Monthly Archives: July 2013

“We must play.  But our merriment must be of that kind (and it is, in fact, the merriest kind) which exists between people who have, from the outset, taken each other seriously – no flippancy, no superiority, no presumption.” — C. S. Lewis, … Continue reading →

  So, what does the Tradition demand?  What is ostensibly maintained and cultivated by those in the strict camp, guaranteed by reproducing the past?  What are those of us who are not in strict practices to do?  We say we … Continue reading →

As an Orthodox musician (cantor, director), one thing I fear – almost above all else, as I think about it – is bringing into the Church’s liturgy a “worldly” set of musical values that are not only foreign to the … Continue reading →