One of the best kept secrets at St. Paul’s Cathedral is The Pastoral Counseling Center of San Diego which sits just below the main offices facing the Olive St. parking lot. It’s an unassuming office with no signage but it is a vital part of a holistic pastoral care program that St. Paul’s offers not … READ MORE…
As many of you know, in addition to serving at Canon for Congregational Development at the Cathedral, I have a kind of parallel life as a seminarian at The School for Ministry where I will be entering my third and final year this fall. (Want to join me and other members of the Cathedral for … READ MORE…
Dear Friends, Several years ago we as a faith community began a discernment process around whether I was being called to ordination. That process, and your affirmation of it, led to the Bishop making me a postulant and my enrollment in The School for Ministry where I have been spending my evenings and weekends for … READ MORE…
Chris with Reggie McNeal, author of Misisonal Renaissance The answer may surprise you This semester I have been working at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in Poway as my field study. Like the Cathedral, they are a wonderful, vibrant, friendly church. Interestingly, they both recently revised their mission statements as part of their respective strategic planning … READ MORE…
(This post is part of a series of blogs by Canon Chris Harris as he shares some of his experiences during his field study this summer with Episcopal Community Services. Read the whole series here. ) One of the interesting things working at the different Episcopal Community Services programs has been meeting the many (homeless) Episcopalians who live … READ MORE…
(This post is part of a series of blogs by Canon Chris Harris as he shares some of his experiences during his field study this summer with Episcopal Community Services. Read the whole series here. ) I met a gentlemen at ECS the other day and as I normally do, I said something like, “so what are you … READ MORE…
(This post is part of a series of blogs by Canon Chris Harris as he shares some of his experiences during his field study this summer with Episcopal Community Services. Read the whole series here. ) Each Sunday we practice Eucharist in a very stylized, symbolic way. But what are we really doing there? We are celebrating the … READ MORE…
(This post is part of a series of blogs by Canon Chris Harris as he shares some of his experiences during his field study this summer with Episcopal Community Services. Read the whole series here. ) This morning I was at East County Accord which is a program of Episcopal Community Services which works with people who have … READ MORE…
(This post is part of a series of blogs by Canon Chris Harris as he shares some of his experiences during his field study this summer with Episcopal Community Services. Read the whole series here. ) As part of my field study at Episcopal Community Services, I recently found myself wandering into a trauma ward to visit one … READ MORE…
(This is part 2 of a two-part post catching up with Canon Chris Harris and his experiences this summer during his field study at Episcopal Community Services as he continues his journey as a postulant and student at the School for Ministry…You can read part 1 here.) After more than a few all-nighters at Lestat’s … READ MORE…