Sermon Ash Wednesday 2022

I remember when I made my first “go bag,” the disaster preparedness kit that everyone is supposed to have in case of natural disaster, but especially in Northern California, where there are many. Soon after we moved to Berkeley for seminary in 2011 we had a few small...

2022 Lenten Meditations

In past years, we offered booklets of Lenten Meditations from Episcopal Relief & Development (ERD). As part of ERD’s goal to become a carbon-neutral organization, Lenten Meditations are now delivered only via email and as downloadable PDFs at...

COVID Safety at St. Clare’s

Our COVID safety group met this Sunday, and we agreed that our current community transmission numbers do not merit big changes in our practices yet. While masks are no longer required by diocesan or other regulations, we agreed that we would continue to require masks...

Sermon Transfiguration 2022

Readings for the last Sunday after the Epiphany: Exodus 34:29-352 Corinthians 3:12-4:2Luke 9:28-36, [37-43a]Psalm 99 A lot of any kind of teaching and preaching is actually being aware of what you’re not going to preach about and what you’re leaving out- so I want to...