Hello – This week I have a bunch of little things I ask you to consider: • This afternoon at 5:30 those of us who are already engaged in relationship with our seven friends on Death Row will be gathering in the Upper Room to consider the ministry- you are invited to come if you…

Hello – I’m fresh back from a short trip to Omaha where I met with a small group of top leaders of the Diocese of Nebraska and a leader from the Diocese of Indianapolis. All of them are implementing various elements of The Restoration Project, elements that were developed here at St. Paul’s, in creative…

Hello – This week we will send out nearly 1000 letters. Many of us are busy worker bees folding and stuffing an stamping to send important letters to two different groups. Tomorrow, a one page letter will go to nearly all of you that concisely describes who we are and where we’re going and the…

Greatest Hits of the Week Hello – The retreat this past Saturday was a profound experience. A few of us were reflecting on it the next day that it set for us a very deep, quiet tone to not only the rest of the day but, speaking for myself, a tone that continues far into…

Hello – This Saturday is an invitation for you to be quiet and still in a safe, structured way. It’s an invitation to gently go just one step deeper in your relationship with God. This Saturday, from 9am to noon, I’m offering a morning retreat. The format is simple. You arrive at 9am for some…

Hello – Thank you to the dozen or so of you who came to hear the latest draft of the great story I’m trying to tell. As a reminder, this past Saturday I offered the second of the ‘Strengthen Your Spiritual Core’ Saturday workshops. I offered a forty-five minute performance of a story I have…

Hello – This Saturday, starting at a little after 9am, I’m going to invite all of you who are there into the church and then, after a brief introduction, I plan tell you an adventure story, one where I ask you to imagine that you are not just passive listeners, but participants. I’m going to…

Hello – On Saturday we held our second Discipleship Group workshop. It was a rich, deeply affirming morning at St. Paul’s. Everybody was from St. Paul’s, which turned out to be a great gift. There was at least one person from each of our six Discipleship Groups. This meant that, after a review of our…

Hello – It’s a big weekend at St. Paul’s. There are three things to know. • Saturday from 9am to noon is the second Discipleship Group workshop. The first one this spring had thirty people representing nine congregations. Half the folks were from St. Paul’s and you all were awesome! Come or come again and…

Hello – A week from this Saturday we host a three hour workshop on Discipleship Groups. We did this workshop in the spring and there were thirty of us there representing nine congregations. Please come. I consider this event just as important as Christmas and Holy Week in expressing the core of who we are…