Tag Archives: Luanne Panarotti

On black holes and empty tombs

Posted on April 17, 2020 by panarotti

For science nerds like myself (because just being a church nerd isn’t nerdy enough…), one of the most mind-blowing news items from last year was the first image taken of a black hole.  The subject of the portrait was the … Continue reading →

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It’s a Good Thing

Posted on December 18, 2019 by panarotti

After an extended hiatus, A Curious Faith has returned!  Every two weeks, we will publish reflections by members and friends of Hudson River Presbytery.  We hope that you will find them engaging and share-worthy.  May the blessings of Advent and … Continue reading →

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Present

Posted on June 3, 2019 by bjp2138

This time of year, you can’t swing a cat without knocking a mortarboard off someone’s head.  Everywhere you turn are graduations: on your calendar, on Facebook, in the local papers, live-streamed on the web.  All the smiling, hopeful faces of … Continue reading →

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Fearfully & Wonderfully Made

Posted on September 24, 2018 by bjp2138

Every knitter has their own style.  There’s the way they hold the needles, and the tension with which they allow the yarn to feed into the project.  There’s the method they choose to cast on, or place the first loops … Continue reading →

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Giving Thanks for Eartha Kitten

Posted on May 7, 2018 by pdalcorn

Having closed on the purchase of our little house in the Hudson Valley, my husband Werner and I set about making it a home.  Our first stop was the furniture store.  Our second stop was the Animal Rescue Foundation in … Continue reading →

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Kelmar Cookies

Posted on February 5, 2018 by pdalcorn

    The church calendar may say it’s nearly Lent, but at my house, there’s still some unfinished Christmas business. That always seems to be the case, since I became a pastor three years ago.  With work and family holiday … Continue reading →

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A Fig Tree Grows in New Jersey

Posted on October 16, 2017 by pdalcorn

Figs trees are native to the arid climates of Israel and Iran, and can thrive on sunny slopes in Tuscany.  In New York and New Jersey, they are botanical foreigners.  Maybe that’s why Italian immigrants were so keen to coax … Continue reading →

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Swept Away

Posted on May 22, 2017 by pdalcorn

Lots of people have the jitters on their wedding day, and I was no exception.  Mine were about the dancing. Like many of my generation, I learned most of what I know about dancing from John Travolta and “Saturday Night … Continue reading →

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Coming Down From the Mountain

Posted on November 15, 2016 by pdalcorn

In high school, I worked weekends and summers in a climatology lab at Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, an outpost of Columbia University perched high atop the Palisades cliffs overlooking the Hudson.  It was a great gig.  One of my primary responsibilities … Continue reading →

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Stubbornness

Posted on May 23, 2016 by pdalcorn

My son sings in an a cappella group at his high school.  The young men are known for their skillful harmonies, their playful enthusiasm and their natty dressing.  They also have a tendency to make costuming decisions maddeningly close to … Continue reading →

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