st. michael’s blog Vox 2009-09-21T06:39:03Z the rev. nicole janelle http://saintmikesucsb.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d414455702685e/ of servant ministry and inverted hierarchies tag:vox.com,2009-09-21:asset-6a00d414455702685e0123dda4452b860b 2009-09-21T06:32:43Z 2009-09-21T06:39:03Z the rev. nicole janelle http://saintmikesucsb.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom When I was a seminarian, the church I worked at listed the staff in its bulletins every week in a way that made a statement. The first person listed was the sexton (Episcopal speak for grounds keeper). The last person listed was the rector (or th...

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]]> jesus was a jerk... tag:vox.com,2009-09-21:asset-6a00d414455702685e01240b5f8dc8860e 2009-09-21T06:30:15Z 2009-09-21T06:40:29Z the rev. nicole janelle http://saintmikesucsb.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom After a restful vacation, there’s nothing like getting back into the preaching rotation with a Gospel passage like the one we hear this morning. The story of the Syrophoenician woman, as it is known in the Gospel of Mark. In the Gospel of Mathew ...

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]]> I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore... tag:vox.com,2009-03-31:asset-6a00d414455702685e0110163b21e7860c 2009-03-31T21:59:58Z 2009-03-31T21:59:58Z the rev. nicole janelle http://saintmikesucsb.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!” As I rolled this week’s gospel around in my mind, allowing it to percolate through my synapses toward sermon preparation, the image that kept recurring was that of Howard Beale, as played by...

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]]> it's stewardship time...and pledging is good for YOUR soul! tag:vox.com,2008-10-03:asset-6a00d414455702685e00fa969fe4f00003 2008-10-03T20:50:24Z 2008-10-03T20:50:24Z the rev. nicole janelle http://saintmikesucsb.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Dear St. Michael’s Community Member: Open your mailbox any day and you’ll be deluged by bills—Cox, SoCal Ed, the Gas Company, Visa, DMV, insurance, and a host of others. Then the computer generated requests for money from charities and political...

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]]> entering the thick of it all: a meditation on michael the archangel tag:vox.com,2008-09-28:asset-6a00d414455702685e00fad6b02b520005 2008-09-28T21:32:43Z 2008-11-01T05:56:25Z the rev. nicole janelle http://saintmikesucsb.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Michael the Archangel

Nearly sixty years ago, back when Isla Vista was a sleepy place with unpaved streets, inexpensive vacation cottages and ramshackle dwellings, a forward thinking priest from Trinity Episcopal Church in downtown Santa Barbara challenged his paris...

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]]> activate your "magic eye"... tag:vox.com,2008-08-24:asset-6a00d414455702685e0100a7f504f8000e 2008-08-24T22:08:16Z 2008-08-24T22:08:16Z the rev. nicole janelle http://saintmikesucsb.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Back when I was in middle school, Magic Eye books were all the rage. You might remember that these books are filled with page upon page of what appears at first glance to be an intricate computer generated colorful pattern. But when you take a c...

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]]> la paix est un don de dieu :: peace is a gift from god tag:vox.com,2008-08-19:asset-6a00d414455702685e00fad6a4cdc80005 2008-08-18T22:28:14Z 2008-10-04T04:24:40Z the rev. nicole janelle http://saintmikesucsb.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

young parishioners @ ascension, thor-carrefour celebrating eucharist @ foyer notre dame mgr jean zache duracin, bishop of haiti & pere fanfan cole @ ascension nonviolent communication youpi! i know how to read...ascension elementary school haiti murals @ the episcopal cathedral ascension episcopal church, thor-carrefour a participant peace - la paix! young parishioners @ ascension national palace mother & child @ st. damien pediatric hospital seminar participants

This summer the Episcopal Peace Fellowship sponsored a nonviolence training conference in the Episcopal Diocese of Haïti. Over 100 young adults gathered in Port au Prince from around Haïti for this four day seminar. I was privileged to tag alon...

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]]> girl power @ lambeth... tag:vox.com,2008-07-29:asset-6a00d414455702685e00fa968bbe9a0002 2008-07-29T03:09:51Z 2008-07-29T06:26:39Z the rev. nicole janelle http://saintmikesucsb.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

18 + 1 not pictured = 19 (sigh...) episcopal bish-es who are women more girl power @ lambeth bishops pose for a pic girl power @ lambeth a decade ago

Every ten years the 650+ bishops of the Anglican Communion gather at Lambeth (England) to commune. Last decade was the first time bishops who are women attended the Lambeth Conference. They were photographed on this same green overlooking the mot...

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]]> uc workers strike... tag:vox.com,2008-07-17:asset-6a00d414455702685e0100a7e920d8000e 2008-07-17T00:13:52Z 2008-07-17T00:16:13Z the rev. nicole janelle http://saintmikesucsb.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Address to UC Regents 7.15.2008 My name is Nicole Janelle. I’m a member of Clergy & Laity United for Economic Justice as well as the Episcopal Chaplain @ UCSB and priest of St. Michael’s University Church in Isla Vista. This morning, to help ori...

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]]> fire prayer... tag:vox.com,2008-07-17:asset-6a00d414455702685e0100a7e92130000e 2008-07-04T00:22:06Z 2008-07-17T00:22:39Z the rev. nicole janelle http://saintmikesucsb.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom A Prayer for our Community in the Midst of the Gap Fire Gracious and holy God, Creator of life -- earth, wind and fire. May our prayers, entwined with the flames that ravage our mountainside, be set forth in your sight as incense, the lifting up...

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