You may think that I’m going to tell you about why I think it is important to give to Perfecting our Praises in the context of the need to support our music program. And maybe, peripherally, I am. But I really want to talk about three virtues that I perceive in our common life at … READ MORE…
As a part of our organ campaign, I am glad to be here to speak for a couple of minutes about the power of this organ and music in general. Music has surrounded me my whole life but it wasn’t until the terminal cancer of my step father that I realized its power and importance. … READ MORE…
This is an extract from a longer article by the Rev. Canon Albert Ogle on the recent UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDSs. Albert writes, “Whenever AIDS is part of the equation, the United Nations is working to be part of the solution,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in his remarks to the meeting. … READ MORE…
This fascinating article from the Huffington Post by a neuroscientist discusses how music affects us in the same way as religion does. The author describes his own experience as a reverent non-believer. Many people, myself included, experience a religious-type awe when listening to certain pieces of music. What exactly is the relationship between music and … READ MORE…
Grace van Thillo shares a conversation from the recent Simpler Living workshop Thank you, Cassie Lewis, for inspiring us toward healthier, non-toxic home cleaning and toiletry products that are safer for creation. Cassie encouraged us all to share cleaning items we use; and from one another we learned about the wonders of lemons, castile soap, … READ MORE…
Standing here is quite transition for me – I’m much more accustomed to sitting in the transept or the choir stalls. When I was younger, but not much shorter – those of you who see me process Sunday mornings will notice that I am aspiring to the 5ft mark, thank you Brooks for the use … READ MORE…
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. … READ MORE…
I hadn’t fully recalled that Evensong now twenty-eight years ago until the other night when I attended a ‘salon’ for the restoration of the organ. But that said, that Evensong lives very close to my consciousness and rises in my memory with very little effort. Probably the first time I ever heard the organ at … READ MORE…
In late 1996 I left my home in Georgia for Navy Boot Camp in Great Lakes, Illinois. Several weeks later I started Basic Hospital Corps School here, in San Diego. My first order of personal business was to seek out the Chaplains at Naval Medical Center and see if there were any Episcopalians afoot. There … READ MORE…
Cathedral Choir Member Susan McClure wrote this letter to the San Diego Union Trib, published today. Let me sound a note or two in defense of the Spreckels organist, Carol Williams, and the maintenance of the organ. As a taxpayer in District 8, I have helped pay for Petco Park and the revamping and upkeep … READ MORE…