Annual Meeting Reflection

I don’t know about you, but I’ve probably spent more time in the past year reflecting on the nature and fragility of democracy than most other years of my life. It’s a tough time to watch what’s unfolding in the world, and to be a part of the political process in our...

Conversations with Your New Rector

I’ve enjoyed the time to connect on Sunday mornings and with many of you through commission meetings, but I’ve been looking forward to this invitation since before I arrived: Sign up for a meeting so we can get to know each other! I hope to connect...

Week of January 17

Winter Healing When we were talking about the possibility of putting in my name for St. Clare’s rector search, at one point Myles stopped and sighed: “If we end up there, we’d go through all of California’s fire season, and then get to Michigan just in time for all of...

Epiphany 2 Sermon: Sunday, January 16

Maybe it’s just that I love a good story, but weddings are great, right? They have so much humanity on display: Family drama, overzealous wedding planners, that one weird relative, wardrobe and weather malfunctions- a good wedding usually has a good story to go with...

Week of January 10

Conversations with your new rector I’ve enjoyed the time to connect on Sunday mornings and with many of you through commission meetings, but I’ve been looking forward to this invitation since before I arrived: Sign up for a meeting so we can get to know each other! I...

Epiphany Sermon: Sunday, January 9

I read an article this week about people who make videos on TikTok to show or talk about the weird quality of our memories of early 2020. People reminisce, through songs, or video clips, or just talking about aspects of those early pandemic days- sourdough starters...