Grace Pritchard Burson

Staying to wrestle

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All Saints’, Dorval Proper 22, Year B October 3, 2021 Lo Spagnoletto (Jusepe de Ribera), “Job on the Ash Heap,” c. 1630. Private collection. Honestly – I’m tired of this Gospel. (Am I allowed to say that out loud?) It’s not actually that I want to avoid it, exactly. I love the bit about welcoming children, of course, and I’m… View Post

Report to the Parish Meeting, 09-26-21

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Incumbent’s Report, September 26, 2021 Messy Church on September 10 Well, things are definitely in full swing at All Saints by the Lake. Since returning from vacation in mid-August, my calendar has looked more like it did pre-pandemic than at any time since March of 2020. Sunday morning worship is once again being attended by a three-dimensional congregation, including singing… View Post

We have no idea what we’re doing (thank goodness)

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All Saints’, Dorval Proper 20, Year B September 19, 2021 Peter’s commissioning as our pastoral intern on Sunday, Sept. 19 But they did not understand what he was saying and were afraid to ask him. … He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.”… View Post

Who and why?

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All Saints’, Dorval Proper 19, Year B September 12, 2021 Why are we here? It’s been almost exactly a year and a half since the hammer of lockdown first fell. In all that time, we have not sung together as a congregation, or shared in the bread and wine around the altar. We have done an extraordinary job of sticking… View Post

… in the Coinherence

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All Saints’, Dorval Proper 18, Year B September 5, 2021 “Homeless Jesus,” sculpture by Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz The letter of James is a brief text – five chapters; only four pages in the Bible I have handy as I write – but it packs a big punch. James does not mince words. Protestants have a complicated relationship to this… View Post