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Thursday, April 24, 2025

A handful of sunrises

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A sunrise begins in freshness, In hues that can’t be named, A wordless shout of wonders To call forth inner joy. The weigh...
Sunday, April 20, 2025

Musical Presence and Funeral Choices

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Image of a minor chord and a graveyard (at Shiloh) Musical choices matter. They matter in life, and they matter in the rituals of death as...
Wednesday, April 16, 2025

COVID’s Musical Humor: The Toilet Paper Chronicles

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3 rolls of TP and a Coronavirus meme Remember when the world shut down and all those folks panic-bought toilet paper like it was currency? ...
Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Arriving from Wealth: Rosina von Ems

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Rosina von Embs (von Ems / von Hohenems) arrived at Thalbach in 1609 and was give holy orders a year later. As the honorific “von” shows...
Saturday, April 5, 2025

Managing Bibliography By Spreadsheet

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In this post, I walk through how I structure and use a bibliography spreadsheet—from initial setup to prioritization, assessment strategies,...
Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Postulant, Novice, Professed: Initiation into Monastic Life (4/2/25)

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Last night I used movie clips to help my students understand a bit more about monastic life. I did, in fact, use a clip from Sister Act (...
Saturday, March 29, 2025

Dominican Prayer Gestures (3/29/25)

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Medieval prayer was not just a matter of words – it was a full-bodied practice, shaped by movement, posture, and gesture. As Jean-Claude S...