Just before my alarm went off, 5:30 a.m. on a Sunday morning, I had the most amazing dream. We were attending Mass at the Newman Center, and singing the new Mass parts. They were chants, as a matter of fact, but the most gorgeous, melodic chants I’d ever heard, and expanded into gorgeously rich harmony…
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Sing to the Lord
For a Sunday, it wasn’t off to a great start. We were all tired from our unplanned trip to Kansas City, and two of the kids didn’t feel good. During the forty-five minutes that we spent warming up the choir downstairs, I mediated half a dozen fights. Afterward, I took the little ones to the…
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New Boxing Gloves Originally uploaded by markhillary He’s at it again. After Vacation Bible School, Alex’s interest in and behavior at church took a definite turn for the better. For two weeks. But apparently he was just saving up all his bad behavior for use the last two weeks. On Father’s Day in Southern Illinois,…
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Read this. Wow, what a post. http://justwallpaper.wordpress.com/2009/09/01/an-open-letter-to-those-who-have-been-burned-by-church/
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The other day I was listening to my WLP showcase CD in the car (I promise, this is not as geeky as it sounds; I was trying to decide if our choir could handle one of the pieces for Christmas Eve) when Alex suddenly piped up from the back seat, “Hey, Mommy, this is the…
Read MoreCake, Chrism and Critique
Amazing, how those alliterations roll off the tongue these days. For weeks, I have been making mental note of things Alex says and does, his mannerisms, the challenges and joys associated with this stage. I had intended to post an “Alex roundup” on his birthday. But the week disappeared in preparations, and I never…
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http://www.bu.edu/chapel/services/sermons/documents/sharperthanatwoedgedsword.doc I’m working on song texts again today, and in looking up this passage online (because I was too lazy to pull out my Strongs Concordance), I discovered this sermon from Robert Cummings Neville at Boston University. I encourage you to read it. I’m printing it out to share with Christian as our prayer for…
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April 2, 2007 So far, my blogging has mostly been about Julianna. Which is unfortunate, really, because Alex is a riot. He’s always doing unbelievably adorable things, like falling asleep with my old First Communion prayer book clutched tightly in one chubby little hand (and I do mean chubby!) It’s enough to make me wonder…
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Kathleen M. Basi 