Fairly Traded: Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day is just around the corner. What better way to tell your mom that you love her than buying her a beautiful fair trade gift? Her gift will not only be unique it will also help sustain farmers and artisans in the Global South. Here are few of my favorite gift ideas! Enjoy ~ … READ MORE…

California Drizzle

  I’ve lived in California for most of my life, having arrived here in 1965 thanks to the random wisdom of the US Navy. First Monterey then San Diego then Laguna Beach and back to San Diego. But it’s mornings like this one—drizzling, overcast, a bit chilly, calling for a jacket—ones that often dawned in Monterey, … READ MORE…

Volunteers Needed ASAP! Benefit Homeless youth

Paula Peeling writes, Volunteers Needed Immediately (by April 23) for the Gala to HELP SAVE SAN DIEGO HOMELESS YOUTH 18 volunteers are needed for the May 2 Saturday night Gala benefiting the homeless youth being served at ECC (Episcopal Church Center) in Ocean Beach. Hurry! You must sign up NOW for the mandatory training that … READ MORE…

Ideas to save water

Currently, the 3 biggest cities in Brazil, 21 million people, are without water – This means that water must be shipped in from other cities, making water very costly, especially for the poor. China has forcibly moved a number of villages, because they have no access to water, forcing people to leave their homes and … READ MORE…

Showers of Blessings

Open for Business It was a beautiful and Christ-filled morning at the Cathedral Saturday as Showers of Blessings arrived at our 6th Avenue courtyard and more than a dozen volunteers enthusiastically seized the opportunity to try to live out our baptismal vow to strive for justice and peace among all people and respect the dignity … READ MORE…

Walk with the Suffering Station 15: Hope

Our Dean the Very Rev Penny Bridges offered one of the meditations on the 24th Annual Walk with the Suffering, a down-town Stations of the Cross.  Chris Harris shares his photos to accompany Penny’s reflection. We have come to the final station in our journey, and we are back at the Rescue Mission. Back where … READ MORE…