Dear Friends – I write to let you know that Walter D., a strong and faithful leader of St. Paul’s and a good man, died on Monday night at his home. Walter had been living with cancer for some time. It was a cancer that began in his neck. A couple of months ago his…

Hello – The first quarter of 2016 is unusually full at St. Paul’s. Last week I sent a series of four emails that outlined many activities under the categories of ‘”Together,” “Prayer,” “Worship,” and “Service.” These four are words from our mission statement. This week, I send to you a simple calendar with the major…

Hello – This is the last of four daily emails that orient us for 2016. The four emails focus on four different key words in our mission statement which is “following Jesus together in prayer, worship and service.” Today I focus on “service.” “Service” means what Jesus points to in Matthew 25 when he says…

Hello – This is the third of four brief emails based on our mission to follow Jesus together in prayer, worship and service. Each email is based on a word in the mission statement. Today, we focus on our shared call to “worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.” When we worship we do…

Hello – Because we have so many invitations for you to grow spiritually in the first two months of 2016, I am sending a series of four daily emails. Each email is organized around a key word of our mission, which is ‘following Jesus together in prayer, worship and service.’ Today, I focus on “prayer.”…

Hello – The first two months of 2016 at St. Paul’s are incredibly rich with opportunities for you to grow spiritually strong. Because there is so much, I am going to send you four brief emails in the next four days, each of which will be based on a word from our mission statement. Our…

Hello – This Sunday I begin teaching a newcomer class at 11:30am in the Upper Room. It continues through the Sundays in January and February. The last Sunday in February, the 28th, Chloe and I will be hosting an Open House at our home in San Anselmo at 4pm for all the parish, but with…

Hello – After the baby is born the baby grows up. You, too are invited to grow up as a human being and as a Christian. Here are five ways you can take a next step in your spiritual life starting in January. • PrayWorshipServe is the rhythm of life at St. Paul’s. We pray…

Hello – Here are four easy ways, in the next few days to give. 1. Give your voice. Come to the San Rafael Health Care Center, on 5th across from Marin Academy, for a half hour of singing Christmas Carols this afternoon (Saturday) at 2pm. [Note that this already occurred 12/19.] 2. Give your unused…

Hello – This is a season where it’s easy to feel like a fully saturated sponge, not able to take in any more. I know I frequently feel that way. But because of the cycles of the moon, which determine the date of Easter, everything comes pretty thick and fast after the first of the…