In today’s podcast, Charlie West tells us what happened with the flaming dessert, reflects on this Sunday’s readings and shares his favorite Christmas poem: The Oxen by Thomas Hardy. You can read along in Charlie’s blog “Words Twice a Week” at https://wordstwiceaweek.blogspot.com Sunday readings: Psalm 148, Isaiah 61.10-62.3 and Luke 2.22-40

This podcast is the Advent 4 Sunday Service on Dec 20th 2020 by the Episcopal Churches of Marquette County: Grace Church, Ishpeming, Holy Innocents’, Gwinn, St. John’s, Negaunee, and St. Paul’s, Marquette. Featuring music by soloist – Sophia Harding and piano and organ by Jan Brodersen and a sermon by Bishop Rayford Ray.

In today’s podcast, Charlie West, shares some information from the church and world calendars and gives us two options for this week’s   challenge. He shares a collect for Christmas and reflects on the Winter solstice, St. Thomas, St. Stephen and more. Here is this week’s challenge:

1) write a “longest night” poem/prayer;

2) if you were going to change your last name to reflect something about you – more than “one who comes from the West” – what would you change it to?

You can read along in Charlie’s blog “Words Twice a Week” at https://wordstwiceaweek.blogspot.com

In today’s podcast, Charlie West reflects on this Sunday’s readings for the Fourth Sunday of Advent. He talks about the book Watch for the Light, which is a collection of readings about Advent and Loretta Ross-Gotta’s book Letters from the Holy Ground. Finally, he shares his own Christmas piece written in 1984. You can read along in Charlie’s blog “Words Twice a Week” at https://wordstwiceaweek.blogspot.com

In today’s podcast, we have a special musical treat.  Charlie West plays and sings a Christmas song medley.

This podcast is the Advent 3 or Rose Sunday Service on Dec 13th 2020 by the Episcopal Churches of Marquette County: Grace Church, Ishpeming, Holy Innocents’, Gwinn, St. John’s, Negaunee, and St. Paul’s, Marquette. Featuring music by violinist- Janis Shier Peterson and piano and organ by Jan Brodersen.

In today’s podcast, Charlie West, shares some information from the church and world calendars including facts about John of the Cross, Dorothy Sayers and Jan Vermeer. He also reveals the answer to last week’s challenge. You can read along in Charlie’s blog “Words Twice a Week” at https://wordstwiceaweek.blogspot.com

In today’s podcast, Charlie West reflects on this Sunday’s readings for the Third of Advent – Gaudete, or ”The Rose Candle” Sunday and he shares a prayer. You can read along in Charlie’s blog “Words Twice a Week” at https://wordstwiceaweek.blogspot.com Sunday’s readings are: Psalm 126, Isaiah 61.1-4, 8-11, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 and John 1:6-8, 19-28

Charlie’s prayer

In today’s podcast, Charlie West, shares some information from the church and world calendars including tidbits about Thomas Merton, Saint Lucy and Emily Dickinson. He also gives this challenge – name the singer who sang Mack the Knife. You can read along in Charlie’s blog “Words Twice a Week” at https://wordstwiceaweek.blogspot.com

Below is Charlie’s poem from last week’s challenge write a poem that could be overprinted on one of Monet’s paintings –

In today’s podcast, Charlie West reflects on this Sunday’s readings and shares verses from a hymn by Thomas Troeger. You can read along in Charlie’s blog “Words Twice a Week” at https://wordstwiceaweek.blogspot.com

Sunday’s readings are: Psalm 85.1-2, 8-13 Isaiah 40.1-11, 2 Peter 3.8-15 and Mark 1.1-8