Tag Archives: Malcolm Guite

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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Morning prayer

Posted on July 26, 2022 by Kerry

Morning Prayer podcast (Episcopal Church of Garrett County, Maryland; get) Book of Common Prayer: compact | hardback | leather The Garrett County morning prayer podcast is high on our list when considering which life changes from the Covid lockdown will … 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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15 books on a deserted island

Posted on March 10, 2022 by Kerry

Russell Moore asks what 12 books one would want to have near if one were stranded on a deserted island for the rest of one’s life. I can’t do it. For me, 15 is the minimum! So here are my … Continue reading →

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Poetry for Christmas and Easter

Posted on December 10, 2021 by Kerry

Last spring, Candace and I read aloud Malcolm Guite’s anthology, Word in the Wilderness: A Poem a Day for Lent and Easter. We found the poems deeply moving, and Malcolm’s essays opened them up for us both as literature and … Continue reading →

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Where else but in a library?

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Kerry

“But in a library, you can count yourself as king of infinite space. You can find a spell for the refreshment of the spirit in every story you read, and every story can be something you live. There’s one sense … Continue reading →

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