Prayer: The Ministry of Helen Christianson

“I have learned that prayer is not asking for what you think you want but asking to be changed in ways you can’t imagine. To be made more grateful, more able to see the good in what you have been given instead of always grieving for what might have been....

Freedom: Juneteenth

From an essay on The Historical Legacy of Juneteenth posted on the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of African American History and Culture website: On the eve of January 1, 1863, enslaved and free African Americans gathered in churches and private homes all...

Gratitude.

In addition to all the things I do at Grace, I am also a hospital chaplain. I lead groups and visit individual patients in Units 3 and 4 at the Adventist Hospital in Vallejo, where youth and children with mental health issues are patients on the ward. These are...

Youth Sunday!

On Sunday, June 2, our Summer Service Immersion Youth will be with us in worship at 10 am. We have been meeting since February to learn about environmental justice and environmental racism, food scarcity and resilience, climate change and community, the power of...