Either as a musician or as a priest I have attended a number of funerals where no living person besides myself was present. I once received a call from a funeral home to provide some sort of rite for a deceased person who was just โpassing throughโ for some reason I cannot now recall. Over... Continue Reading →
The Salisbury Organist โ A post-pandemic YouTube rockstar
I am so grateful for readers who send me ideas for blogs and other publications. So thank you Ray Fletcher and Karen Pidcock who each in their own way and time directed me to The Salisbury Organist, Ben Maton. Ben Maton loves music, and sacred music in particular. He loves rural England and the west... Continue Reading →
A very different “Dear John” letter
Dear John I write from the traditional unseeded territory of Tk'emlups te Secwepemc. Let us all walk the healing and reconciliation journey together, always. Kwukwstemx. I am trying to remember the last time we actually spoke. One time was at a gathering at Olympic View Gold Club when our son, Cameron hosted with others a... Continue Reading →