From Every Oops
The learning experience that accompanies every mistake.
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The learning experience that accompanies every mistake.

Grace and IKEA directions.

The importance of the priest singing the orations at Mass.

Music for the Communion procession, even for the “summer slog.”

In which I’m tempted to do the same thing I am frustrated by another doing.

In the circles I typically frequent, NPM is seen as something of a lost cause. I’ll admit that as recently as a few years ago, I thought so, too.

In which we music directors get to not act like the hypocrites.

Show and tell. Mostly show.

Fast food and the Third Person of the Holy Trinity.

Indianapolis and the 2014 CMAA Colloquium.

It’s not really a bleak post, I promise.

This timeless text is the high point of this liturgy.

This week, we will take a look at the reading and Responsory.

Part 1 of the Evening Prayer walkthrough series.

Celebrating Vespers well in your local parish.
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