I have always loved Palm Sunday and Holy Week, ever since I was a young child. I remember going to worship on Palm Sunday with my mother and brothers. We were in Sunday school from 9 to 10 then we would help clean up the rooms moving tables and chairs and folding up the retractable … [Read more…]
I am reading a fascinating book titled Savage Continent by Keith Lowe that focuses on the aftermath of World War II in Europe. It spends a long time outlining what life looked like for citizens and the masses of displaced peoples who had been imprisoned in work camps, concentration camps, and prison camps throughout Nazi … [Read more…]
You ever stand in an excited crowd and just feel overwhelmed by the emotions of the mob? You might know me to be a Boston Red Sox fan but my husband is a diehard Yankee fan. Every year we make a pilgrimage to Yankee Stadium to see a game each summer. There is nothing quite … [Read more…]
One my favorite games to play when I was a child, was Marco Polo. We used to play it in the pool almost every single day in the summer. My brother used to make all sorts of rules that I never ever followed. His eyes would be closed calling “Marco!”. And I was quietly getting … [Read more…]
When I was a freshman in college back in the fall of 2001, I wanted to join the on campus choir but realized that it conflicted with another mandatory class I had to take. I was really upset about it. What was life going to be like without being in a choir? I had been … [Read more…]
When I was a little girl, I looked forward to the Fourth of July parade Colchester had. It was always on a Sunday. I would go to church sitting in the choir loft with some of my church friends singing to the hymn sing and sometimes zoning out to the sermons. Rev. Dole would always … [Read more…]
