Since the new federal administration took office, our communities have been experiencing a plethora of challenges. We’ve seen assaults on the common good in many dimensions: to health care, research, humanitarian missions, inclusion and diversity, employment, education, poverty programs, environmental initiatives, healthy discourse – the list goes on. We fear for our families, our neighbors, … READ MORE…
Hello St. Paul’s My name is Wayne Riehm and I’ve been your communications coordinator since 2018! My role is to connect the transformative work happening here with our congregation and beyond. How do I do this? If you’ve clicked through from our weekly ENEWS, then you’ve already seen a bit of what I do! I’m … READ MORE…
Sacred Ground In Action (SGIA) Ministry: Farmworkers play an essential role in our life sustaining food systems. You can advocate for their health and dignity, as well as a path to legal status for long-term farmworkers by supporting the Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2025, reintroduced by Reps Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Dan Newhouse (R-WA). … READ MORE…
Simpler Living Creation Care Ministry: We can celebrate a Plastics Free July by taking one or more advocacy steps to reduce the harm done to marine wildlife and our precious ocean. To take Action visit: oceanconservancy.org Creator God, your oceans proclaim your glory. Through our careless pollution, forgive the harm we have done to its abundant marine … READ MORE…
We have been attending St. Paul’s for nearly a quarter of a century. One of the draws for us were the 9 AM Sunday forums, with topics ranging from hardcore theology, such as Jurgen Moltmann taught by long-time favorite Dr. David Moseley, to exploring frontline social activism, to journeys through arts and music. We appreciated … READ MORE…
June 29, 2025 Proper 8Penelope Bridges We continue the theme of freedom in Christ this week. In his letter to the Galatians, Paul pleads with them to use their freedom in Christ for positive ends, to build community, to practice the spiritual virtues with one another, as concrete signs that they love one another. Paul … READ MORE…
Sacred Ground In Action (SGIA) Ministry: In so many ways the current federal Budget Reconciliation Bill includes many provision that will harm our communities. Our friends at the Washington National Cathedral call on concerned Episcopalians to contact our senators to vote NO on this ill-intentioned bill, particularly as it impacts migrants and others that it … READ MORE…
Hello St. Paul’s, On June 26, 2015 I was in Phoenix, on the last leg of a cross-country trip with my son. We were at a gas station early that morning when my son’s watch beeped with the news that the Supreme Court had decided in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage across the nation. As … READ MORE…
Trinity Sunday Penelope Bridges The selection of readings for Trinity Sunday feels a little contrived, as if the people putting the lectionary together said, “Where can we find anything in Scripture that might hint at a Trinitarian image of God?” This is because the doctrine of the Trinity is something the church came up with … READ MORE…
Simpler Living Creation Care Ministry: Following last week’s UN Oceans Conference, a delegation of 80 faith-based organizations sent a collaborative declaration to the United Nations Environment Program. The declaration was informed by Indigenous Anglicans from the Pacific “…[who] have inspired others to rethink their relationship with the ocean – understanding it as water of life … READ MORE…