One of the neatest things about the experience one has at the Grace Institute is that we are the well-treated, warmly- welcomed guests of the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa, and it is such a privilege to be guests in their Home for three days. There is such gentleness in that place- but also quite a
The picture above shows you the wonderful sight which greeted me Monday morning as I peered through the dining room windows of Sinsinawa, which is a beautiful Dominican Retreat Center located amidst the rolling hills of Southwestern Wisconsin just outside of Dubuque. (For those of you from Racine, Sinsinawa is comparable to Racine’s Siena Center
It was an announcement which I’m sure John Salvo did not enjoy making - so he tried to enliven it with some humor, which was nice. But the news, nevertheless, was rather grim- The call committee of Holy Communion has struck out with its first three candidates for a new pastor. The circumstances varied a
It’s been quite a busy three days. Wednesday was the day we flew back from DC in the afternoon - and that night I sang four solos with the Kenosha Pops Band for their season finale, followed by the end-of-the-season party at Villa D’Carlo. Yesterday morning was my first day back at the station since
Our time in Washington DC is rapidly drawing to a close, and there is no question that the single most meaningful thing about this trip has been the joy of seeing Kathy and her dad enjoying themselves and each other. This trip was Kathy’s idea - that we go to DC and that her dad
You might think, judging from its title, that this blog entry will be a lament on what it’s like to visit Washington DC when the temperature is 98 degrees and the heat index is 104. But no, as much as we’ve melted here in DC, it really hasn’t slowed us down all that much or
When someone has a year-round church job, there is great temptation to skip church while on vacation. (Temptation, I might add, to which I seldom succumb.) But when going to church means worshipping at the National Cathedral, sleeping in seems pretty pointless! The place is not only enormous (the sixth largest cathedral in the world)
It seems shallow during a visit to our nation’s capitol to be talking about food - and I promise that the next blog entry will be something about memorials or statesmen or cathedrals. . . but I simply must talk about last night’s dinner. We dined at a place close to our hotel called Ted’s
Kathy and I are in Washington D.C. (with Kathy’s dad) for the next several days. We just arrived late this morning but already there is something for me to blog about. Of all of the things we hoped to see here, nothing was more important to us than Arlington National Cemetery. (I have been to
The most beautiful sound I heard yesterday was the voice of our dear friend Kris Capel, saying “Hi.” That’s saying something because yesterday morning, I had the great pleasure of making music with my friend Laura Deming, a cellist in the Chicago Lyric Opera orchestra. I will be accompanying her for a program in September
