many reasons why I read but the beauty of a book, no matter what it is about, is that it can be read anywhere. Portable inspiration, intellectual inquiry, history, mystery, biography, theology, romance, and travelogue. Over…
There is absolutely no doubt about it. Emmanuel is neither high church nor low church. More broad church, we are a”bibliophile” parish. Our book piles stacked high with just about every kind of literature you can imagine. Last Sunday, the day we sprung forward and lost an hour, attendance was a bit down at “zoom…
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