Friday, December 30, 2016

A Valedictory for the Year

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This may not be the last post of the year--la Caterina and I are planning a quiet and restful New Year's Eve, and, if anything sparks,...
Thursday, December 29, 2016

"Maturity is Sort of a Stoic Response to an Endless Reality"

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Well, that's what she said: The late Carrie Fisher was so much more than Princess Leia, or even General Organa ; she was funny, eff...
Monday, December 26, 2016

Facing the Raven

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When I was doing my Clinical Pastoral Training for the diaconate, the vagaries of my schedule, the location of the hospital I was assigned,,...
Sunday, December 18, 2016

The Man of Mercy A Sermon on Matt 1: 18-25 Delivered at St. Bartholomew’s Church, December 18, 2016

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Open my lips, O Lord, and my mouth will proclaim your praise Ever since I was a teenager, there’s been this musical that’s pretty much a...
Monday, December 12, 2016

"Wheat. I'm Dead,They're Talking About Wheat."

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Beyond the fact that Love and Death introduced me to Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kije Suite , its sly takeoff on Russian novels, and the f...
Sunday, December 4, 2016

A Sort-of Brief for the Partial Defense: Neville Aysgarth

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In the course of the book group meetings St. Barts is hosting on Susan Howatch's Starbridge series, we've reached Scandalous Risks ...
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End of the Line: Curtain and Poirot

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Curtain: Poirot's Last Case- Pledge Event Screener from Dennis Allen on Vimeo . Now, when I was a boy unsystematically working my wa...