October Calendar Notes & Notable Mark Your Calendar!   Market Mass 8:30 - 9am every Wed. St. A's Goes to the Mountains! October 1-3 at Camp Stevens Sign up now! Space is limited and filling up FAST! The Sacrament of Baptist Sunday, Nov. 7, 2004 at the 11 a.m. service If interested, please see a member of the clergy. Men's Retreat June 10-12, 2005 at Mary and Joseph Retreat Center, Palos Verdes Estates Women's Retreat April 29-May1 at La Casa de Maria, Santa Barbara

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October, 2004 - Vol. 35, No. 10 - Archive - Search

Evangelist Critiques Peers -
(Reprint from the June 6, 2004 edition of the Press-Enterprise)
Jesus calls us to be peacemakers. We're war-makers. Jesus calls us to be merciful. We're in favor of capital punishment. Jesus calls us to give to the poor. We're not doing it.… MORE

Sit, Stand, or Kneel?
by The Rev. Betsy Hooper-Rosebrook
Many of us grew up with the simple rule of stand to praise, sit to listen, kneel to pray. In recent years, however, it's not been so clear cut… MORE

Spirituality and Religion
Spirituality is about entering experientially into life with God … MORE

All Things New: A Reflection on the Exodus to Uganda
by The Rev. Hartshorn Murphy
Recently, the press has delighted in reporting the news of three "breakaway" congregations in the Diocese of Los Angeles which have sought refuge in the Anglican Diocese of Uganda in protest to the "apostasy" of the American Episcopal Church in ordaining an openly gay man in a long term committed relationship, to the Episcopacy in New Hampshire. MORE

Season of Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness
by Christa Buswell
These evocative words of Keats wander through my mind as I welcome "October's bright blue weather"… MORE