Grace Pritchard Burson

Expecting resurrection

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All Saints’, Dorval Easter Sunday, Year A April 9, 2023 The hydro trucks in the parking lot on Saturday morning! After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. Why did they go to see the tomb? This might seem like a question with a very… View Post

Carrying the light

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All Saints’, Dorval Great Vigil, Year A April 8, 2023 Brian as Jesus washing a child’s feet, April 1 A week ago, a cluster of small children waited at the bottom of the stairs by the back door. They had just been the story of Jesus’ betrayal and death (at an age-appropriate level, of course) and then they had descended… View Post

Nothing to lose

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All Saints’, Dorval Good Friday, Year A April 7, 2023 I read a lot of young adult fantasy, a genre which has been exploding in popularity, creativity, and variety over the past couple of decades. Some of it is lighthearted and funny, but some of it falls into the subgenre called “grimdark” – which is exactly as it’s described: unrelentingly… View Post

Consolation toward resurrection

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All Saints by the Lake, Dorval Lent V, Year A March 26, 2023   Jonathan Daniels (left) with fellow activists. Today we get a little preview of Easter. We’ll hear the story of the Dry Bones again as we sit with our candles listening to all the old stories during the Great Vigil of Easter; and the story of the… View Post

Report to the March parish meeting

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Incumbent’s Report, March 26, 2023 This is the first official incumbent’s report I’ve written since November – apologies for the hiatus! Since then, the installation of the fresh air return has completed our project to improve the ventilation in the building. We nevertheless have continued masking, hoping to go to “masks optional” as of the Sunday after Easter. Thankfully, there… View Post