UPDATE: For email posts, click here to watch “EEC@Home: The Documentary” on Youtube. Though the virus prevents us from gathering at 1608 Russell Road, Emmanuel’s worship life flourishes — with technological creativity and contributions from many: The Rector, the Associate for Liturgy & Hilarity, The Music Director, Choristers, Cantors, the Guitar Circle, Guest Musicians &…
My apologies to those of you who have already read my blog post from a few weeks ago. It has now evolved into this September 20th homily. Discernment-wise and content-wise. This one you can also listen to or watch. So, I begin in the same place and end in another. Over the past several weeks,…
Good morning, my younger Emmanuel friends! I miss seeing you on Sunday mornings in church. That’s why it makes Chuck and I both so happy to be able to share with you here each week. Technology is an amazing thing. Technology creates this new and surprising holy place for us to be together. This is…
Let me tell you the story of V Street versus 13th Street. It is my family’s story wrapped up in the story of my family’s hometown. My beloved hometown is just a stone’s throw across the Potomac. I am fond of telling people on my tours at the Library of Congress, that D.C. is not a…
Back in the sixties, I was a very lousy Girl Scout. In fact, I virtually flunked at being a Girl Scout. My uniform did not pass muster. I hated camping. I barely earned a badge. But I do remember the song – the campfire song: Make new friends and keep the old… I remember a…
Friends are one of God’s greatest gifts, right? You can play with friends, sing with friends, talk with friends, and eat with friends. With the virus, you may be missing your friends from school or the neighborhood. I hope you have seen them over Zoom or had some fun socially distanced play dates. There are…
Half past eleven on Sunday mornings, Emmanuel continues to gather for coffee hour like clockwork. Instead of small groups catching up with one another in the parish hall, we gather as one on Zoom. Regulars, newcomers, couples, singles, Boomers, Gen-X, a few Millennials, and even a sprinkling of little ones from Gen-Z. No matter what…
When I read the gospel for today, the story of a panicked Peter, sinking beneath the waves and his Lord who calmed his storm, brought to mind a short story I read a long, long time ago in high school: John Cheever’s The Angel of the Bridge. It is the story of a phobic fellow deathly afraid of…
I LOVE to sing, do you? Sadly, we cannot sing in church right now but there are lots of other places we can. You can sing in the shower. You can sing in your living room or in your backyard. You can make a joyful noise when you ride with your parents in the car.…
Emmanuel at Home Morning Prayer on July 26th was all about books. “Reading for Hope: A Book Report Wrapped in a Homily” was the morning’s message for grownups. And “Happy Reading: A Children’s Homily” was my weekly offering for younger members. Each concluded with my invitation to listeners to bring a book to share with…
