It will take some time to process all that we learned a few weeks ago at the College for Congregational Development training in Maryland. Rector’s Warden Deborah Way; postulant and parishioner Rosalinda Ibañez-Memba and I spent five solid days learning numerous models for enhancing and facilitating parish life. This is a good space to introduce some of this thinking. You’ll also see some of this wisdom showing up in parish forums, leadership trainings and Vestry meetings this

Summer has arrived at St. Peter’s. It snuck in quietly with the solstice last Sunday when the length of day reached its longest stride. Now incrementally, our hours of sunlight are inching in the other direction. Still, we are promised a season of long days, a break from busy schedules, perhaps a vacation or two. Here at St. Peter’s, the regular program year has drawn to a close. We had the final Lunch Club of the season last week. Godly Play and Come 4th Sundays and the LI

I recently attended a session of the College for Congregational Development (CCD) sponsored by the Diocese of Maryland. Rev. Barb and Rosalinda Ibañez-Memba also attended. I had only an inkling of what this experience would be. I imagined it would expand my knowledge of the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion. It did. I hoped to learn some common language shared by leadership in our Church. It did. I expected I would meet some people that loved God and the Episco

As most of you probably know, if you pay much attention to the news, the people of Cuba are hurting right now. As a result of U.S. government policies, they have been placed under an oil embargo. That means energy, transportation, food – so many of the essentials of life – are in very short supply. As you may know, I am a life professed member of a religious order (the Third Order of the Society of St. Francis). We are an international Anglican (Episcopal) order, and we have