Month: March 2021
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Mutual Ministry Review Process to Begin on March 20th
Read More: Mutual Ministry Review Process to Begin on March 20thFrom now until Pentecost (May 23), the vestry will be leading St. Stephen’s in a Mutual Ministry Review. This review is a requirement of the Letter of Agreement that I signed when I first arrived at St. Stephen’s, and I took its presence in the fine print as a good sign. It meant that we…
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The Plan for Holy Week
Read More: The Plan for Holy WeekLast Saturday a very lovely and dedicated group of parishioners met to help me think through Holy Week. We were well aware that this is the second year in which Holy Week will look very different due to the ongoing pandemic. Although there is much hope that the pandemic is in its last days, all…
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Ways to Engage in Sustainable Living
Read More: Ways to Engage in Sustainable LivingLast week’s article was pretty grim, surveying the ways polluting industries are working to undermine environmental reforms. But not all environmental news is bad. There are many encouraging signs on the horizon.Recently the New York Times published an article to help readers “Stop Freaking Out and Tackle Climate Change.” It offers a five-step program for…
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Moses in the Sapphire Cloud
Apophatic and Cataphatic Prayer and the Sinai Theophany He was on the mountain for forty days, and what were those days like? Alone, the sky dense around him, the earth occasionally rumbling, and when he saw a glimpse of the divine, it was as if he was looking through stained glass, stained a deep sapphire.…
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The Mixture of the Multitude: Liberation Readings of Scripture
We gathered on Wednesday evenings throughout July and August, sitting around the ubiquitous plastic folding tables that are known to every church. Sunlight slanted in through the wall of glass windows, and the smells of the parish kitchen— old coffee, musty sponges, cleaning product— filled the room. We were there to study Queer Theology, a…
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St. Francis Feast Day Pet Blessing on Sunday, October 4
Saint Francis’s Feast Day is on October 4th. We will hold our annual pet blessing in the midst of the service. Bring your pet or a photo of your pet to church! If you’re more of a plant person, bring a plant! St. Francis’s care for creation extends to all living things.
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