You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God. 1 Peter 1:23 Dear friends, As I write this the daffodils are sprouting up and beginning to take life, despite the snow that remains in my front yard. Their fragile green stalks sway in the […]
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Traveling Together Toward Easter
Dear friends, “You raise me up.” Throughout the Lenten season, we have sung the chorus of one of our favorite anthems as our response following the Assurance of God’s Forgiveness. We chose this chorus for its connection with our Lenten theme, “Traveling Together Toward Easter.” The chorus acknowledges the ways we are raised up by […]
Be a Sign
“You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all” –2 Cor. 3:2 Dear friends, The children have moved their church calendar to the purple season of Lent, when we prepare for the arrival of Holy Week and the celebration of Easter. This year, we’re learning about the important […]
Sabbatical Reflections
Dear friends, What a gift it is to have had a month of sabbatical in January and February. I am so grateful for your honoring of the value of time for renewal. Fran, Jeannie and I hopped in the car, put my bike on the back, and drove first to Northern Virginia, where we spent […]
Excited for Spring!
Excited for Spring!For church musicians, the best time to think about spring worship music is the middle of winter, we’ve got to be prepared. For the first time, in mid January, I called together anyone at all who is interested in planning music for our services this Lent and Easter. As I write this, our […]
Assessing the Year
“After some days Paul said to Barnabas, ‘Come, let us return and visit the believers in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord and see how they are doing.’” -Acts 15:36 Dear friends, This month we gather for our Annual Meeting, a time of assessing the year just past and planning for […]
Biking and kayaking and reflecting and writing (continued!)…
Dear friends, For the first half of February, I will be enjoying my second month of sabbatical, hopefully soaking in the sunshine! Fran and I will be in Homosassa River, Florida, and we plan to kayak, bike, swim (maybe with the manatees but not with the alligators), and take lots of photos. I am looking […]
From the Choir Director
Welcome, 2023! I wish to extend a very sincere thank you to everyone who helped Edwards Church Music shine this Advent, often with their own guidance as I focused on trying to learn our new technology, a continuing work in progress. From our choristers and our Morning Glory songsters, to our soloists in our […]
A Post-Christmas Ritual
After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightening, and […]
Biking and kayaking and reflecting and writing…
Dear friends, What a month we have had! In early December, our new audio-visual system was installed, moving us into the next phase of a journey of transformation that began in March 2020. Immediately we recognized the potential to offer very high-quality live-stream worship for folks all over the nation and even all over the […]