Rector's ReflectionsUncategorized Deacon’s Column 7.21.22 Friday July 22, is the anniversary of my ordination on the feast day of Saint…rachelJuly 21, 2022
Rector's ReflectionsUncategorized Mirzada family update: Your help is appreciated! Donate Here Friends, You may recall that St. John’s has been working with the Minnesota…rachelJuly 14, 2022
Rector's ReflectionsUncategorized Rector’s Reflection 7.14.22 Beloved St. John’s community, As some of you are aware, I went to London in…rachelJuly 14, 2022
Rector's Reflections UNCOMMON THREADS: Quilting as a Way to Transcend Boundaries Tuesday, July 19 6pm Gathering & Food \ 7pm Presentation in St. John's Parish Hall…rachelJuly 7, 2022
Rector's Reflections Spotlight on Pilgrims Ireland’s ancient history, Celtic Christianity and stunning landscapes were just a few of the reasons…rachelJune 30, 2022
Rector's Reflections Deacon’s Column 6.16.22 All three of the synoptic gospels, Matthew, Mark and Luke share instructions for the journey…rachelJune 16, 2022
Rector's Reflections From the Wardens: St. John’s Values Friends – Happy summer to you! In addition to seasonal salutations, we write to share…rachelJune 9, 2022
Rector's Reflections Reflection 6.2.22 Beloved St. John’s community, Sunday is Pentecost, which some call the “Church’s Birthday.” At Pentecost,…rachelJune 2, 2022
Rector's Reflections Spotlight on Kids 5.12.22 I love to plan for summer in January and February! The thoughts of all the…rachelMay 11, 2022
Rector's Reflections Deacon’s Column 5.12.22 Linda and I just returned from a vacation to the west coast to visit good…rachelMay 11, 2022
Rector's Reflections Reflection 5.5.22 One of my favorite poets, whose work I often turn to in moments of both…rachelMay 4, 2022
Rector's Reflections Update on Afghan Family Support St. John’s, St. Luke’s/St. James, and St. Paul’s have partnered since early February to assist…rachelApril 28, 2022
Rector's Reflections Rector’s Reflection 4.21.22 Beloved St. John’s community, Every spiritual path has its unique genius, and Jesus’ Way of…rachelApril 21, 2022
Rector's Reflections Holy Week Beloved people of St. John’s: Welcome to Holy Week, the days when we retell, remember,…rachelApril 14, 2022
Rector's Reflections Spotlight on Pilgrims 3.24.22 St. John’s is so blessed to have a congregation that greatly values its children and…rachelMarch 24, 2022
Rector's Reflections Deacon’s Column 3.17.22 Poetic Musings, riding on the bus, and Christian Warning Signs.... Rex McKee, Deacon Some of…rachelMarch 17, 2022
Rector's Reflections Rector’s Reflection 3.10.22 Beloved St. John’s community, In last week’s Rector's Reflection and in my Sunday sermon, I…rachelMarch 9, 2022
Rector's Reflections Rector’s Reflection 3.3.22 Beloved St. John’s community, This lent, which began yesterday, we at St. John’s are going…rachelMarch 3, 2022
Rector's Reflections ECMN Priority: Vitality Beloved St. John’s community, Today I want to share with you about how St. John’s…rachelFebruary 24, 2022
Rector's Reflections Spotlight on Kids In my world and I believe many parents’ worlds, February is a planning season for…rachelFebruary 17, 2022
Rector's Reflections Deacon’s Column 2.10.22 Fragments... Once again, we are struck with irrational violence in our community. Gun violence in…rachelFebruary 10, 2022
Rector's Reflections Outside Our Walls As you know, under Rex McKee’s leadership, St. John’s has made the decision to partner…rachelFebruary 3, 2022
Rector's Reflections Rector’s Reflection 1.20.22 Beloved St. John’s community, This Sunday, January 23, we will have our second annual meeting…rachelJanuary 20, 2022
COVID-19Rector's Reflections Updates related to Gathering in-person COVID-19 UPDATES UPDATE: Thursday, July 21, 2022 At this time, we are continuing to require…rachelJanuary 13, 2022
Rector's Reflections Deacon’s Column 1.6.22 Last week, we mourned the death and celebrated the life of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Undoubtedly,…Sophie CallahanJanuary 6, 2022
Rector's Reflections Deacon’s Column 12.9.21 For centuries, Jesus was depicted in images taken from the dominant group that worshiped him.…rachelDecember 8, 2021
Rector's Reflections Reflection 12.2.21 My friend Neil Elliott, priest and Pauline Scholar (you should read his books), wrote a…rachelDecember 2, 2021
Rector's Reflections Rector’s Reflection 11.25.21 Beloved St. John’s community, This coming Sunday our church begins its liturgical year all over…rachelNovember 23, 2021
Rector's Reflections ECMN Focus Area: Innovation A number of years ago I did some door knocking to collect signatures from people…rachelNovember 17, 2021
Rector's Reflections Spotlight on Kids’ Music What is happening on Wednesday nights at St. John’s? The short story is…there is a…rachelNovember 10, 2021
Rector's Reflections Deacon’s Column Verna Dozier, African-American Educator, and Episcopal Leader, spoke at a total ministry conference in 1985…rachelNovember 4, 2021
Rector's Reflections Behind the Scenes 10.28.21 Every once in a while, it’s important to highlight the incredibly generous work of St.…rachelOctober 27, 2021
Rector's Reflections Rector’s Reflection 10.21.21 Beloved St. John’s community, Our Episcopal Church is the daughter of the Church of England,…rachelOctober 21, 2021
Rector's Reflections Reflections on 2021 Justice and Service at St. John’s Guide My Feet, Lord, While I Run this Race: Reflections on 2021 Justice and Service…rachelOctober 13, 2021
Rector's Reflections Spotlight on Kids How are the children? Kasserian ingera? All the children are well! Sapati ingera! This traditional…rachelOctober 7, 2021
Rector's Reflections Faith Formation Where and how did you learn about God? Jesus? The Bible? What has formed you…rachelSeptember 30, 2021
Rector's Reflections Deacon’s Column 9.23 One of my favorite contemporary poems is Shake the Dust, by Iranian-American Anis Mojgani. You…rachelSeptember 23, 2021
Rector's Reflections Behind the Scenes 9.16.21 This new occasional column is to highlight those fabulous St. John’s members who do SO…rachelSeptember 15, 2021
Rector's Reflections Rector’s Reflection 9.9.21 Beloved St. John’s community, I can hardly believe another program year is beginning—the third since…rachelSeptember 9, 2021
Rector's Reflections Deacon’s Blog 7.15 Blessings and Peace to the Saint John's Community. Lisa is off on vacation, rest, and…Sophie CallahanJuly 15, 2021
Rector's Reflections Rector’s Reflection 7.8 Beloved St. John’s community, Sunday July 11 is the traditional feast day of St. Benedict…Sophie CallahanJuly 2, 2021
Rector's Reflections Rector’s Reflection 7.1 Beloved St. John’s community, If you haven’t gotten to know our new Bishop the Rt.…Sophie CallahanJune 30, 2021
Rector's Reflections Rector’s Reflection 6.24 Beloved St. John’s community, Today is the feast day of our patron saint, St. John…Sophie CallahanJune 24, 2021
Rector's Reflections Rector’s Reflection 6.17 Beloved St. John’s community, This coming Saturday is “Juneteenth”, the day African Americans and their…Sophie CallahanJune 17, 2021
Rector's Reflections Rector’s Reflection 6.10 Beloved St. John’s community, In today’s daily office reading from 2 Corinthians 12, the Apostle…Sophie CallahanJune 10, 2021
Rector's Reflections Rector’s Reflection 6.3 Beloved St. John’s community, After church Sunday I drove north to Ely to spend a…Sophie CallahanJune 3, 2021
Rector's Reflections Rector’s Reflection 5.27 Beloved St. John’s community, Since the beginning of his time as our Presiding Bishop, Michael…Sophie CallahanMay 27, 2021
Rector's Reflections Rector’s Reflection 5.20 Beloved St. John’s community, Some of you may be familiar with Sufism, which some would…Sophie CallahanMay 19, 2021
Rector's Reflections Rector’s Reflection 5.13 Beloved St. John’s community, Years ago when I was in college, I was lucky enough…Sophie CallahanMay 13, 2021
Rector's Reflections Rector’s Reflection 5.6 Beloved St. John’s community, If you were to distill a primary message you got from…Sophie CallahanMay 5, 2021