Grace Pritchard Burson

Financial overview going into 2022

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  As the parish has settled into its current configuration of hybrid worship, the Corporation took time in October to gather for a mini-retreat and think about where we are and where we want to go. We have committed to not making any major changes or decisions about the direction of the parish until March, six months after the official… View Post

The King of nature

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All Saints’, Dorval Reign of Christ, Year B November 21, 2021 Sunrise in South Burlington, VT, October 6, 2018. Photo by Ed Coleman on Twitter.   One who rules over people justly, ruling in the fear of God, is like the light of morning, like the sun rising on a cloudless morning, gleaming like the rain on the grassy land…. View Post

The beginning of the birth pangs

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All Saints’, Dorval Remembrance Sunday (Proper 28), Year B November 14, 2021 The CREDO speaker, the Very Rev’d Miguelina Espinal Howell, with her family In September of 2019, I attended a session of CREDO, a conference for Episcopal clergy, in North Carolina. On the first day, one of the presenters told a portion of her own life story in some… View Post

Baptism, the Spirit, and Saints

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All Saints’, Dorval All Saints’ Sunday, Year B November 7, 2021 Serena and Coralie holding their baptism candles on Sunday Serena Capplette has already been baptized once, in the summer of 1986, and it was about the most dramatic possible version of that experience: not only was she fully immersed in a dunk tank in the Montreal Forum, but the… View Post

Peter Lekx’s Sermon (Bartimaeus, Pink Floyd, and other things!)

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The lectionary texts can be found here. “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me! Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me! Call him Here. Take heart; get up, he is calling you. What do you want me to do for you? My teacher, let me see again. Go; your faith has made you well.” Immediately he regained his… View Post