By The Rev. Canon Maylanne Maybee on May 1, 1999
In the early seventies, I lived in a draughty old house in England with half a dozen other students. The house was an ecumenical residence sponsored by the Orthodox church, and it so happens that my bedroom was directly above the chapel. The first morning after I arrived, I awakened to the smell of incense [...]
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By The Rev. Dr. Paul Gibson on May 1, 1999
There is a story that Beethoven once played a newly composed sonata for a friend. When he had finished, the friend asked, What does it mean? Beethoven sat down at the piano and played the sonata all over again.
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By The Rev. Barbara Liotscos on May 1, 1999
At dusk I went to the place where looking across the folds of hills I might see you. Wanting a vision, expecting none, suddenly there was a crease of light where day meets night — a mystical plant erupting between earth and heaven. “It’s too fast,” I thought, and yet, this birth continued inexorably, swelling [...]
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