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Learning Together

Dear friends,   One of my favorite paintings is “Christ Learning to Read” (1914) by Henry Ossawa Tanner. In it, we see Jesus as a young boy, maybe 8 or 9 years old, nestled by his mother’s side. She holds a scroll, and together they focus on its tiny words.   Jesus looks like he’s…

Let’s Write a Story Together

Dear Friends,   I love stories that spend a lot of time in character development, revealing what is going on behind the action scenes. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good Star Wars battle scene, but the lessons of Yoda and Obi-Wan to the young Jedi Padawans are what I remember more – the…

An Exceptional Time

Dear Friends,   It has been quite a week at St. Paul’s.   It began with a beautiful, fun, loving, and prayerful farewell to Javier Almendarez-Bautista, who is off for a few weeks of vacation and then begins his tenure as rector of Holy Family in Chapel Hill. After the 10 am service and after…