by Karen | Jun 14, 2021 | Vestry Corner
Do you want to know more about Native American spirituality, as our Land Acknowledgement program takes shape? If so, The Four Vision Quests of Jesus is one of the most original and helpful books that I can recall. The author, Steven Charleston, is a Choctaw. Even...
by Karen | May 17, 2021 | Vestry Corner
I was pondering Paul this morning, and specifically the bit in Romans where he compares his pre-conversion life to filthy rags (for the scripturally-knowledgeable who are raising their eyebrows right now: stick with me). As a Christian from the baptismal class of...
by Karen | Mar 31, 2021 | Vestry Corner
Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” For some of...
by Karen | Mar 24, 2021 | Vestry Corner
Profile Committee Report, by Christine Cook As I promised in my January St. Clarian article, once we finalized the responses to the questions for the online ministry profile, I would share them with the congregation. This article is an effort to provide transparency...
by Karen | Feb 22, 2021 | Vestry Corner
The Episcopal Church and Slavery Atonement, written by Linda Klimach As the four Sacred Ground circles completed our 10 week study and dialogue series on race and racism, we learned that the 75th Episcopal General Convention (2006) had debated and passed a resolution...
by Karen | Jan 25, 2021 | Vestry Corner
A huge thank you to all of you who agreed to serve on vestry, to serve as a delegate to Diocesan Convention, or to serve on the Genesis Board. We can’t do what we do without you! At our Annual Meeting on January 24, we elected four people to 3-year terms on...