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ONIGHT, Cooking dinner for the house, I listed to Paul Winter’s Missa Gaia – Earth Mass. It was recorded at the Cathedral of St John the Divine in NYC, back in the day… back when Jim Morton was the Dean and Paul Moore was the bishop. I attended Missa Gaia annually on the first Sunday [...]

ER HOST Is moderately amused to find that someone who sucker-punched him in High School (in GA), producing a lovely bloody nose and a slight misalignment still visible grew up to look like this: Something about true to type… and cyber stalking, I know: but I’ve not forgotten the name of anyone who was involved [...]

INNER Conversation at my house can often wander into topical areas that would fail to garner Miss Manners’ approval. This has become even more true with the arrival of a new baby: lactation, breast size, explosive diaper contents and resultant laughter often corner the market. Sometimes we can get into spontaneous group singing of Rock [...]

F All the liturgical memories I have from SGN, the most joyful and awe-full one is giving communion. I was never worried about getting it wrong. Everything else – speaking, reading, preaching – left me worried that I’d mess something up. Giving communion came to me naturally: Placing the bread in the hands of someone, [...]