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Tracing Our Footsteps

Lawn mowing season is upon us. I confess that I would never mow the lawn with as much gusto as after I had watched a “Superman” movie in the day when such a movie series was a thing! And I am talking about my adult self! So, what was it that captured my imagination?...

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An Update from Rev. Amy

Last week I had the opportunity to spend three days at The Bishop's Ranch, a beautiful Episcopal camp and retreat center outside of Healdsburg, at the clergy conference for the Diocese of Northern California.  I shared about the life and work of our...

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Rogation Sunday

Eric Law, in his Kaleidoscope project, says that the offering of time and place is one of six currencies that are essential to develop for our vitality as Church. The others are wellness, leadership, truth, money, and relationships.  Members of Grace Church,...

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A Work Well Begun

Grace Episcopal Church is a “Work well begun”. —That is the name of a movie which Brian Capener produced on the occasion of the expansion and renovation of the Church and the creation of Bourne Hall. There are those of us who were present and made possible the events...

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Walking as One: An Invitation to Experience the Labyrinth

I was surprised a couple of years ago at one of our Advent labyrinth walks to hear a long-time, very involved parishioner say that was his first time walking the labyrinth.  I have known and loved labyrinths since my early 20's, when I first experienced the...

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The Word in the Wilderness

“His spirit and his life he breathes in all, Now on this cross his body breathes no more. Here at the center everything is still, Spent, and emptied, opened to the core. A quiet taking down, a prising loose. A cross beam lowered like a weighing scale, Unmaking of each...

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Walk as one! – World Labyrinth Day Walk!

Saturday May 3 @ 1:00 pm Every year on the first Saturday in May thousands of people around the world participate in World Labyrinth Day as a moving meditation for world peace and shared appreciation of the labyrinth experience. On this 17th annual World Labyrinth...

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A Jubilant Lent —Our Jubilee Moment

Most tea towels hang over the oven door, or on a peg by the kitchen sink, or even in a kitchen drawer; but we have two that hang on the kitchen wall as decorations. They mark the coronation of King Charles III and the Jubilee celebration of his mother, Queen Elizabeth...

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Extravagant Acts of Love

“The poor you always have with you,  but you will not always have me” (John 12: 8)  In the Gospel coming up this Sunday, we come across these words of Jesus. He was responding to criticism by Judas Iscariot of Mary, sister of Martha and Lazarus, who at...

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A Jubilant Lent —Lent V: Jubilee as Returning Home

“You shall hallow the fiftieth year, and you shall proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you: you shall return, every one of you, to your family.” (Leviticus 25: 10) The vestry of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Eagle...

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Holy Week 2025

Join us as we journey through Holy Week, the most sacred time of our liturgical life. From Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday, we will walk together through Jesus’ passion, death, and resurrection with special services, prayer, and reflections! 4/13- Palm Sunday @...

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