Tag Archives: Easter

Pothole Season

Right on schedule, I came down with a head cold on Easter Monday. It’s an occupational hazard. It’s practically what Episcopal clergy sign up for. It should just be added into the ordination vows: Q: Will you be diligent in … Continue reading

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A Different Kind of Detour

Traffic was a mess on Orchard Street this afternoon, as filming trucks took over one side of the street. Various side streets were blocked off, and neighbors were standing in the lovely sunshine trying to get a glance at a … Continue reading

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Easter starts……

  Nope. Easter does not start in the “seasonal” aisle at CVS. And it certainly doesn’t start with plastic stacking bunnies. But  where does it start? Does it start with the lighting of the new fire at the Vigil? Does … Continue reading

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Easter bunnies….and flamingos

Before I go off-line for the rest of the Triduum,       I want to thank the Watertown resident who adorned his or her lawn in the manner shown above. I drove by this house yesterday while feeling rather bogged … Continue reading

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The Cultural Kool-Aid of pre-Easter Peeps

In the fourth century, as recorded in the diary of a young traveler named Egeria, Christians in Jerusalem marked Holy Week by keeping Vigil night after night, reading huge chunks of scripture and singing psalm after psalm, traveling to the … Continue reading

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Writing towards resurrection

Every day around Watertown, people write stories. School kids in classrooms, grad students in cafes, professionals in their home offices, and lots of others. On any day of the week, if you gathered folks who had written stories that day … Continue reading

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