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A Little Ruin and a Little Wrath

The “Bright Sadness” of Lent A Commination In older versions of the Book of Common Prayer, there’s a section called “a commination.” It has a  rather weighty variant subtitle: or denouncing of God’s anger and judgments against sinners with certain prayers to be used on the first day of Lent, and at other times, as […]

Michaelmas

It’s late September and that means that it is now culturally appropriate to embrace my spooky side. Pumpkin spice everything is all well and good, but I love the darkening days and ghost stories and howling chill that delightfully shivers. I imagine a little Edgar Allen Poe sitting on my shoulder, muttering creepy “nevermore’s” into […]

Coming Out of Egypt With Both Hands Full

It’s a mild day. Those are the only kinds of May days that I enjoy. Otherwise, May just reminds me that the humidity and hornets of summer are almost here. There’s a good bit of breeze out there. Storms are on the way. “Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May” and all that. […]

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