Here is a KZbin presentation by Professor Michael S Kogan which presents an excellent introduction to the Gospel of Mark for Interfaith Learners. Dr. Kogan was a leader of the Jewish-Christian Dialogue and the author of "Opening the Covenant, A Jewish Theology of Christianity" published by Oxford University Press. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ol6QqX-qgt14bbM

So good to see RC Anne Tumilty again!

While I appreciate the personal perspective in today's sermon by Father Michael, I would say that finding "the spirit of God" is not exclusive to the Christian faith and can be found in other mainline religious traditions. I think this reflects the position of the Episcopal Church. The film festival attended by Father Michael in New York was not a Christian event, so raising the impact of religion or secular humanism would have been appropriate for discussion, not just Christian theology.

Prayerfully meditating on the discernment process as it comes to fruition for Canon Andrea and the Vestry and also holding Father Michael in my prayers and wishing him well wherever he too may be called in the future.

Evil powers of this world, watch out; another disciple hits the street!

The white shoes worn by the priest….

Happy Easter I first heard this Easter message by theologian Peter Rollins read some years ago by the Senior Associate Rector at our A2 alternative Easter service: “Without equivocation or hesitation I fully and completely admit that I deny the resurrection of Christ. This is something that anyone who knows me could tell you, and I am not afraid to say it publicly, no matter what some people may think… I deny the resurrection of Christ every time I do not serve at the feet of the oppressed, each day that I turn my back on the poor; I deny the resurrection of Christ when I close my ears to the cries of the downtrodden and lend my support to an unjust and corrupt system. However there are moments when I affirm that resurrection, few and far between as they are. I affirm it when I stand up for those who are forced to live on their knees, when I speak for those who have had their tongues torn out, when I cry for those who have no more tears left to shed.” Embrace the mystery: "Easter isn't about Jesus being literally resurrected to sit on a throne in heaven. Easter is about becoming the resurrection so that Jesus lives on through our actions." - Rev. Dr. Caleb J.Lines, Senior Minister, University Christian Church, San Diego, California jlcards.com/rw2aF0

Happy Easter I first heard this Easter message by theologian Peter Rollins read some years ago by the Senior Associate Rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Beverly Hills at their A2 alternative Easter service: “Without equivocation or hesitation I fully and completely admit that I deny the resurrection of Christ. This is something that anyone who knows me could tell you, and I am not afraid to say it publicly, no matter what some people may think… I deny the resurrection of Christ every time I do not serve at the feet of the oppressed, each day that I turn my back on the poor; I deny the resurrection of Christ when I close my ears to the cries of the downtrodden and lend my support to an unjust and corrupt system. However there are moments when I affirm that resurrection, few and far between as they are. I affirm it when I stand up for those who are forced to live on their knees, when I speak for those who have had their tongues torn out, when I cry for those who have no more tears left to shed.” Embrace the mystery: "Easter isn't about Jesus being literally resurrected to sit on a throne in heaven. Easter is about becoming the resurrection so that Jesus lives on through our actions." - Rev. Dr. Caleb J.Lines, Senior Minister, University Christian Church, San Diego, California jlcards.com/rw2aF0

Beautiful service, love choir ✝️💒 Much Love from San Francisco 🙋🏾🌉

All glory, laud and honor to the mighty Redeemer King, Jesus Christ. Either crown him or kill him.

"..The narrative of Palm Sunday is not just a tale told to Christians, but a story for all people who walk any path of justice and compassion- a path that will always clash with those marching in the opposite direction of violence, domination and oppression. On Palm Sunday I do not only think of Jesus entering into Jerusalem, I think about all the many people over the generations who have tread along a deliberate, counter-cultural “protest path” in the cause of compassion and justice...as I reflect upon this March on Jerusalem, the question I ask myself is "are you going to just sit back and watch as the parade goes by, or are you going to join the marchers?" ...In the imagination of my meditation... I hear a parade going by .. the "March on Jerusalem" continues. So I get up from my comfortable chair in the quiet of my garden and I join in. As I march along I see that I am walking along with millions of others. Jesus leads the way along with the Buddha, the prophet Muhammad, the great prophets of Israel. And look, over there is Gandhi, and of course there is brother Martin Luther King marching right next to Dorothy Day, Mother Teresa, Caesar Chavez and Harvey Milk. We are all plucking off palm and olive branches from the nearby trees and waving them - signs of peace, tokens of goodwill.....Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem is a “protest” march, a peace march, a march for justice and compassion. As Jesus enters the city, the air is filled with hope and expectation that a new way of living is marching in - a new world order in which the powerful will no longer lord it over the weak, where compassion is the order of the day, where there is a place of dignity for every human being...”

30 + new parishioners attending the new members class is indeed excellent news. It might be helpful to our planning process to determine the main reasons for their moving from visitors to members through a focus group, to wit: Because of the challenge of making personal connections in Los Angeles and loneliness, the music program, worship and prayer, a particular ministry, inspiring and challenging sermons, childrens programs or service opportunities.

Very good.

Beautiful sermon.

All hail the Son of God and King of Israel!

Faith will be revealed.

Hi Marissa!

#Perfection

Inspiring sermon of personal testimony - thank you Father Michael for sharing. If I may, though, as to John 14:6 it is important that it not be used - as it has been - to undermine religious pluralism and engage in proselytization. Faith traditions should, in fact, receive the wisdom of others as a means of self-understanding. When each faith is freed to find God's purpose in the other, the way will be open to a liberating pluralism, siblings sharing a universal role as God's witnesses, the builders of God's Kingdom on Earth. No one faith can do this world-redemptive work alone. Further, at a time of growing antisemitism it is important to remember that the Vatican II Council of 1965 signaled a new era in the relationship of the Jewish and Christian faiths. Determined to free the Church of the anti-Jewish polemic which led to such widespread suffering of the innocent, Catholic authorities completely revised their conceptions of Jews and Judaism. Soon, the Anglican and Episcopal Churches along with other mainstream Protestant churches also issued a series of official statements that affirm the eternal nature of God's ancient covenant with Israel. This is particularly relevant to All Saints Episcopal Church in Beverly Hills, as Beverly Hills has a large Jewish community.

Wonderful sermon!

Inspiring sermon of personal testimony - thank you Father Michael for sharing. If I may, though, as to John 14:6 it is important that it not be used - as it has been - to undermine religious pluralism and engage in proselytization. Faith traditions should, in fact, receive the wisdom of others as a means of self-understanding. When each faith is freed to find God's purpose in the other, the way will be open to a liberating pluralism, siblings sharing a universal role as God's witnesses, the builders of God's Kingdom on Earth. No one faith can do this world-redemptive work alone.

Congratulations on "changing your label." ❤

Congratulations on your engagement: What a wonderful announcement this morning. And thanks for the excellent sermon in praise of Saint Thomas. One of the great attributes of the Episcopal Church and worshipping at All Saints is that it is welcoming of a range of different understandings and interpretations of the denominations core beliefs, something particularly seen in the understanding of the Nicene Creed, which many of our parishioners recite as poetry rather than a statement of belief to be viewed literally.

Theologian Peter Rollins:: “Without equivocation or hesitation I fully and completely admit that I deny the resurrection of Christ. This is something that anyone who knows me could tell you, and I am not afraid to say it publicly, no matter what some people may think… I deny the resurrection of Christ every time I do not serve at the feet of the oppressed, each day that I turn my back on the poor; I deny the resurrection of Christ when I close my ears to the cries of the downtrodden and lend my support to an unjust and corrupt system. However there are moments when I affirm that resurrection, few and far between as they are. I affirm it when I stand up for those who are forced to live on their knees, when I speak for those who have had their tongues torn out, when I cry for those who have no more tears left to shed.” ― Peter Rollins

Beautiful, helpful service. Thank you

Thanking Canon Andrea McMillin for her sensitive letter to congregants providing empathy and support to the disgust, disagreement and acute sadness with this weeks terrible and wrongly decided decisions of the Supreme Court and reinforcing the importance of living out our faith through political action. Once again we recognize that being a believer in Jesus does not necessarily mean being a follower of Jesus, and emphasizing the latter as our commitment to building the kingdom of God on earth.

Thank you for Placing the emphasis on living out our baptismal covenant where it belongs, through love rather than on questions about liturgy or theological interpretation. The more one takes the Bible seriously the less one takes it literally.

Prayer and Gun Control While I deeply share the sentiment being widely expressed following the horrific hate driven massacres that it is action that demanded to enact gun control legislation rather than "thoughts and prayers", I do believe that prayer can have a spiritual role in our lives, among both believers and non believers alike. Priest and author, Richard Rohr, has some wise insight about “how” prayer works and “why” praying has effects. Rohr suggests that, when we move away from an image of God as a distant controlling power and redefine God as the abiding energy in which everything and everyone is interconnected, the whole idea of “prayer” takes on a whole new perspective..." The underlying purpose of praying isn’t so much to “make contact” with some “distant heavenly being.” ...Our prayers open our hearts to LOVE. When I pray I never imagine that I submitting petitions to some heavenly superpower in a distant place who is capable of either granting or denying the requests. I never think of “God” as supreme king holding court or superman in the sky who has power to control the world. .. When we pray, the prayers we offer “disturb” the entangled field of energy (like throwing a little pebble into a pond the ripples throughout the entire body of water.) “God” for me is the energy of universal mystery which connects all living things.. As I see it, our prayers are the pebbles thrown into that “field” of Love. So yes, I do think we can and should pray for our needs and for one another, and I do believe our prayers have effects - they stir up the energy, they make a difference. And the thing is that you can be an agnostic and even an atheist and still pray for others when you think of prayer in this way. The ecologist John Muir once said: "Tug on anything at all and you will find it connected to everything else in the universe." My prayer is that all the prayers said or sung throughout the world this day may indeed bring us all to an altar where we discover there are no walls between us. Mahatma Gandhi once said: "In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart."" The well-known Prayer of Saint Francis .... is a “credo” for walking on a spiritual path: "Where there is hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. Grant that we may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love."

Prayer and Gun Control While I deeply share the sentiment being widely expressed following the horrific hate driven massacres that it is action that demanded to enact gun control legislation rather than "thoughts and prayers", I do believe that prayer can have a spiritual role in our lives, among both believers and non believers alike. Priest and author, Richard Rohr, has some wise insight about “how” prayer works and “why” praying has effects. Rohr suggests that, when we move away from an image of God as a distant controlling power and redefine God as the abiding energy in which everything and everyone is interconnected, the whole idea of “prayer” takes on a whole new perspective..." The underlying purpose of praying isn’t so much to “make contact” with some “distant heavenly being.” ...Our prayers open our hearts to LOVE. When I pray I never imagine that I submitting petitions to some heavenly superpower in a distant place who is capable of either granting or denying the requests. I never think of “God” as supreme king holding court or superman in the sky who has power to control the world. .. When we pray, the prayers we offer “disturb” the entangled field of energy (like throwing a little pebble into a pond the ripples throughout the entire body of water.) “God” for me is the energy of universal mystery which connects all living things.. As I see it, our prayers are the pebbles thrown into that “field” of Love. So yes, I do think we can and should pray for our needs and for one another, and I do believe our prayers have effects - they stir up the energy, they make a difference. And the thing is that you can be an agnostic and even an atheist and still pray for others when you think of prayer in this way. The ecologist John Muir once said: "Tug on anything at all and you will find it connected to everything else in the universe." My prayer is that all the prayers said or sung throughout the world this day may indeed bring us all to an altar where we discover there are no walls between us. Mahatma Gandhi once said: "In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart."" The well-known Prayer of Saint Francis .... is a “credo” for walking on a spiritual path: "Where there is hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. Grant that we may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love."

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Our "truth" is found in relationships, with each other and with God.

I wonder of Ms. Potter knows that her costar from 90210 Ann Gillespie is now an ordained Episcopal Priest in Virginia!

May he rest in peace and rise in glory!

May he rest in peace and rise in glory!

As we start the new year, focusing on the future, welcoming The Reverend Canon Andrea McMillin as our Priest In Charge and dedicating ourselves to renewal , it would be of interest if, as part of our continuing education programs, the Parish might pursue a study of cutting edge, evolving Judeo-Christian theology, such as how virtual reality might affect our Episcopal worship and practice. When Carol Anderson envisioned and began what has become AS2 it explored just that, seeing itself as being different than being a mirror reflection of our 10 AM Holy Communion Service set to contemporary music; In doing so it attracted scores of new worshippers to our faith and our community many of whom have not returned but giving all in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles the understanding of and helping to lead us us on a path towards broadening our reach and stemming the general loss of attendance in our Diocese and other Episcopal Diocese of a younger generation.

Miss you all! Sending warmest wishes for a peaceful, blessed Christmas to the best church choir ever! ❤🎄

Is the same church where the late George Randolph Scott movie actor attended while he was living?

Beautiful service! Thank you for sharing!

Loved ur sharp comments re AS2 & why natured here

Blessings for the week ahead.

Thank you Rev. Naomi Tutu for the grace, love and inspiration that you have brought to the All Saints Beverly Hills community. As it is written in Leviticus that "you shall love your neighbor as yourself" and Jesus said “I give you a new commandment: love one another. Just as I have loved you, you must also love one another” (John 13:34), you have helped us live these commandments through a deeper understanding of endemic racism and social justice. Blessings.

I wish I was there!

Beautiful ceremony! Great memories!❤️