Mukhtar’s birthday
This wonderful video is going viral. Mukhtar drives a bus in Denmark with a regular group of passengers. He had to go to work on his birthday. Watch this video to see what happened next….
General
Getting What You Want
We value what meets our needs, hopes and dreams. In this is a key to building relationships and wholesome communities. People are drawn to those who discern and deliver what they need. We would tend to draw toward each other more if we all discerned and delivered what each other needed. Thanking one another might … READ MORE…
The Best Laid Plans…Are Not Always Your Own
As far back as I can remember, I have had a plan and a road map to where I think I needed to go in life. Whether it was planning for college, the job I would take after college, the perfect career, the house I would buy, the car, the perfect wedding and the perfect … READ MORE…
Bishop Gene Robinson to visit St Paul’s
I have long felt, as I’m sure have many of you, that the log jam broke with the election of Bishop Gene Robinson in 2003. Not just breaking a logjam of exclusion of LGBT people from all levels of the Episcopal Church, but also a reaffirmation, and a challenge against the shrill voices of the … READ MORE…
Feeling Called to Help Others
As some of you might know, I live next door to the Cathedral in the Park Chateau apartments. Because it’s so close, the cathedral staff and clergy have become a kind of extended family for me. And I am very grateful because I know they care about me and try to look after me.But, I … READ MORE…
Our sister Cathedral in Minneapolis
Friends of Jake blogger IT and her wife BP are on the road again, this time visiting our sister Cathedral St Mark’s in Minneapolis, which they found very welcoming. In the comments to that post, lots of folks from around the country suggest friendly parishes to visit. It would be great if you mentioned in … READ MORE…
A reflection on anniversaries and thanksgiving
I’ll preach at St. Paul’s Cathedral, San Diego on June 6, 2010, sixty-seven years to the day of my confirmation by Bishop Bertrand Stevens when we were still part of the Los Angeles Diocese. That was June 6, 1943, and the war was a heavy reality. D-Day on the Normandy beaches was a year away. … READ MORE…
Reflections of The Rev. Canon Gerry Walcutt
Greetings from the leadership and members of Gerry’s professional association, The Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, gathered for their annual meeting in Kansas City. Several of us just came from there. Gerry is being remembered by the Association today in their memorial service. Gerry focused most of his professional life as pastor and priest in … READ MORE…
May 11 Chapter meeting highlights
Chapter opened with prayer and approved the April minutes. We welcomed our new member, Erin Sacco Pineda. Sam Ward presented the Endowment Committee’s Semi-Annual Report: The Chapter approved the Endowment Committee’s newly revised investment policy. It was noted that the Cathedral’s investment strategy is oriented toward moderate-conservative growth. The two Cathy Hopper Grants have been … READ MORE…
EDUCATION for MINISTRY
Powerful words! Webster’s tells us” Education” is an action or process of educating or of being educated. Ministry, according to Webster’s second description is “Instrumentality” a quality or state of being instrumental. Hello my name is Cecil Keener I am the Education for Ministry Coordinator for the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego. I am also … READ MORE…