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Monday, April 7, 2025

Monday Music Appreciation: Tommy Emmanuel

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I worked four nights out of five at the Francis Winspear Centre for Music last week, all excellent shows. But the one that really blew me aw...
Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Not April Fool's jokes

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I only wish it was an April Fool's Day joke. But no, as promised, the Bissell Centre Community Space is closed today. It has been a plac...
Monday, March 24, 2025

Monday Music Appreciation #54 -- A little bit of Jim Cuddy

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I've always liked Jim Cuddy's music, though I had never seen Blue Rodeo or him live until back in November when I worked his concert...
Monday, March 17, 2025

Monday Music Appreciation #54: A man named Pacho Flores

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I had no idea what I was in for when I went to work at Friday night's Trumpet and Tequila concert at the Francis Winspear Centre for Mus...
Friday, March 14, 2025

Worry less, hope more

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I have yet to see Damien, the man I wrote about a few weeks ago after I learned he had lost all his fingers and one thumb to frostbite. Past...
Thursday, March 13, 2025

A snowy puppy's delight

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We're at the tail end of winter, it's a snowy day, and Remi-pup loves snow. I do too, because it wears him right out, and I can get ...
Monday, March 10, 2025

Monday Music Appreciation #53: The Great River from The Lord of the Rings

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Have I mentioned lately that I love my job? (My job refers to my work as usher at the Francis Winspear Centre for Music, but my vocation is ...
Sunday, March 9, 2025

Sunday Reflection: Filling our God-shaped hole

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Today's reflection is brought to you by Luke 4: 1-13. Our service at the Community of Emmanuel this morning was very special, due in no ...
Monday, March 3, 2025

Monday Music Appreciation #52 -- Eternal Light

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There's a new musician who has joined our Inner City Pastoral Ministry's Community of Emmanuel. His name is Evan, and he's an ex...
Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Does life have to hurt this much?

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I've known Damien (not his real name) for a couple of years now. I first met him on a sunny August morning at Table Time, the almost wee...
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Monday, February 24, 2025

Monday Music Appreciation #51: Those Rebellious Elevators

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There's been lots of great symphonic music at the Winspear Centre for Music these last weeks, so much so that I'm finding it hard to...
Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Hope Stoves to warm cold people

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It's bloody cold out there these days. And there are far too many people without homes. Yes, some of them stay in shelters for the homel...
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Monday, February 17, 2025

Monday Music Appreciation #50: Laudate Dominum

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Wow, we're up to 50 music appreciation moodlings! And I've chosen this particular piece because we had such a great time singing/pra...
Monday, February 10, 2025

Monday Music Appreciation #49: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor by Camille Saint-Saëns

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It's been a while since I've worked a shift at the Winspear, and I'm somewhat grateful for that fact because I've had my han...
Monday, February 3, 2025

Monday Music Appreciation #48: This Joy

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I am appreciating so much in my life these days, including good music. And here's a great tune that I love to dance around my kitchen to...
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Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Playmates?

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Looking back through my moodlings, I'm realizing that there have been no Budgie Updates since my first moodling about Rocky, the bright ...
Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Word of the Year for 2025

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It's taken me long enough to write out this moodling, though I have been thinking about it for the past three weeks or so. Of course, I ...
Monday, January 20, 2025

Monday Music Appreciation #47: Carrie Newcomer's Writing a Better Story

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I've had a couple of very busy weeks, so it's no surprise that I haven't moodled here since January 6th. Stepping into the shoes...
Monday, January 6, 2025

Monday Music Appreciation #46: Bob Dylan's Blowin' in the Wind, sung by Jessica Raye and the Ramshackle Parade

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Yesterday's service at the Community of Emmanuel was extraordinary. Though we celebrated the Feast of the Epiphany, we also gave a lot o...
Sunday, December 29, 2024

Sunday Reflection: on being part of Creator's Holy Family

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Today's reflection is brought to you by 1 John 3: 1-2, 23-24 (adapted for the Community of Emmanuel below). This morning it was my turn ...
Monday, December 16, 2024

Monday Music Appreciation #45: I Heard the Bells (Johnny Reid)

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Last week I had the privilege of working both evenings at the Winspear Centre for Music for Christmas with Johnny Reid . The man is definite...
Monday, December 9, 2024

Monday Music Appreciation #44: An old hymn in honour of Jim

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Yesterday was the last Community of Emmanuel service led by our dear Associate Pastor, Jim Gurnett, who has decided to retire after seven pl...
Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Relentless

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Tuesday is "table time." Pastor Quinn and I set up our table on the corner near the Bissell Centre to hand out clothing and winter...
Monday, November 25, 2024

Monday Music Appreciation #43: William Prince and Serena Ryder "Sing me a song"

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This song just played through my radio on good old CKUA (if you haven't listened to CKUA yet, it's available through the link on the...
Saturday, November 23, 2024

Rallying for housing

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Back in early fall (or was it even as far back as June?) the Edmonton Coalition on Housing and Homelessness (ECOHH) planned its HOUSING HEAL...