Saint John's is delighted to be hosting the Reverend Barbara Cawthrone Crafton at our Lenten Soup and Study Thursday night, April 7 at 6:00 p.m.  Crafton, an Episcopal priest, is author of Jesus Wept: When Faith and Depression Meet and other books. She heads The Geranium Farm, an institute for the promotion of spiritual growth. The Farm publishes her Almost-Daily eMo meditations. She has served a number of churches, including historic Trinity Church, Wall Street, St. John's-in-the-Village in Greenwich Village, and St. Clement's in Manhattan's theatre district. She was a maritime chaplain on the New York waterfront, and served as a chaplain at Ground Zero after the attack on the World Trade Center; most recently, she served St. James, the American church in Florence, Italy. A spiritual director, Crafton leads retreats and teaches throughout the United States and abroad.

  

Here is a link to today's "eMo" entitled Daily Bread where she writes on her visit to Saint Paul's Tustin last night.  eMo Daily Bread  Saint John's is one of three congregations Barbara is visiting this week while she is in Southern California.  We are honored to have her with us and hope you join us.