Off Sabbaticals and time away....

Well, my bags are packed, I'm ready to go....

While I'm looking forward to the trip to England and Scotland, I always have a slight trepidation when travelling -- it's far! Thankfully, where we're going, people speak English, although you'll have to convince my husband Steve about that.

Going to the "mother land" -- no, not New Jersey, although we will be going through there to get to London. The mother land being the birthplace of Anglicanism. I can't tell you how excited I am about going... and coming back and sharing stories and pictures with all of you.

I may try to post while I'm there...

Blessings and love to you all,
Diane+

Of Clergy and Conferences

The last few days I've been in San Pedro with a goodly number of my clergy colleagues.

It's always interesting to gather as clergy. This year the guest speaker is the Archbishop of New Zealand, who is talking with us about Fresh Expressions -- a form of emergent church movement in New Zealand. It's amazing the different programs and forms of ministry -- and services -- they have been able to do there! It is about following the flow of the Spirit -- and doing something, well, FRESH!

Anxiety is high for parishes in Santa Barbara as they deal with the fires. One rector didn't come to the conference at all, and others left yesterday afternoon. Please pray for all affected by the fires, pray for the firefighters, pray for all emergency personnel.