Five Sunday mornings, recorded off the air. David's opening is a small liturgy — the same words, the same cadence, week after week. But a handful of things change every time: the clock, the date, the sunrise and sunset, how much the day has grown or shrunk, and the musical he's featuring. This is that ritual, laid bare. Pick a Sunday and press play — the script fills in and follows along.
The Ritual
Everything in serif black is spoken almost word-for-word every week. The red slots are what change.
Play & Compare
Play one Sunday, or stack all five aligned on the same liturgy line, so the clips that miss the open fall silent and join in when they reach it.
What Changed, Week to Week
The variable slots side by side. Rise and fall tracked against the previous Sunday.
The Lengthening & Shortening Day
David's daily day-length figure, plotted across the five Sundays — the summer solstice sits right in the dip between June 7 and July 5, where "longer" quietly turns to "shorter."