Holiday Gratitude Day 1

​Today I’m grateful for my immediate family: for Julia and her amazing willingness to go where a life of ministry leads (in good times and challenging times); for Phoebe and James, my children, for their beauty, laughs, wisdom, patience, and innocence, and for everything they teach me everyday. And for the Episcopal Church in Hawai’i, my Diocesan, Bishop Robert Fitzpatrick, for his support of me and my family, and for my lay and clergy colleagues in the Diocese who love and encourage us. For food and clothing on wet and windy days, for vegan apple pie and those who generously go out of their way to make it, for last minute child-minders for Phoebe and James, and for pastors of all denominations, especially those with a sense of humor.