On Saturday the 26th, Lisa Churchill and Susan Forsburg reaffirmed their wedding vows as their marriage was blessed at St Paul’s. These are Lisa’s thoughts, on the morning after. Photo courtesy of Hannah Wilder. Here this morning after our Blessing, I feel calm and complete. I have my wife, my cat, my aunt, my knitting—all … READ MORE…
Our thoughts and prayers are with the people in Christ Church, New Zealand, after the serious earthquake there. Amongst the buildings badly damaged is the Cathedral. There is more news on the Christ Church Diocesan web site, which tells us of the tragic deaths of visitors who were climbing the Cathedral tower. Police say there … READ MORE…
On Thursday, Feb. 3, Women Together at St. Paul’s Cathedral (WT@SPC) had another wonderfully successful evening. This was the fourth event for the newly “reformed” group and it continues to grow in numbers. Through Nancy Tarbell’s leadership, the group has developed many ways to publicize their events and have made signup easy, thus continuing to … READ MORE…
Long-time parishioner and tireless sustainable living advocate, Carolyn Lief, was awarded the “Bishop’s Service Ministry Award” at the 2011 Diocesan Convention this past weekend. Congratulations to Carolyn! The following is the official commendation that accompanied the award: When Carolyn was a young girl, her father, Irving (who was a Farm Advisor for the University of … READ MORE…
At the forum on 1.30.11, Pastoral Counselor Brooke McGillis of the Cathedral Center for Pastoral Counseling Center discussed dealing with unexpected change. When thinking about unexpected change I think immediately about the artistic process that includes the “happy accident.” I am an artist and have struggled to know when a work is “done.” As an … READ MORE…
“Free is good,” says the IRS in a television advertisement for its online tax-preparation service, Tax Act, available to single and married taxpayers with no dependents filing Form 1040 EZ or Form 1040A for single and married taxpayers with dependents and who may claim certain tax credits but do not itemize deductions.. If you are … READ MORE…
From CNN: The White House announced a dozen appointments to its faith advisory council on Friday, with the leader of the nation’s largest evangelical group and the head of the nation’s leading Christian denomination serving lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people are both on the list. National Association of Evangelicals President Leif Anderson and Nancy … READ MORE…
The Episco-blogs are talking about a column in the British newspaper The Guardian, in which theologian Theo Hobson describes an Epiphany of sorts. Frustrated with the glacial movement of the Church of England towards modernization, he longed for an active, vibrant faith. Organised religion was intolerably illiberal, but only organised religion seemed able to organise … READ MORE…
Come on clergy, admit it…do you ever feel like this? Dave Walker pokes gentle fun at The Church of England and the Anglican Communion at the site Cartoon Church.
As you may recall from some of my other posts, when we travel to major cities, Lisa and I try to “bag a Cathedral.” So far we’ve visited sister cathedrals in Portland OR, Minneapolis MN, and Washington DC. We always introduce ourselves, and bring back a bulletin for Chris Harris (the bulletin sits on our … READ MORE…