Blessings and Peace to the Saint John's Community. Lisa is off on vacation, rest, and…
JennyJuly 15, 2021
Beloved St. John’s community, Sunday July 11 is the traditional feast day of St. Benedict…
JennyJuly 2, 2021
Beloved St. John’s community, If you haven’t gotten to know our new Bishop the Rt.…
JennyJune 30, 2021
Beloved St. John’s community, Today is the feast day of our patron saint, St. John…
JennyJune 24, 2021
Beloved St. John’s community, This coming Saturday is “Juneteenth”, the day African Americans and their…
JennyJune 17, 2021
Beloved St. John’s community, In today’s daily office reading from 2 Corinthians 12, the Apostle…
JennyJune 10, 2021
Beloved St. John’s community, After church Sunday I drove north to Ely to spend a…
JennyJune 3, 2021
Beloved St. John’s community, Since the beginning of his time as our Presiding Bishop, Michael…
JennyMay 27, 2021
Beloved St. John’s community, Some of you may be familiar with Sufism, which some would…
JennyMay 19, 2021
Beloved St. John’s community, Years ago when I was in college, I was lucky enough…
JennyMay 13, 2021
Beloved St. John’s community, If you were to distill a primary message you got from…
JennyMay 5, 2021
Beloved St. John’s community, Words on a page can’t always delve more deeply than the…
JennyApril 29, 2021
Beloved St. John’s community, Today is Earth Day, the day we celebrate with awe and…
JennyApril 22, 2021
Beloved St. John’s community, Throughout the city and the nation, leaders and companies and groups…
JennyApril 15, 2021
Beloved St. John’s community, Happy Easter! It was so beautiful to see so many of…
rachelApril 8, 2021
Beloved St. John’s community, Today is Maundy Thursday—the first of the great three days before…
rachelMarch 31, 2021
Beloved St. John’s community, Lent is drawing to a close. This coming Sunday is Palm…
rachelMarch 25, 2021
Beloved St. John’s community, According to people who know how to measure these things, this…
rachelMarch 18, 2021
Beloved St. John’s community, The world is watching Minneapolis as Derek Chauvin’s trial begins this…
rachelMarch 11, 2021
Beloved St. John’s community, What place do anger and rage have, if any, in Jesus’…
rachelMarch 4, 2021
Beloved St. John’s community, It’s almost impossible to believe, but we have been in this…
rachelFebruary 25, 2021
Beloved St. John’s community, We have now entered into Lent, that yearly season of the…
rachelFebruary 18, 2021
Beloved St. John’s community, As you know, “rest” is a spiritual practice—not just any practice,…
rachelFebruary 11, 2021
Beloved St. John’s community, This past weekend we had our annual clergy conference. Its theme…
rachelFebruary 4, 2021
Beloved St. John’s community, Have you ever noticed that people tend to live up to…
rachelJanuary 28, 2021
Beloved St. John’s community, There is much that is confusing in this world, much that…
rachelJanuary 21, 2021
Beloved St. John’s community, About the only thing most Americans agree about is that the…
rachelJanuary 14, 2021
Beloved St. John’s community, Yesterday was the Epiphany, one of the seven great feasts of…
rachelJanuary 7, 2021
Beloved St. John’s community, The year 2020 is finally drawing to a close. During this…
rachelDecember 30, 2020
Beloved St. John’s community, Our staff meets every week, even during the pandemic over zoom,…
rachelDecember 17, 2020
Beloved St. John’s community, With Advent, the Church’s new year, we launched two new small…
rachelDecember 10, 2020
Now to the one who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine,…
rachelDecember 3, 2020
Beloved St. John’s community, On this Thanksgiving Day, which is unlike any other most of…
rachelNovember 25, 2020
Beloved St. John’s community, When we were teenagers, my brother and I sometimes accused my…
rachelNovember 17, 2020
This year the St. Johns/Urban Homeworks Thanksgiving Basket event is like everything else in 2020…
rachelNovember 12, 2020
Beloved St. John’s community, Most of you know that I live in an interfaith household.…
rachelNovember 12, 2020
Beloved St. John’s community, As I write this on Thursday morning, the election is close,…
rachelNovember 5, 2020
Beloved St. John’s community, In these very challenging times, on the eve of the national…
rachelOctober 29, 2020
Beloved St. John’s community, As our nation approaches the national election in less than two…
rachelOctober 22, 2020
Beloved St. John’s community, Sunday, October 18 is the Feast of St. Luke, the healer.…
rachelOctober 9, 2020
Beloved St. John’s community, This past Sunday was such an incredibly beautiful, moving, and meaningful…
rachelOctober 8, 2020
Beloved St. John’s community, My parents grew up very poor. Both of my grandfathers were…
rachelOctober 1, 2020
Beloved St. John’s community, It’s hard to know what metaphor to use about where we…
rachelSeptember 24, 2020
Beloved St. John’s community, Amid the noise in our internal and external worlds, it is…
rachelSeptember 17, 2020
“For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your…
rachelSeptember 10, 2020
Beloved St. John’s community, Recently I had an interaction with a relative that was a…
rachelAugust 31, 2020
Beloved St. John’s community, As you read this, I will be at the tail end…
rachelAugust 27, 2020
Dwelling in the Word, Dwelling in the World Beloved St. John’s community, As the wheel…
rachelAugust 20, 2020
100 Days of Prayer Beloved St. John’s community, What does it mean to be a…
rachelAugust 13, 2020
Beloved St. John’s community, I am sitting in my living room, with my laptop on…
rachelAugust 6, 2020
