An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey

Sister Joan Chittister famously said, "We are each called to go through life reclaiming the planet an inch at a time until the Garden of Eden grows green again." Reflecting on that journey -- a blog at a time -- is the focus of this site.

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Shifting to Substack

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Friends, after lo-these-many-years here on Blogger, I've taken to posting on Substack ... so encourage you to look for updated content ...
Wednesday, January 01, 2025

New Year’s Homily 2024: Looking to the Growing Edge

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[A New Year's Eve Homily for All Saints Church, Pasadena.] It was Christmas 1992 – 32 long years ago -- and I was the parish administrat...
Monday, December 23, 2024

The Both/And of Advent: A Sermon for Advent IV 2024

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I’ve confessed before from this pulpit that Advent has always been one of my favorite seasons in the liturgical year.   What’s not to like a...
Wednesday, November 06, 2024

When We Fight, We Win

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"When We Fight, We Win" does not mean we win every battle. It does not mean there are not heartbreaking defeats, demoralizing setb...
Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Revisiting "The Sisterhood of the Red Blazer"

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Here in the Diocese of Los Angeles as we prepare for our 2024 Diocesan Convention in Riverside next week, we are also preparing to celebrate...
Thursday, September 05, 2024

Reprise of Isaiah 58 in the Wake of Ongoing Gun Violence

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Shout out, do not hold back! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! Why does the United States worship guns Instead of God? Yet day after day th...
Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Celebrating The Feast of the Philadelphia Eleven

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The Philadelphia Eleven (the eleven women who made history in 1974 as the first women ordained to the priesthood in the Episcopal Church) no...
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SUSAN RUSSELL
A cradle Episcopalian second generation Dodger fan ENFJ native of Los Angeles I was ordained in 1996 and currently serve at All Saints Church, Pasadena & on staff at the Diocese of L.A. My family consists of my wife Lori, 3 dogs, (Chelsea, BG & Pete), 1 cat (Maui) four young adult kids: Jim (married to the awesome Kelly), Brian, Grace (married to the fabulous Christian) and Emily & 3 adorable grandsons: Hayes, Levi & Charlie My life in the church has included everything from Junior Altar Guild with my Aunt Gretchen to my “obligatory young adult lapsed phase” to a tour of duty on the St. Paul’s, Ventura vestry where I also worked as parish secretary to a life-heart-soul changing experience as part of the Cursillo community to serving on my parish ECW Board to seminary in Claremont to associate/day school chaplain positions at St. Mark’s, Altadena and St. Peter’s, San Pedro to Executive Director of Claiming the Blessing to my current life on staff at both All Saints Church & the Diocese of L.A.. It’s been a long and winding road and the journey continues: an inch at a time.
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