Category Archives: Holidays

Easter Sunday 2026

Posted on April 5, 2026 by Kerry

He meets her there In the garden Where death had reigned unhindered Where tears beyond count have fallen The ache of loss unassuaged by the toil of hands Longing to recreate the garden lost He meets her there Where all … Continue reading →

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Four spiritual realities – Incarnation

Posted on December 7, 2025 by Kerry

Four Spiritual Realities pdf The gospel — the mystery of the ages now revealed in Christ — consists of four wondrous realities. “Gospel” literally means “joy news.” These four wondrous realities are joyful “mysteries” in the sense that for each … Continue reading →

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The Christmas Party, by George MacDonald

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Kerry

Download PDF of “The Christmas Party,” by George MacDonald. Introduction “The Christmas Party,” by George MacDonald, comprises chapter X of Annals of a Quiet Neighborhood (1867). MacDonald wrote across multiple genres. First and foremost he was a literary critic presenting … Continue reading →

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Heaven and Nature Sing

Posted on November 3, 2024 by Kerry

From my teen years, whenever my home-town church would have a hymn sing — even in July — I remember calling out from one of the back rows the request to sing Joy to the World (hymnary.org): Joy to the … Continue reading →

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Happy Golden Days

Posted on November 1, 2024 by Kerry

The Arcadian Wild’s new recording, Happy Golden Days, is out! While traveling on I-35 today, I listened to it on loop for several hours. What an incredible selection of songs, so joyously expressed in an uplifting Arcadian Wild mode. It … Continue reading →

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A Candlemas liturgy

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Kerry

Some years ago, we settled upon February 2 as the date we would celebrate the end of the Christmas season. Not because it is Groundhog Day in the United States (!), but because it marks the feast day of Candlemas … Continue reading →

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Ring out, wild bells

Posted on January 1, 2023 by Kerry

Alana Levandoski, “Ring Out, Wild Bells”Watch at You Tube For Advent and Christmas this year, Candace and I again are reading aloud together through Malcolm Guite, Waiting on the Word, a collection of poems and essay reflections. On New Years … Continue reading →

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Winter’s Moon

Posted on November 4, 2022 by Kerry

From Loreena McKennitt’s forthcoming new live album Under A Winter’s Moon. Loreena has released a single of the oldest-known Canadian Christmas hymn, “Huron Carol.” It’s the first time she has ever recorded the song, written in 1642 by a Jesuit … Continue reading →

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Death has lost already

Posted on June 14, 2022 by Kerry

The Arcadian Wild: website | YouTube Dear Lincoln, Isaac, and Bailey, My wife Candace and I watched Andrew Peterson’s virtual Easter Monday show. It was so moving in that Andrew’s music and reflections always seem suffused with hope in the … Continue reading →

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Feast of the Annunciation

Posted on April 9, 2022 by Kerry

In the church calendar March 25 is the Feast of the Annunciation, the annual remembrance of Gabriel’s message to Mary according to the gospel of Luke 1:26-38. Here’s a carol that tells the story from Moya Brennan’s wonderful Christmas album, … Continue reading →

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St. Patrick’s prayer

Posted on March 16, 2022 by Kerry

St. Patrick’s prayer – the “breastplate” or “lorica” Andrew Wright, “St. Patrick’s Breastplate” (Journeysongs) 1 I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through belief in the Threeness,
Through confession of the Oneness
of the Creator of creation. I arise … Continue reading →

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George MacDonald Christmas Reading

Posted on December 12, 2021 by Kerry

So great to see the George MacDonald Society flourishing with activities like this. Hopefully this is the first of what may become an annual gathering this time of year. Thanks to those who organized it, to Malcolm Guite for welcoming … Continue reading →

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