Hello – This week we celebrate two of our finest ministries. First, tomorrow night there’s a Come and See event about our ministry to San Quentin’s Death Row. This chapter of our ministry began 18 years ago when the mother of an inmate asked the Bishop of California to please find someone to visit her…
Hello – We have a lot going on right now. We are on a trajectory where the feel of life on our campus will shift in a healthy way through the next couple of months. Already, morale is high and it’s set to get even higher as things come together. But with all the moving…
Hello – Here are four quick things you ought to know, each of which are an essential part of our common life in the next three weeks. • We are one week into our pledge drive. This is where we are each encouraged to fill out a card with the amount of money we intend…
Hello – This Sunday, Chloe and I, on behalf of the Vestry, are hosting a party to express our gratitude for the St. Anne’s Guild. The party is from 4pm to 6pm. Our home is in San Anselmo, just above United Market on the Miracle Mile. The history and the essential work of the St.…
Hello – Tomorrow night, Wednesday, we are having an important community conversation in Duncan Hall starting at 6:30pm. It’s a conversation about making our campus safe, accessible and beautiful. We have been given an amazing opportunity to leave a great legacy for decades to come. Thanks to hard work from Jay, we have a new…
Hello – My spiritual director (who is also a Jungian analyst) believes that in life we go through times that are normal and then times when it feels like we’re going through a wormhole. The next ten days are likely to feel like a wormhole, at least behind the scenes. Here are three important things…
Hello – In one of the psalms (84) we sing to God ‘happy are those who live in your house, ever singing your praise. Happy are those whose strength is in you…they go from strength to strength.’ Going from strength to strength strikes me as a wise way to proceed. We ought to identify a…
Hello – • Thursday at 6:30 is the return of Soup/Suppers. It’s a potluck meal plus your favorite Robin Williams Movie (Good Will Hunting, I believe, won the voting.) • Saturday at 3:30 is the first of our Youth and the Culinary Arts workshop. Kari (Preschool teacher, Musician, great cook) and Ellen (Artist, mom, great…
Hello – We are in a season of change. It is good change. At the other side of this season, by God’s grace: • Our campus will be safe, accessible and beautiful. • Our common sense of shared Christian discipleship will be deeper and more powerful. • Our capacity to communicate and stay connected will…
…not the 18th and 19th as I wrote yesterday. I’m sorry for any confusion. Here is a more full announcement written by Sue Adamson, a leader of St. Anne’s: ‘”Due to circumstances beyond our control, St. Anne’s is cutting back on our annual rummage sale and bazaar. We will sell the excellent rummage we now…