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Okay. I know this is early in the morning, but we’re in Lent and the Gospel demands it so we’re going to talk about the cross. Ready? Jesus tells us in today’s Gospel that if we want to be his followers — and we do — then we need to deny ourselves, take up our … READ MORE…
A significant theater event is happening March 5 – 7 when the play “Pulling Back the Earth” is unveiled for the first time. Twenty years in the making, Mark Turner’s play will be presented as “theater of the mind” featuring dramatic readers, folk choir with ethnic percussion and original visual art. Produced by St. Paul’s … READ MORE…
Our patients expectantly waiting to be seen at the Torbeck clinic on Saturday 1/31/2015 St Paul’s Cathedral has a special relationship with one Haitian Episcopal Church: St. Paul’s in Torbeck Haiti. In 2007 Drs. Molly Kelly, Bart Smoot and Martin Kabongo along with Carolyn Lief and Sue Kelly did a field trip to Torbeck to … READ MORE…
We welcome comments here at the St Paul’s blog, and are happy for anyone to engage our authors. Everyone who writes here likes to know what you think about their essays or reports or sermons. We also encourage everyone to sign their comments, although this is not required. Of course, not all readers will agree with … READ MORE…
We are doing a little time travel this morning. The Gospel passage we just heard takes us back to the beginning, almost the very beginning of Mark’s Gospel story. We are offered three distinct events in Jesus’s life here, each one related in Mark’s typically terse style, just a couple of sentences each. Jesus is … READ MORE…
This Saturday (Feb. 21), Simpler Living is sponsoring the film “The Dark Side of Chocolate” (come to the potluck first at 6 PM in the Guild Room.) Most of us are aware of the good side of dark chocolate, but how it’s produced is another matter altogether – the dark side. Well, it turns out that … READ MORE…
What brings you here today? Why, on your lunch break, do you find yourself in church so that you can be reminded that “you are dust, and to dust you shall return”? Oh, there is much death in this world! What is so appealing about such a personal reminder of our own? Last year I … READ MORE…
Today’s liturgy felt transformational. Celebrating Holy Baptism and Holy Eucharist together, listening to the witness of our partners in mission from St. Luke’s, renewing baptismal vows – Wow! Thank God for the verdant-green-vested priests and deacons whose palpable depth of conviction and strength of presence reminded me of grass and the vitality of earth, humus … READ MORE…
Paula Peeling writes: Our St. Paul’s community recently put on an evening of Valentine’s love with the residents of Downtown Safe Haven. Downtown Safe Haven, a program of Episcopal Community Services (ECS), operates two Safe Haven residences: Downtown Safe Haven, and Uptown Safe Haven. The ECS Safe Haven programs are transitional housing residences serving people … READ MORE…
St. Valentine’s Day! It’s a time for chocolates, flowers and unique gifts for your special someone. And it’s a holiday that can easily be made fair trade!! Fair trade chocolates are available in abundance and can be found at your local grocers or online. Sprout’s, Whole Foods and Ocean Beach People’s Coop all sell fair … READ MORE…