Extracted from my address to the Compline Choir, delivered at the choir’s annual meeting on January 18, 2015 2014 was a year of measurable, palpable change—for better, for worse. Change is a constant in the natural world. Seasons change, landscapes transform, mountains rise and fall, trees grow and decay, flora explodes revealing a rainbow of colors […]
The world moves onward to new Advents – blue: the hue of death, depression, dark – what grief! And yet – of ocean, sky, and berries sweet the hue. Processions, choirs, and clouds of incense meet. Enormous banners herald light to come, but your departure makes this Advent bleak— the heart, so hurt, by loss […]
On Sunday, February 2 at 9:30pm, the Compline Choir will pray the office of Compline by candlelight at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Seattle. Those in attendance will be invited to take a candle; the Compline Choir will share light with you as we process through the church. It’s our hope that all present will pray, listen, contemplate, meditate, […]
