This week, as we bid farewell to a summer season marked by the tangible impacts of climate change, Mother Posey emphasizes the importance of caring for our planet and how scripture has for too long been used as license for destroying God’s creation. In her message, she asks us to reflect on our relationship with nature and encourages parishioners to join with the many more people who will march together on September 17th (to coincide with the start of the UN General Assembly) as part of the growing, global call to end the use of fossil fuels. Learn more in this week’s newsletter.

This week, the associate rector, Fr. Ed Chinery, reflects on some of Jesus’ favorite themes in the gospels: “Take, for example, the brilliance of the light of God and how right and good it is to simply abide in it rather than having to jump up and fix. (Listen to him!) There may be something even better for you in the abiding and listening! Or what it means to recognize all the influencing factors of your upbringing and the present culture – how choppy such spiritual seas can become – and how keeping your focus on what God might be saying (Listen!) really does have the power to help you rise above the fray.” Also this week: our 20s/30s group gathers on Thursday, August 24, for fun, food and conversation.

In this week’s newsletter, Mother Posey previews the discussion and activity at this Sunday’s Forum following the 10 am service: “We will learn about and contribute to a diocesan wide, large scale art installation that will be shown at the Cathedral in the fall. The project is titled Divine Pathways, and the artist is Anne Patterson. The image included here is of a recent installation of hers in Tysons, Virginia. Patterson will be hanging over 1000 ribbons, in a rainbow of colors, at the Cathedral of St John the Divine. Each ribbon will have a prayer written on it.” Join us!