Grace Pritchard Burson

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

Seeing as God sees

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All Saints by the Lake, Dorval Lent IV, Year A March 19, 2023 “For the LORD does not see as mortals see; they look on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.” It’s really very considerate of the lectionary to give us such appropriate selections from scripture when I wanted to talk about discernment anyway. When Heather… View Post

On the threshold

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All Saints by the Lake, Dorval Lent II, Year A March 5, 2023   The logo of my doula business, drawn by my mother. In January of 2014, I was at a clergy gathering. Things in my parish were not going well; I was exhausted and burnt out and didn’t want to be there. When the time came, as it… View Post

A sneak peek of my spring newsletter article

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From Strategic Plan to Congregational Development “Preparing the Ground”: pansy seedlings planted by the Messy Church group in February A small group met twice in January to revise the 2019 Strategic Plan based on the feedback from the congregation in October and November. At the second meeting, it became clear that the format of the 2019 Plan was hindering the… View Post

An invitation to reconciliation

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All Saints by the Lake, Dorval Ash Wednesday, Year A February 22, 2023 Georges de la Tour, “The Penitent Magdalen,” c. 1640. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Are you ready for Lent? Because I’m not. The last three Lents – 2020, 21, and 22 – have been spent under the cloud of COVID-19 and either going into, in, or… View Post