On the Road to Emmaus
The stranger already beside you.
April 19, 2026
Programming notes for the Third Sunday of Easter at UCC Keene, exploring the Road to Emmaus through Satie, Hans Zimmer, George Herbert, and Steve Reich.
Second Sunday of Easter
The hand on your shoulder. The breath in the room.
April 13, 2026
Programming notes for the Second Sunday of Easter at UCC Keene, featuring Beethoven, Paul Simon, Philip Glass, and John L. Bell.
Easter Sunday
Love is stronger than death. It always was.
April 5, 2026
Programming notes for Easter Sunday at UCC Keene, featuring Ringers on the Square, René Clausen, G. F. Handel, and Hans Zimmer’s Interstellar.
Maundy Thursday
The night the bread was broken.
April 2, 2026
Programming notes for the Maundy Thursday service at UCC Keene, featuring Beethoven, Mozart, Michael Haydn, and Philip Glass in a Tenebrae setting.
Palm Sunday
The procession begins, and what follows it.
March 29, 2026
Programming notes for Palm Sunday at UCC Keene, featuring Debussy, Monteverdi, Leonard Cohen, and John Tavener’s setting of William Blake.
Fifth Sunday in Lent
Peace is not stillness, it's a current.
March 22, 2026
Programming notes for the Fifth Sunday in Lent at UCC Keene, featuring Jubilation Bells, Sharon Nelson’s piano mashup of Beethoven and Francis, and Edward MacDowell’s To a Wild Rose.
Fourth Sunday in Lent
The circle turns, the summons returns.
March 15, 2026
Programming notes for the Fourth Sunday in Lent at UCC Keene — Sacred Circles — featuring Ringers on the Square, Joni Mitchell, John L. Bell, and Paul McCartney.
Third Sunday in Lent
A time to mourn and a time to dance.
March 8, 2026
Programming notes for the Third Sunday in Lent at UCC Keene, featuring Satie, Piazzolla, Leonard Cohen, and a congregational postlude of ‘Down by the Riverside.’
Second Sunday in Lent
A time to weep and a time to laugh.
March 1, 2026
Programming notes for the Second Sunday in Lent at UCC Keene, featuring Thom Yorke, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, and Sylvia Dunstan’s Hymn of Covenant.
First Sunday in Lent
A time to kill and a time to heal.
February 22, 2026
Programming notes for the First Sunday in Lent at UCC Keene, featuring Ringers on the Square, Pete Seeger, Hildegard von Bingen, and Paul Simon.