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…

Hello – Our ordinary schedule for the ‘school year’ begins this week, the first week of September. Morning Prayer. This half hour, lay lead service is Tuesdays at 7:30 am. The entire service is printed out on an 11 by 17 bulletin. It’s easy to jump right in. Hebrews. Study of this great, under-appreciated book…

Hello – The first of three big events to kick off our ‘School Year’ is this Sunday. At 1pm our local ball team, the San Rafael Pacifics, begins their last home game. And our St. Paul’s Choir is singing the National Anthem! Yes, this is the second Annual ‘St. Paul’s goes to the Pacifics’ Sunday.…

Hello – A great Christian teacher once asked me whether churches are just ‘hospitals for sinners’ or if they’re also ‘schools for saints.’ I’ve always been haunted by that question and have wanted to be sure that the churches I serve are both hospital and school. Here are seven ways to learn to learn to…

Hello – It was so good to be back in my role as a steward of God’s mysteries here at St. Paul’s this past Sunday. One of the great pleasures was the strong, engaged reactions I got to my sermon on Jesus’ claim, which ought to startle us more than it probably does, that he…

Hello – I’m back from a rich summer experience with time to be with many family and friends, time to relax and time to pursue some creative projects. Already, I’ve had the opportunity to reconnect with many of you and look forward to seeing many more of you this Sunday. I write to give you…