A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT WITH ST. ANNA’S CHURCH & Congregations and Artist in New Orleans and beyond Dear Pastor and Rabbi: As the Feasts of All Saints and All Souls fast approaches St. Anna’s Church in collaboration with The New Orleans Chapter of 1,000,000 Bones, Scrub Brush Productions, Freret Neighborhood Center,
Continue readingDear Friends: I wanted to give you an update on the unit post Isaac. Your Mobile Medical Unit is parked at St. Anna’s and sustained virtually no damage. Having just gotten power back this Sunday we expect to be rolling later in the week. HOWEVER, that said there is some
Continue readingIsaac After the Storm (9/1/2012): You’d think we’d settle into a routine at about this time. The fact we might have but for that precious commodity electricity. One of the most memorable and impactful experiences that we have learned from Isaac’s wife Katrina is that during and particularly after the
Continue readingJust got off the phone with Diana. They left our house this afternoon and went to New Wine Ministries on Airline where the parish was bringing all the people the evacuated from the back of our subdivision. When they got there they realized it was just a place for everyone
Continue readingMany of us were born here. Most of us have been through hurricanes and tropical storms before. Some of us have survived and even thrived since hurricane Katrina hit our shores on August 29, 2005. The Saint’s have won a Super Bowl. The marshlands were flooded with oil. Tourism is
Continue readingWhat does a community church look like? The term is often used for independent churches that do not claim a denominational identity. Often a “Community Church” expresses a certain style of worship, evangelical, congregational, and independent. What does an Episcopal Community Church look like? Interesting, I have never seen a
Continue readingAs a matter of advice and rejoicing I wanted you, the Vestry, and all Staff members to be aware of two new ministries that we will/are launching this Fall with training and organizing done in August. It has long been my hope to increase the prayerful outreach of St. Anna’s
Continue readingThe place was a-buzz black men and women dressed for the occasion; their brown, white, and Asian counter parts settling in. Children were running here and there in nervous anticipation waiting for THE moment. Amongst the hubbub one could see a blind man or woman walking with their long white
Continue reading1 Peter 2:13-25 God’s gonna trouble the waters… The noted passage in 1 Peter, a part of the Christian Bible, is a text that has been used to justify slavery, justify the Divine Right of Kings, and to generally authorize violence against any oppressed person. Yet in part it reads:
Continue reading“Father, we love You We worship and adore You Glorify Thy Name in all the earth” (Composed by Donna Adkins 1976) That is until he hits you and bashes you and rejects you! The Judeo-Christian image of God as Father is a very hard pill to swallow for some.
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