d r a f t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdXAGm5xm9M Palm Sunday, 2016, Saint John's Orthodox Church, Warren, Ohio. xxx It's a setting of the Cherubic Hymn in the Russian Orthodox tradition, sung at the transition in the service from the Service of the Word to the Eucharist: We who mystically represent the Cherubim,and who sing to the Life-Giving … Continue reading Palm Sunday
jon batiste juneteenth
d r a f t\ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHtTE1FyyT8 xxx To celebrate Juneteenth, Jon Baptiste and Matthew Whitaker perform Amazing Grace on the steps of the Brooklyn Public Library in Brooklyn, NY on June 19, 2020. Matthew Whitaker xxx Second is Let God Lead by Jon Batiste & Stay Human from their album Social Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaqPpTY3jyg
File under creolization — blending Jewish and (Protestant) American religious and cultural norms in mid-19th century
d r a f t Interview with Jeffrey Gurock of Yeshiva University on creolization in Jewish-American institutions in the years after the Civil War -- although he doesn't use the word -- points up some important (imho) simliarities between the Jewish and and Swedish-American Lutheran experience. At this point, Jews were not hated like Irish … Continue reading File under creolization — blending Jewish and (Protestant) American religious and cultural norms in mid-19th century
‘For Ukraine’: A powerful choral work by Estonian composer Erkki-Sven Tüür that deserves an international audience
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f49Mzm3xqG0 All in the first month after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a choral work asking God to protect Ukraine by a noted Estonian composer was written, set to music, rehearsed and performed for the public within three weeks' time. The war began Feb. 24, and the premiere, in Estonia's capital city of Tallinn, was March … Continue reading ‘For Ukraine’: A powerful choral work by Estonian composer Erkki-Sven Tüür that deserves an international audience
CNN newsletter highlights disconnect between ‘culture war,’ real-world problems in a time of real war
In my email on March 23, from CNN Reliable Sources <reliablesources@newsletters.cnn.com>, after this headnote: Oliver Darcy here at 10:47pm ET on Wednesday, March 23. Here's the latest on Reuters, BuzzFeed News, Fox, Meta, "Wheel of Fortune," Spotify, "Real Housewives," and more... [...] this item, which is too good to clean out of my inbox and lose forever. Darcey … Continue reading CNN newsletter highlights disconnect between ‘culture war,’ real-world problems in a time of real war
Chix recipes that might be worth trying
d r a f t xxx https://www.myrecipes.com/ingredients/baked-chicken-breast-recipes xxx https://www.southernliving.com/recipes/salsa-verde-chicken-casserole Salsa Verde Chicken Casserolehttps://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/sheet-pan-greek-chicken-roasted-potatoes Sheet Pan Greek Chicken with Roasted Potatoeshttps://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/chicken-tamale-casserole Chicken Tamale Casserolehttps://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/chicken-tetrazzini-9 Chicken Tetrazzini (w/ cream cheese)https://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/italian-seasoned-roast-chicken Italian-Seasoned Roast Chicken Breasts *** Also a salmon chowder recipe at https://themodernproper.com/salmon-chowder that I also don't want to lose sight of! Not as rich as Phyllis' on … Continue reading Chix recipes that might be worth trying
I sing of Oley, glad and big: A eulogy to a beloved cat in a time of loss and grief
Olaf (Oley) Da Vinci, ca. 2006-March 13, 2022 Dogs [and cats] come into our lives to teach us about love. They depart to teach us about loss. A new dog [or cat] never replaces an old dog [or cat], it merely expands the heart [...] Erica Jong, viral email, quoted on Doobert.com animal rescue website. … Continue reading I sing of Oley, glad and big: A eulogy to a beloved cat in a time of loss and grief
Timothy Snyder on Ukraine, code-switching, national identit(ies)
d r a f t Timothy Snyder, "Timothy Snyder on the Myths That Blinded the West to Putin's Plans," interview by Ezra Klein, The Ezra Klein Show, New York Times, March 15, 2022 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/15/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-timothy-snyder.html Verbatim quotes at https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/15/podcasts/transcript-ezra-klein-interviews-timothy-snyder.html: So the way we tell the Second World War is completely inside out, you know, Western Front … Continue reading Timothy Snyder on Ukraine, code-switching, national identit(ies)
Spiritual direction, February 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOL3T0jM8Jk Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Church New Ulm, Minn., 2012 Editor’s (admin’s) note: Lightly edited copy of email I wrote in advance of this month's appointment with my spiritual director, giving her a heads-up on what I’d been journaling on since our last meeting and, more to the point, helping me focus over time by archiving the … Continue reading Spiritual direction, February 2022
Ordinary Time 