# singing — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 21 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover singing. Page: Feed: --- ## [A Good Stretch of Poetry Days](https://liberationtheologylutheran.blogspot.com/2026/08/a-good-stretch-of-poetry-days.html) _2026-08-20 · Kristin Berkey-Abbott · Liberation Theology Lutheran_ The past few days have been a good poetry days, in a more well-rounded sense--by which I mean, I've been doing more than just writing down a line or two. Let me capture what a good stretch of poetry days looks like: --A few months ago, I had an idea for a poem, Jesus buying a fixer-upper of a house. I didn't do anything with this idea since I first had it (in late April, as evidenced by this blog… ## [Arrivederci for Now](https://ginamorgano.substack.com/p/arrivederci-for-now) _2026-08-19 · Gina Morgano · The Voice Chronicle_ What a trip to Italy, a priest, and college move-in day have in common ## [feminism is a healing framework with jenn armbrust | freak flag episode 18](https://kathleenmusic.substack.com/p/feminism-is-a-healing-framework-with) _2026-08-19 · Kathleen Smith · The Love Blast from Kathleen Smith!_ ...in which Kathleen & Jenn (one of K’s fave feminists of all time) go deep on embodied feminism, healing frameworks, the economy of our limitless imaginations, & more! 🌈 [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210282515/246fa468e1fcb46cd153f8385e4aa3e9.mp3) ## [Meditation on This Sunday's Gospel](https://liberationtheologylutheran.blogspot.com/2026/08/meditation-on-this-sundays-gospel_01040949614.html) _2026-08-19 · Kristin Berkey-Abbott · Liberation Theology Lutheran_ The readings for August 23, 2026: First Reading: Isaiah 51:1-6 First Reading (Semi-cont.): Exodus 1:8--2:10 Psalm: Psalm 138 Psalm (Semi-cont.): Psalm 124 Second Reading: Romans 12:1-8 Gospel: Matthew 16:13-20 In this Gospel reading, we find Jesus asking some of the basic questions. “Who do men say that I am?” “Who do you say that I am?” It’s a curious exchange that has Peter proclaiming Jesus as… ## [There’s something about Mary (the baby wood pigeon)](https://rachel.blog/2026/08/18/theres-something-about-mary-the-baby-wood-pigeon/) _2026-08-18 · Rachel M · rachel.blog_ Yesterday on my lunch break I ran down to M&S at Union Square to get a few things. As I was leaving I noticed three people crowded around something on the ground next to the carpark. It was a very tiny baby pigeon – or so I thought – still with all its fluffy yellow \[…\] ## [Signs and Signifiers and Keeping a Record](https://liberationtheologylutheran.blogspot.com/2026/08/signs-and-signifiers-and-keeping-record.html) _2026-08-18 · Kristin Berkey-Abbott · Liberation Theology Lutheran_ It's been a strange beginning to the work week. Let me record, so I don't forget. --I've been in that liminal space where it's time to settle into the semester, yet I could still delay doing that for another few days. My office hour time has been consumed by meetings and Convocation, so I have yet to get my Brightspace course shells set up. At this point, it doesn't matter, because the classes… ## [Sunday Sermons and Good Sundays](https://liberationtheologylutheran.blogspot.com/2026/08/sunday-sermons-and-good-sundays.html) _2026-08-17 · Kristin Berkey-Abbott · Liberation Theology Lutheran_ Yesterday was a good day at Faith Lutheran--the energy level felt a bit higher, a few more people attending than we had in the slower summer Sundays. I used the youth sermon to talk about the behavior of Jesus towards the Canaanite woman, the way we see Jesus at his most human, the hard parts of being human, the way humans get grumpy and tired and don't always treat each other well--but the way we… ## [Silence: the other half of singing](https://blog.chrisrowbury.com/2026/08/silence-other-half-of-singing.html) _2026-08-17 · Chris Rowbury · From the front of the choir_ At the end of a recent residential singing weekend I was acutely aware of absence when everyone had left. The silence was almost painful. It got me thinking about the different kinds of silence in singing. There are three kinds of silence in all music: before, during and after. Before The silence before singing is full of anticipation: anything can happen. What’s coming next? These silences occur… ## ['I misled people, including even my wife'](https://news.speakola.com/p/i-misled-people-including-even-my) _2026-08-17 · Tony Wilson · Speakola newsletter_ It's eighteen years since Bill Clinton's address to the nation regarding the Monica Lewinsky affair. ## [The Armor of God](https://www.timberlandchurch.org/sermons/the-armor-of-god) _2026-08-16 · Preston Nichols · Timberland Drive church of Christ_ by Preston Nichols [Listen](https://www.timberlandchurch.org/images/4024thearmorofgod.mp3) ## [Trade Bitcoin and Ethereum Today (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/PQjgDRCkTwQN) _2026-08-16 · **Sponsored**_ Buy, sell, and margin trade BTC and ETH with EUR, USD, CAD, GBP, or JPY. ## [Seeing Agnes again and a bumper blackcurrant harvest](https://rachel.blog/2026/08/16/seeing-agnes-again-and-a-bumper-blackcurrant-harvest/) _2026-08-16 · Rachel M · rachel.blog_ Every week for the past month I’ve been trying to catch a brown pigeon with awful string foot. I have spotted her a couple of times but she remains on the edge of the flock, too far away to attempt a catch. It’s so depressing as she’s clearly in agony. I have, however, seen Agnes \[…\] ## [Humility Sandwich](https://www.timberlandchurch.org/sermons/humility-sandwich) _2026-08-16 · Reagan McClenny · Timberland Drive church of Christ_ by Reagan McClenny [Listen](https://www.timberlandchurch.org/images/4323humilitysandwich.mp3) ## [Sermon for Sunday, August 16, 2026](https://liberationtheologylutheran.blogspot.com/2026/08/sermon-for-sunday-august-16-2026.html) _2026-08-16 · Kristin Berkey-Abbott · Liberation Theology Lutheran_ August 16, 2026 By Kristin Berkey-Abbott Matthew 15:\[10-20\] 21-28 We have met the Canaanite woman before, and not just 3 years ago when we were last at this place in the lectionary cycle. In Mark, she’s called a Syrophoenician woman. Both of these descriptors—Canaanite and Syrophoenician--are markers that would have been more clear to first century ears than to our own. She is an outsider in all… ## [Films that didn't fit - Peeping Tom (1960)](https://markenders.substack.com/p/films-that-didnt-fit-peeping-tom) _2026-08-16 · Mark Enders · The Classic Film Experience_ There are films that change the course of people‘s careers, some for better, some for worse, and some in quite unexpected ways. ## [The Feast Day of Mary, Her Assumption and All Else](https://liberationtheologylutheran.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-feast-day-of-mary-her-assumption.html) _2026-08-15 · Kristin Berkey-Abbott · Liberation Theology Lutheran_ Today is one of the many Marian feast days. Today we celebrate Mary's Assumption into Heaven. Here are the readings for today: First Reading: Isaiah 61:7-11 Psalm: Psalm 45:11-16 (Psalm 34:1-9 NRSV) Second Reading: Galatians 4:4-7 Gospel: Luke 1:46-55 I will state the obvious from the beginning. We don't really know very much about the historic life of Mary. That's both a blessing and a problem.… ## [A midweek escape to Glen Dye’s Gamekeeper’s Cottage (and why we loved it)](https://rachel.blog/2026/08/15/a-midweek-escape-to-glen-dyes-gamekeepers-cottage-and-why-we-loved-it/) _2026-08-15 · Rachel M · rachel.blog_ We’re back in Aberdeen after a brilliant mid-week break at Glen Dye. I’ve been sharing photos and writing about our experiences all week but I thought I’d give it a more thorough review now we’re home and I can reflect on the experience. Note, they are not paying me to write this although if they \[…\] ## [262: If Your Singing Feels Too Heavy or Too Breathy (Here's the Fix)](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/singingsimply/episodes/262-If-Your-Singing-Feels-Too-Heavy-or-Too-Breathy-Heres-the-Fix-e3ncnup) _2026-08-14 · Ivan Lu · Singing Simply_ 🌍 Step By Step Singing Course: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.singingsimply.com/courses/singing-fundamentals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🌍 For Voice Lessons:… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/c4f07ac/podcast/play/124198297/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-14%2F429809478-44100-2-a1ae46d10b7ed.mp3) ## [Thirty-eight Years Married](https://liberationtheologylutheran.blogspot.com/2026/08/thirty-eight-years-married.html) _2026-08-13 · Kristin Berkey-Abbott · Liberation Theology Lutheran_ Today we celebrate our 38th wedding anniversary--38 years! It feels like just a blip. Here is one of my favorite pictures of us, a picture taken at the March 2026 wedding of our nephew, who was born in 1993: This morning in 1988, we'd have been in Greenwood, South Carolina. I'd have slept in the house that used to be a parsonage where my grandfather served a congregation for many years. Thirty… ## [The best wild swimming spot, The Bridge of Dye, arcade games and a gorgeous caravan](https://rachel.blog/2026/08/12/the-best-wild-swimming-spot-the-bridge-of-dye-arcade-games-and-a-gorgeous-caravan/) _2026-08-12 · Rachel M · rachel.blog_ We found the best swimming spot in all of Scotland, nae the whole of the UK, but I’m not going to share its location because then everyone will know and it’ll no longer be amazing. You’ll have to go and stay at Glen Dye to find it. What made it so amazing you ask? First, \[…\] ## [Fiio M21 DAP and a plethora of IEMs](https://richardbloomfield.blog/2026/08/fiio-m21-dap-and-a-plethora-of-iems/) _2026-08-12 · Richard Bloomfield · Richard Bloomfield's Blog_ When I first got hold of the Fiio M21 digital audio player (DAP) back in January, I didn’t know how much it would resurrect my love of listening to music. For years I did what most people do. I listened to music on my mobile using true wireless earbuds. I had expensive ones from Sony \[…\] Source ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/FGw2WDBLtFng) _2026-08-12 · **Sponsored**_ Connect your repo and deploy instantly — Railway handles config, scaling, and monitoring. ## [A Boat Crashed My Anthem](https://ginamorgano.substack.com/p/a-boat-crashed-my-anthem) _2026-08-12 · Gina Morgano · The Voice Chronicle_ What preparation actually prepares you for. ## [Do Meet Your Heroes — Jack's new podcast & Maddie's amazing speech](https://news.speakola.com/p/do-meet-your-heroes-jacks-new-podcast) _2026-08-12 · Speakola newsletter_ My 15 year old son Jack has cerebral palsy. He's a kid with many passions and quite a few idols, and he's thought of a way he might get to meet them! Does anyone know Jack Black? 😀 ## [Hiking Clachnaben and discovering Glen Dye](https://rachel.blog/2026/08/11/hiking-clachnaben-and-discovering-glen-dye/) _2026-08-11 · Rachel M · rachel.blog_ I’ve long wanted to walk up Clachnaben, the iconic 589-metre hill just south of Banchory in Aberdeenshire. It’s such a striking Aberdeenshire landmark, easily recognisable thanks to a massive granite outcrop at its peak. We finally tackled the walk today and it did not disappoint. You can see it in this next photo as the \[…\] ## [The Feast Day of Saint Clare](https://liberationtheologylutheran.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-feast-day-of-saint-clare.html) _2026-08-11 · Kristin Berkey-Abbott · Liberation Theology Lutheran_ Today we celebrate the life of St. Clare of Assisi, one of the first followers of St. Francis, and founder of the Order of the Poor Ladies (more commonly called the Poor Clares). She wrote their Rule of Life, the first woman to have created such a thing, a set of rules for the life of a monastic order. The Poor Clares lived a life committed to poverty, what St. Clare called a "joyous poverty." Why… ## [Sermon Recording from a Good Day at Church](https://liberationtheologylutheran.blogspot.com/2026/08/sermon-recording-from-good-day-at-church.html) _2026-08-10 · Kristin Berkey-Abbott · Liberation Theology Lutheran_ We had a really good day at church yesterday at Faith Lutheran in Bristol, Tennessee. I say this with some sense of wonder because I arrived in a grumpy mood: we left ten minutes later than I had requested, which meant I felt frazzled. I prayed for my grumpy frazzled mood to lift as I waited for my spouse to come downstairs and open the door, and happily it did with the first hymn. My sermon went… ## [It's a hobby, right? — The hidden work of a choir leader](https://blog.chrisrowbury.com/2026/08/its-hobby-right-hidden-work-of-choir.html) _2026-08-10 · Chris Rowbury · From the front of the choir_ I’m officially on my summer break. My last singing workshop was just over two weeks ago. But that doesn’t mean I’m taking it easy or lazing by the pool. Here’s what I’ve been up to. Most people don’t realise how much behind-the-scenes work there is for choir and singing workshop leaders. They think we just turn up, teach a few songs, then go and lie down for the rest of the week. I’m not… ## [A Firm Foundation of Why: Singing - Does this please God?](https://www.timberlandchurch.org/sermons/a-firm-foundation-of-why-singing-does-this-please-god) _2026-08-09 · Reagan McClenny · Timberland Drive church of Christ_ by Reagan McClenny [Listen](https://www.timberlandchurch.org/images/4322afirmfoundationSINGING.mp3) ## [A Firm Foundation: Does This Please God?](https://www.timberlandchurch.org/sermons/a-firm-foundation-does-this-please-god) _2026-08-09 · Reagan McClenny · Timberland Drive church of Christ_ by Reagan McClenny [Listen](https://www.timberlandchurch.org/images/4321afirmfoundationdoesthispleasegod.mp3) ## [Sermon for Sunday, August 9, 2026](https://liberationtheologylutheran.blogspot.com/2026/08/sermon-for-sunday-august-9-2026.html) _2026-08-09 · Kristin Berkey-Abbott · Liberation Theology Lutheran_ August 9, 2026 By Kristin Berkey-Abbott Matthew 14:22-33 We seem to be in the escalating miracles section of the lectionary. We might be able to explain away the miracle of last week’s reading by guessing that the crowds share more food as they are inspired by the actions of a few. But making a storm stop immediately—that miracle reveals the Divine nature of Jesus. No one could doubt after that… ## [Films that didn't fit - Freaks (1932)](https://markenders.substack.com/p/films-that-didnt-fit-freaks-1932) _2026-08-09 · Mark Enders · The Classic Film Experience_ When films don’t find an audience at the time of their initial release, there are a number of reasons proffered. ## [Privacy-first AI-native browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/AGIT37cquOto) _2026-08-09 · **Sponsored**_ No telemetry or ads — built on Ungoogled Chromium with a built-in AI sidebar and CLI. ## [Elizabeth in Bring It On with BBEXP](https://rachel.blog/2026/08/08/elizabeth-in-bring-it-on-with-bbexp/) _2026-08-08 · Rachel M · rachel.blog_ Elizabeth had the very great privilege of performing in the Beyond Broadway Experience (BBEXP) production of Bring It On in Aberdeen this weekend with three performances at His Majesty’s Theatre over two days. She performed in Cats with the same company last summer and loved it then but this year was much better as she \[…\] ## [Shifts for Those with Sense to See](https://liberationtheologylutheran.blogspot.com/2026/08/shifts-for-those-with-sense-to-see.html) _2026-08-08 · Kristin Berkey-Abbott · Liberation Theology Lutheran_ I am always intrigued by how we can see seasons shifting, long before the calendar would tell us to expect these changes. We have to learn to see with new eyes, eyes that focus on what's there, not what we're expecting to see. It's more of a shift of imagination than with our literal eyes, our literal sense: It's similar to how we can see God at work in the world--but it might mean we need to… ## [261: Why Your Voice Breaks Into Falsetto (It Isn't Breath Support)](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/singingsimply/episodes/261-Why-Your-Voice-Breaks-Into-Falsetto-It-Isnt-Breath-Support-e3n3579) _2026-08-06 · Ivan Lu · Singing Simply_ 🌍 Step By Step Singing Course: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.singingsimply.com/courses/singing-fundamentals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🌍 For Voice Lessons:… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/c4f07ac/podcast/play/123884201/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-6%2F429377386-44100-2-e43ee5c3e2536.mp3) ## [Back to School, Back to Hiroshima](https://liberationtheologylutheran.blogspot.com/2026/08/back-to-school-back-to-hiroshima.html) _2026-08-06 · Kristin Berkey-Abbott · Liberation Theology Lutheran_ Yesterday was a delightful day. Today will be delightful too, although it's a full day on campus, so it will be a different kind of delightful. And I've been awake since 2, so I do worry about how tired I'll be by late afternoon. My brain started churning at 2, churning with all sorts of worries and plans. I need to sit down with a calendar and old syllabi and make some loose plans--or maybe… ## [August 2026 Singing Service](https://www.timberlandchurch.org/sermons/august-2026-singing-service) _2026-08-06 · Our Members · Timberland Drive church of Christ_ by Our Members [Listen](https://www.timberlandchurch.org/images/8-5-Wed-Singing-Service.mp3) ## ["The Day the Music Died"](https://ginamorgano.substack.com/p/the-day-the-music-died) _2026-08-05 · Gina Morgano · The Voice Chronicle_ On "American Pie," Interlochen, and the unglamorous truth about this profession ## [Delights Planned for the Last Day of Summer and an A for Paul Class](https://liberationtheologylutheran.blogspot.com/2026/08/delights-planned-for-last-day-of-summer.html) _2026-08-05 · Kristin Berkey-Abbott · Liberation Theology Lutheran_ In many ways, today is my last day of summer 2026. A year ago, I'd have been going to CPE early and then driving to Williamsburg to help my parents recover from my mom's near death pneumonia hospitalization--I am so grateful that this summer's end is more mundane. Our transition to the school year is a gentle one. Tomorrow we have a very full day of teacher training and meetings. On Friday and… ## [Tunes on Tuesday: Harmony](https://ohljazz.com/2026/08/04/tunes-on-tuesday-harmony-2/) _2026-08-04 · Oren Levine · Oren Levine, jazz pianist and songwriter_ Why this tune? This week’s song is one of ten originals I chose to record in October for my next album. I’m traveling to Los Angeles for the sessions, working there with an experienced producer and an array of talented LA-area musicians, including some of my favorite singers. I’m planning to sing two songs on Continue reading "Tunes on Tuesday: Harmony" ## [Pigeon photos](https://rachel.blog/2026/08/03/pigeon-photos/) _2026-08-03 · Rachel M · rachel.blog_ I was forced to upgrade my phone recently as my old one no longer supported security updates, which meant I couldn’t use it for work. On the plus side, the new phone has a superior camera so I’ve been having fun photographing the pigeons as you can see. Here’s another selection from this morning. ## [Recording of August 2, 2026 Sermon](https://liberationtheologylutheran.blogspot.com/2026/08/recording-of-august-2-2026-sermon.html) _2026-08-03 · Kristin Berkey-Abbott · Liberation Theology Lutheran_ I felt good about my sermon yesterday--it's not likely to go down as one of my best, but it's solid. I tried to do more than just re-tell the Gospel, a problem with many sermons I've heard and one I try so hard to avoid in my own sermons. The Gospels aren't so complicated that most people don't understand. The recording of my sermon is here on my YouTube channel. If you'd like to read along, I… ## [What else can your singers do without you?](https://blog.chrisrowbury.com/2026/08/what-else-can-your-singers-do-without.html) _2026-08-03 · Chris Rowbury · From the front of the choir_ Often, when leading a singing workshop, singers will start putting chairs out or standing in a circle. It’s maybe not the way I’d planned, but I’ll usually go with it. It turns out my singers are often more capable than they realise. I’m rarely fixed on how to arrange the singers. Sometimes we’ll work in a circle, sometimes we’ll face a wall so I can put large lyric sheets up. Sometimes we’ll… ## [Jonah, The Best Prophet](https://www.timberlandchurch.org/sermons/jonah-the-best-prophet) _2026-08-02 · Preston Nichols · Timberland Drive church of Christ_ by Preston Nichols [Listen](https://www.timberlandchurch.org/images/4320jonahthebestprophet.mp3) ## [Quiet spaces for reflection and gentle feathered friends in Aberdeen](https://rachel.blog/2026/08/02/quiet-spaces-for-reflection-and-gentle-feathered-friends-in-aberdeen/) _2026-08-02 · Rachel M · rachel.blog_ We went in search of the brown pigeon with string foot again this weekend and although we spotted him twice he was far too wary to come close enough for a rescue attempt. So instead we went to St Nicholas Kirk to say hello to the very friendly flock there where several birds were only \[…\] ## [The Faith Of Abraham](https://www.timberlandchurch.org/sermons/the-faith-of-abraham) _2026-08-02 · Harold Hancock · Timberland Drive church of Christ_ by Harold Hancock [Listen](https://www.timberlandchurch.org/images/4319thefaithofabraham.mp3) ## [Sermon for Sunday, August 2](https://liberationtheologylutheran.blogspot.com/2026/08/sermon-for-sunday-august-2.html) _2026-08-02 · Kristin Berkey-Abbott · Liberation Theology Lutheran_ August 2, 2026 By Kristin Berkey-Abbott Matthew 14:13-21 Last week we had parables of smallness and hiddenness to tell us what the community of God is like. I concluded last week’s sermon by saying that the Kingdom of God, this community that we’re helping to create right here and right now might remain hidden for our whole lives, visible to those around us with eyes to see, but invisible to the… ## [Films that didn't fit... The Great Gabbo (1929)](https://markenders.substack.com/p/films-that-dont-fit-the-great-gabbo) _2026-08-02 · Mark Enders · The Classic Film Experience_ In the years that followed the introduction of sound a large number of unique and interesting films were produced. ## [The Hinge Festival of Lammas](https://liberationtheologylutheran.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-hinge-festival-of-lammas.html) _2026-08-01 · Kristin Berkey-Abbott · Liberation Theology Lutheran_ Early August is a hinge point in the calendar. In some ways, it's not as obvious a hinge as the autumnal equinox or the summer solstice; in fact, it's the time directly between those two hinges--we're as far away from the start of summer as we are from the start of autumn. But in some ways, it's just as significant a point of seasonal shift. If we lived in medieval England, we would be celebrating… ## [Freedom for Agnes the string foot pigeon](https://rachel.blog/2026/07/31/freedom-for-agnes-the-string-foot-pigeon/) _2026-07-31 · Rachel M · rachel.blog_ We released Agnes this morning back at the same place we found her. Her wounds were healing nicely and it was clear she wanted to leave as she has been trying to squeeze through the bars in the dog crate we have her in. I don’t think she enjoyed our hospitality very much. She must \[…\] ## [Celtic Wisdom: The Last Days of July](https://liberationtheologylutheran.blogspot.com/2026/07/celtic-wisdom-last-days-of-july.html) _2026-07-30 · Kristin Berkey-Abbott · Liberation Theology Lutheran_ ELCA Stewardship specialist Tim Brown made this Facebook post today: In the heat of waning July days, the ancient Celts would ready themselves for the August festivals and the beginning of the harvest. They would take these final days to spend intentional time resonating with the world around them, relaxing in the earth and seeking out sacred spots to bless and in which to be blessed. You might… ## [RIP Glen Hansard - 'Make art, make art!'](https://news.speakola.com/p/rip-glen-hansard-make-art-make-art) _2026-07-30 · Tony Wilson · Speakola newsletter_ The Irish troubadour and Oscar winner has died aged 56 in a motorcycle accident. He left his mark on music and musicals, and delivered one of the warmest and best Oscars acceptance speeches.