“Families served by Emma’s Place, American Indian Middle School, Corner House, Project REACH/SPPS, Project Home, the Department of Indian Work, and Faithful Hospitality filled their backpacks with all of the essential items children need.”
“It is important that we remember that our neighbors are not just the people next door. They are the plants and animals all around us.”
You may have read a short synopsis of this article yesterday in our e-news; here is the full and powerful story of how two of our parishioners have found a source of joy and a means of advocacy through this project to combat Christian Nationalism, and how you can join them.
This Sunday, August 3, will be our family’s last Sunday at St. John’s before we move to Oxford, England. We believe this is the path God has for us and we are confident in our decision to leave, but it is still sad to leave this community after 14 years.
“We are in a scary time for people like me to be coming out. But if I have learned anything throughout my life, it is that love and community are the most effective weapons to combat fear and division.”
“Bayard Rustin, Audre Lorde, Langston Hughes, Pauli Murray, Gloria Anzaldúa, Alvin Ailey, and James Baldwin straddled treacherous breaches between lowliness and magnificence; mercy and might; exaltations and put-downs.”
“I was looking for a church to attend, because after almost four decades of being an ordained minister, it would have been hard to stop going to church. It is clear that at St. John’s, the clergy and guest preachers take preaching seriously.”
This summer, I will be stepping away from my duties as Music Director at St. John’s for a time of intentional rest, reflection, and renewal
“It provides a method of discussion that the participants can carry with them as they think and rehear these stories that are so central to our faith.”
