“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…
Are You My Mother? is a classic little children’s book by P.D. Eastman. A little bird falls out of his nest and goes in search of his mother. She has not abandoned him however, she has just gone off to dig up a few worms for his supper. Freshly hatched from his egg, he doesn’t know…
Once upon an Eastertide, a little boy came home singing Pete Seeger’s — The Garden Song: “Inch by inch, row by row, please, bless these seeds I sow.” (You can click here to hear Pete Seeger sing it, along with the words!) At school the little boy, along with his class, had planted bean seeds in jelly…
George Gershwin composed “Summertime” — the iconic song for the opera Porgy & Bess in 1933. Gershwin wanted to craft a spiritual in the style of an African American folk tune. The lyrics, based on Heyward Dubose’s poem, were inspired by the lullaby “All My Trials.” The song sings of a summer of loss and longing. “Summertime” is sung several times throughout the opera. Its…
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I believe in reincarnation. At least professionally I do. Career wise I have been reborn three times. My first incarnation was in the education field as a Montessori schoolteacher. My second incarnation was in the business world as a Systems Development Manager. And my third is an ecclesiastical calling as a parish priest. Three times…
“Holed Up for a Year, I Hope…” Holy Week podcast from Joani Peacock “Hope is a feather on the breath of God.” Hildegard of Bingen When people ask me what I do for a living I tell them that I am in the hope business. I usually follow that up with that I am in…
“Holed Up for a Year, I Hope…” Holy Week podcast from Joani Peacock Dear Lord, Let me linger among the alleluias, at least for a little while. It is Easter Monday morning and I am much hungover from Holy Week. I am a very sleepy preacher. Bells are still ringing. Choirs are still singing. And…
Welcome to Emmanuel Voices’ Holy Week Series “Holed Up for a Year, I Hope…” Premiering Saturday, March 27, 2021 Click to listen. “Holed Up for a Year, I Hope…” is a Holy Week blogging project that I dreamed up. A few weeks ago in our Thursday Weekly E-news, this is the call I put out…
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I love wrestling with angels. I love the give and take of a good argument. I love finding those places in life where you can let your hair down without a filter. I love nothing better than a relaxed, honest, genuine and kind conversation. Tinged with humor, God’s greatest gift. And having reached “the age…
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…
