Have you ever known someone who has been hurt by the church? Hurt by a Christian — or someone who says they try to follow Jesus? Have you ever witnessed two people get caught in the web of misunderstanding or disagreement, which ultimately turns into something much...

Fitting ourselves into the beginnings of another season of reorganizing our lives, the random chaos and uncertainty of too much to do may seem daunting, when what we really would like is to fulfill the longing in our hearts. To have time to reflect, to hone our...

https://youtu.be/A8KPFmPDKuE A Special Message from your Rector, Senior Warden, and Associate Pastor Dear Grace Family, Meet Grace. She has stood enduringly on the corner of Oak and Spring Streets in St. Helena for 150 years, built on a foundation of faith and...

You brought me out into an open place; you rescued me because you delighted in me. Whenever people asked about our summer plans this year, I would tell them, somewhat nervously, that we were going backpacking. Backpacking is something we've enjoyed as a family for...

"I have cast fire upon the world, and I am guarding it until it blazes."  - Logion 10, The Gospel of Thomas The world is on fire right now!  We are aghast at the rate of its aggressive spread - across Spokane, Bordeaux, the Sonoma Coast, really - the whole...

For those of us with children or grandchildren, we feel the big out-breath of being on this side of the ending of the school year – the graduations, the celebrations and promotions. With a great burst of energy and a sigh across the stage or the classroom threshold,...

What happens in our brains and bodies as we worship? As an Episcopalian who also happens to be a psychotherapist, I’ve long been fascinated by how the mind works, especially when it encounters the divine. Our mind is the setting for a host of mental activities, like...

Happy Pride Month, everyone! This June, Grace is “coming out of the closet” as a congregation that is open, welcoming, supportive, and inclusive of all. In the mid-1990s, shortly after Mac became rector, members of the Grace community engaged in substantial...

Pentecost is one of the Church’s “big three” feast days alongside Christmas and Easter.  And although we had a wonderful celebration and picnic afterward on Pentecost Sunday, the church was not bursting at the seams at multiple services!  I found myself wondering:...

When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven, there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a...