Grace Pritchard Burson

  • Pastor

    The Rev. Grace Pritchard Burson is a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church, a branch of the ... View Post

    Pastor

  • Farmer

    As a seminary student, Grace experienced a crisis of faith related to the slow-motion environmental ... View Post

    Farmer

  • Writer

    When Grace was a child, much of her time was spent at her mother’s Hermes manual typewriter (and ... View Post

    Writer

  • Doula

    Check out Grace's full doula business website here! Grace has always been fascinated by birth and ... View Post

    Doula

Emptiness, one way or another

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All Saints’, Dorval Epiphany VI, Year C February 16, 2025 Ben Wildflower, “Magnificat” Here’s a dirty secret about preaching: Very frequently, a preacher will spend all week carefully, thoughtfully preparing a sermon on the assigned readings, and then, while reading the Gospel or preaching the actual sermon on Sunday, will have a flash of insight about something completely different in… View Post

What to do with the fear

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All Saints’, Dorval Epiphany V (Annual Vestry) February 9, 2025 “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching people.” This phrase – “do not be afraid” – is a very common one in Scripture, often uttered by angels, such as the one inviting Mary to become the mother of God’s son. But in today’s reading, it’s Jesus… View Post

A sign that will be opposed

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All Saints’, Dorval Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas) February 2, 2025 [sing] This child must be born so the kingdom may come; salvation for many, destruction for some: both end and beginning, both message and sign, both victor and victim, both yours and divine. We sang this hymn from the new Sing a New Creation hymnal back in… View Post

Through fire and water

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All Saints’, Dorval Baptism of the Lord, Year C January 12, 2025 The “Super Scooper” (from Montreal!) in action above LA Sometimes it seems like the lectionary is brutally ironic, and this is one of those weeks. “His winnowing fork is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his granary, but the chaff… View Post

Christ the Liberator

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All Saints’, Dorval Epiphany, Year C January 5, 2025 Victoria Scott working at the Southern Maine Women’s Reentry Center. Boston Globe. “May Christ the Son of God be made manifest in you, that your lives may be a light to the world.” This is the short version of the blessing for the season after Epiphany in the Book of Occasional… View Post