Hello – Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Christian season of Lent. Lent is a period of forty days of spiritual preparation for Holy Week. The custom is to assume some practice to mark the season. Some give up something such as a food or alcohol. Others add something like daily scripture reading…

Hello – Many have the custom of setting aside time during Lent to do some reading. While I primarily want to encourage the PrayWorshipServe rhythm as a Lenten practice (20+1+5), I also want to recommend three books that could help deepen your experience of Jesus. (For each, the title also serves as a link to…

Hello – This Sunday is our second annual Fat Tuesday Sunday. Last year, nearly seventy of you stayed after church to eat great food, hang out with great people and generally enjoy a Mardis Gras atmosphere. It’s time to do it again! Next Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. As you may know,…

Hello – The basic rhythm of life at St. Paul’s is PrayWorshipServe. The season of Lent starts two weeks from tomorrow. Lent is the perfect time to try out something new for yourself for forty days. Here are three things to keep your eye on: • Pray. This Sunday, after the 10am service I finally…

Hello – This Sunday only, as a reward for being a good citizen of St. Paul’s, you get Tiramisu! Yes, that’s right. delicious Italian desert for you! All you need to do is be in Duncan Hall starting at 11:15. You get to hang out with great people, learn about the breadth and depth of…

Your Thoughts and Experiences Hello – Sunday, February 1st is our Annual Meeting. This is the time we gather to review the year that has past, take necessary votes for the healthy running of our community and look to the year to come. A central part of that gathering will be a consideration of our…

Hello – This Sunday, the first Sunday of the season of Epiphany, we offer invitations to you to pray, worship and serve in some new ways. Pray. At 11:30, after the 10am service, I begin teaching my class on Christian Practices. I begin, as always, with teaching about daily prayer. My assumption is that everyone…

Hello – Four things start this week: • Tuesday at 12:30 we begin our study of the Gospel of John. • Wednesday at 10 we begin our study of Augustine’s short handbook on Faith, Hope and Love. • Thursday at 11 St. Anne’s resumes weekly lunch. • Sunday at 11:30 I begin my class on…

Our Mother Church finally caught up with us here in America. This is good news for the whole Anglican Communion, which is the second largest body of Christians in the world, with 80 million people, after the Roman Catholic Church. Congratulations and many blessings the Rev. Libby Lane, soon to be the Right Rev. Libby…

Hello – One sweet note that still runs strong throughout the American Holiday Season is the impulse to reach out to those in need. Here are four glimpses into how St. Paul’s has done and is doing just that: • Check out the great picture on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/stpaulssanrafael) of the big crew that…