David Sinden
@sinden.org
Episcopalian, organist, and conductor. He/him
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In case you’re wondering, the longest Game 7 in World Series history was 12 innings (1924).
November 2, 2025 at 3:43 AM
In case you’re wondering, the longest Game 7 in World Series history was 12 innings (1924).
Had an alert earlier that Shohei Ohtani was taken out and I immediately thought “what was he even doing on a Venezuelan drug boat?”
November 2, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Had an alert earlier that Shohei Ohtani was taken out and I immediately thought “what was he even doing on a Venezuelan drug boat?”
Omg I just watched an entire Scorsese movie during the extra innings of this World Series game
October 28, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Omg I just watched an entire Scorsese movie during the extra innings of this World Series game
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Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.
“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.
“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.
October 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.
“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.
“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.
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Within: Katherine Rundell on Diana Wynne Jones; Howell, “Sarabande for the 12th day of any October,” which comes around this year.
I’ve started an email newsletter this year — quick reads on music, spirituality, literature, and other bits of culture I’m loving lately.
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Vivid realms and patient trust
Dear lovers of mystery, music, and meaning, 📚 Over the summer, I had a strange epiphany that my new book was by an author my son had also read. I asked him if he had read anything by Katherine Rundell...
world.hey.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Within: Katherine Rundell on Diana Wynne Jones; Howell, “Sarabande for the 12th day of any October,” which comes around this year.
I’ve started an email newsletter this year — quick reads on music, spirituality, literature, and other bits of culture I’m loving lately.
If that’s your thing, there’s a subscribe box at the bottom of the page.
world.hey.com/dsinden/vivi...
If that’s your thing, there’s a subscribe box at the bottom of the page.
world.hey.com/dsinden/vivi...
Vivid realms and patient trust
Dear lovers of mystery, music, and meaning, 📚 Over the summer, I had a strange epiphany that my new book was by an author my son had also read. I asked him if he had read anything by Katherine Rundell...
world.hey.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I’ve started an email newsletter this year — quick reads on music, spirituality, literature, and other bits of culture I’m loving lately.
If that’s your thing, there’s a subscribe box at the bottom of the page.
world.hey.com/dsinden/vivi...
If that’s your thing, there’s a subscribe box at the bottom of the page.
world.hey.com/dsinden/vivi...
“So much of our lives involves seeing fleeting images on screens or encountering disposable, temporary media. Worship books ask us to consider that God and God’s people have a longer story, one that is grounded and available to all.”
www.livinglutheran.org/2025/09/some...
www.livinglutheran.org/2025/09/some...
"Sometimes singing comes before action or belief" - Living Lutheran
On its fifth anniversary, the impact of "All Creation Sings" on the ELCA’s worship is evident across a variety of settings and services.
www.livinglutheran.org
September 24, 2025 at 11:42 PM
“So much of our lives involves seeing fleeting images on screens or encountering disposable, temporary media. Worship books ask us to consider that God and God’s people have a longer story, one that is grounded and available to all.”
www.livinglutheran.org/2025/09/some...
www.livinglutheran.org/2025/09/some...
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What’s more astonishing: 1) that the president clearly believes, and repeatedly suggests, that asylum seekers are people from mental asylums, or 2) that no journalist has ever challenged him on this and no mainstream media outlets have done any deep dives on this story?
September 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What’s more astonishing: 1) that the president clearly believes, and repeatedly suggests, that asylum seekers are people from mental asylums, or 2) that no journalist has ever challenged him on this and no mainstream media outlets have done any deep dives on this story?
Is the University of North Carolina just not paying Bill Belichick enough to win games or what?
September 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Is the University of North Carolina just not paying Bill Belichick enough to win games or what?
I'm quietly (re-)starting my email newsletter:
This week: Between Sound and Fire
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This week: Between Sound and Fire
world.hey.com/dsinden/betw...
Between Sound and Fire
To all lovers of music, mystery, and meaning: • The ninetieth birthday of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt snuck up on me last week. One of the best books I read last year was Between Two Sounds by Joonas ...
world.hey.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I'm quietly (re-)starting my email newsletter:
This week: Between Sound and Fire
world.hey.com/dsinden/betw...
This week: Between Sound and Fire
world.hey.com/dsinden/betw...
Let’s all use autocomplete to figure out what Tylenol really causes.
Tylenol causes inflammation
Tylenol causes inflammation
September 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Let’s all use autocomplete to figure out what Tylenol really causes.
Tylenol causes inflammation
Tylenol causes inflammation
Potential business idea:
Food delivery service run exclusively by pregnant women called…wait for it…
Labor and Delivery
Is this anything?
Food delivery service run exclusively by pregnant women called…wait for it…
Labor and Delivery
Is this anything?
September 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Potential business idea:
Food delivery service run exclusively by pregnant women called…wait for it…
Labor and Delivery
Is this anything?
Food delivery service run exclusively by pregnant women called…wait for it…
Labor and Delivery
Is this anything?
The Magnificat and Nunc dimittis database is growing! Thanks to your help, we are now approaching 350 entries.
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Mag and Nunc database
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August 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The Magnificat and Nunc dimittis database is growing! Thanks to your help, we are now approaching 350 entries.
If you haven't already, please take a look for your favorite settings, and let me know if they're not listed.
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“T. S. Eliot says: ‘Poetry takes something that we know already and turns it into something new.’ Perhaps art is seeing the obvious in such a new light that the old becomes new.”
—Madeleine L’Engle
—Madeleine L’Engle
August 21, 2025 at 12:39 AM
“T. S. Eliot says: ‘Poetry takes something that we know already and turns it into something new.’ Perhaps art is seeing the obvious in such a new light that the old becomes new.”
—Madeleine L’Engle
—Madeleine L’Engle
“A vision without a task is but a dream, a task without a vision is drudgery, a vision and a task is the hope of the world” –Sussex, c. 1730
July 9, 2025 at 1:28 AM
“A vision without a task is but a dream, a task without a vision is drudgery, a vision and a task is the hope of the world” –Sussex, c. 1730
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June 29, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
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If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
June 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
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Going to take a page from the late Dean of Canterbury Cathedral and pray the Great Litany with my chickens
June 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Going to take a page from the late Dean of Canterbury Cathedral and pray the Great Litany with my chickens