by superadmin | Aug 24, 2016 | Pentecost Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog
Stephen Williams Cathedral Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem Tidings of Jesus, redemption, and release . . . The church is picturesque, red brick, sits on the corner of the only busy intersection that got its first ‘stop light’ only a few years ago. Go a mile in any...
by superadmin | Aug 23, 2016 | Pentecost Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog, Uncategorized
Virginia Knapp St. Margaret’s, Emmaus When peace, like a river, attendeth my way, When sorrows like sea billows roll; Whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say, It is well, it is well with my soul. It is well with my soul, It is well, it is well with my soul....
by superadmin | Aug 22, 2016 | Pentecost Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog
John Adamson Grace Church, Allentown Through many dangers, toils, and snares, I have already come; ’tis grace that brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home. My life has been changed forever by church music. This is no exaggeration. If...
by superadmin | Aug 20, 2016 | Pentecost Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog
The Rev’d Edward Erb Grace Church, Honesdale God know me and calls me from before I am born. And life becomes both a calling, a challenge, a mission, and a pilgrimage. As a Lenten discipline this year, and as a part of this pilgrimage theme, I read Chaucer’s...
by superadmin | Aug 19, 2016 | Pentecost Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog
The Rev’d Edward Erb Grace Church, Honesdale After Wikipedia, The Oxford English Dictionary is my prime source of information. OED defines Pilgrimage as “a journey (usually of considerable duration) made to some sacred place, as an act of devotion.” A colleague...
by superadmin | Aug 18, 2016 | Pentecost Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog
Mary Schatkowski, Organist & Choir Director St. Brigid’s Church, Nazareth This is my Father’s world, and to my listening ears, all nature sings and round me rings the music of the spheres. This is my Father’s world; I rest me in the thought of rocks and trees, of...
