One of Orin’s other hats in life is Co-Assistant Director of the St. Louis Chamber Chorus. He was interviewed recently for an article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about a concert the group is singing this coming Sunday, Palm Sunday: “I’m a church music director (at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows),…
Category: reflection
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New Promo Video!
Thinking of hiring Oddwalk? View this new promotional video to see us at our versatile best!
catholicism, oddwalkia, reflection, scripture, website
Where’d we get that name?
As part of the site migration, we’re also taking some time to update bits of the site as fill in a few gaps. One bit of info that has been noticeably absent from the site is how we came up with the name Oddwalk. So, we created a page to tell people the story, and…
holiday, reflection
Shana Tovah
Shana Tovah is Hebrew for “A good and sweet year” and is the usual greeting for Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, which is celebrated by Jews tonight and Tuesday morning this year. As I (Orin) was headed to Temple Shaare Emeth in suburban St. Louis to play at their early service tonight, I passed…
catholicism, holiday, lent, reflection, scripture
Good Friday
“After this, aware that everything was now finished, in order that the Scripture might be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I thirst.” There was a vessel filled with common wine. So they put a sponge soaked in wine on a sprig of hyssop and put it up to his mouth. When Jesus had taken the wine, he…
lent, reflection
Turn Away From Sin…
…and be faithful to the Gospel. Or, put another way, give up what separates you from God, and put your trust in your Christian community, Jesus’ cross, and his new creation. As we all hopefully are aware, the penitential season of Lent begins today, Ash Wednesday, this year February 6, almost as early as it…
prayer, reflection, scripture
One of These Things is Not Like the Other…
Some of you might have noticed that Orin has been writing a lot of the blog posts in recent weeks. I’ve been on the go quite a bit lately with family obligations, my work at St. Peters, my ministry with Oddwalk, and lots of other things I just can’t bring myself to say no to.…