What a great celebration we had last night! It was such a delight to have so many people at All Saints on a weeknight to celebrate our shared ministry. In many ways, it is sort of a strange thing to celebrate at this time. After all, our "shared ministry" started six weeks ago. But there are logistics and whatnot, and it has become the tradition that after a few weeks, the Bishop comes to formally appoint clergy. In many ways, I was pulled into being the center of things in a

Two years ago, today, my daughters were baptized. We tried to figure out how to begin a tradition of remembering their baptism tonight, but one of the girls doesn't feel well. With two-year-olds, that can be a deal breaker. There are any number of memorable things about their baptism, but in particular I have been struck by one image and what it says about the life of the baptized. After the service, Bishop Katharine Jefforts Schori signed the service register and the baptism