Trusting God’s PromisesMaya Little-SañaSunday, August 23, 2021, 10:30 am Service Good morning, friends. Can I come chat with you for a few minutes? I am starting my first day of school tomorrow. It’ll be my first time going to class in-person at my new school. I feel excited and a little nervous. I hope I … READ MORE…
July 25, 2021Penelope BridgesSmall Things with Great Love Once again Scripture confronts us with stories about power: human power and divine power. This story of David and Bathsheba is just horrific. David is comfortable in his power as king. He is so comfortable, in fact, that he no longer bothers to lead his men in … READ MORE…
Light Up the Cathedral for PrideJuly 14, 2021: ResilientPenelope M Bridges Good evening, friends. Happy Pride! I am deeply grateful to the Pride leadership for inviting me to give this address tonight. Even though I have spoken in this pulpit many, many times, this is an occasion when Pride gets to select the speaker, and … READ MORE…
The Rev.Cn. Jeff MartinhaukProper 8B, June 27, 2021St. Paul’s Cathedral, San Diego2 Sam 1:1, 17-27; Mark 5:21-43 The story Mark tells us this morning in the gospel is full of little details. One tendency when we hear these stories of old, year after year, is to sometimes to make these characters like Jairus and the … READ MORE…
The Rev. Cn. Jeff Martinhauk Proper 6B, June 13, 2021 My last parish included the opportunity to work with an Episcopal Day School. Each year, in the spring, the preschoolers would undertake a project that seemed so simple but still mystifies me. They would take seeds– strawberry seeds I think– and put them in small … READ MORE…
June 6, 2021 Penelope Bridges The Power and the Glory Think of a favorite TV show, something you look forward to each week or whenever a new season drops. Think about how you feel when that new material arrives and how you anticipate getting back into that world with familiar characters, whether you love them … READ MORE…
May 30, 2021 Maya Little-Saña The last time I preached on Trinity Sunday, I think I was 17 years old and I assumed the Herculean task of trying to explain the Trinity in 9 minutes or less, and pretty sure I committed heresy in four. So I have learned that this is not the day … READ MORE…
Plugged In: The Power of PentecostBy Canon Christian GilletteCanon for Evangelism and Discipleship, EDSDService on May 23, 2021 What Is Power? Power is an interesting thing. Power is something that in some ways, we possess, and in other ways we lack. It’s something we need in order to live, and something that at times … READ MORE…
May 16, 2021 Penelope Bridges Keep Calm and Carry On One of the miracles of modern science is the ability to correct problems with our vision. I am very near-sighted, and as I’ve grown older my lens prescription has become more complicated. These days I wear a different contact lens prescription in each eye, lens … READ MORE…
The Rev.Cn. Jeff MartinhaukEaster 6B, May 9, 2021St. Paul’s Cathedral, San DiegoJohn 15:9-17 I’m currently enrolled in a leadership class at the University of San Diego. It follows the curriculum of one of my heroes, doctor of Social Work and shame researcher Brene Brown. She has taken her research into shame, vulnerability, courage, and connection … READ MORE…