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Friday, November 14, 2014

New Publication: Holy Night Prayers and Meditations for People of the Night

In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the San Francisco Night Ministry, Wilgefortis published a book of prayers written by friends of the San Francisco Night Ministry.

Holy Night offers thoughtful prayers and meditations for night-owls, bar hoppers, individuals who are homeless, hungry, experiencing poverty, are lonely, anxious, working the night-shift, having a hard time sleeping, experiencing mental health issues or simply having a hard time falling asleep. Written by friends of the San Francisco Night Ministry, these prayers and meditations are deeply rooted in the nighttime needs of a diverse urban city. Some are rooted in a particular tradition, others are for people who have faith but are not religious or are unsure what they believe. 

Order a paperback copy now for $15 - $10 from each book sale will be donated to the San Francisco Night Ministry (books will arrive in about two weeks)



Download the ebook on Amazon Kindle for $5


The paperback will also become available online at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other bookstores in about two weeks

Authors include:  Bishops Dave Brauer-Rike and Mark Holmerud, Father Kevin Crinks, Pastors Lyle Beckman, Bea Chun and Megan Rohrer, Deacon Diana Wheeler, TSSF, Chaplain Adam Briones, Seminarians Rob Herrmann and Daniel Tisdel,and many other street poets and friends of the San Francisco Night Ministry.


Saturday, August 2, 2014

Coming Soon: With A Day Like Yours, Couldn't You Use A Little Grace: Volume 3: September - December


With A Day Like Yours, Couldn't You Use a Little Grace (3 volume series)

Volume 2: September - December


This series, by Pastor Megan Rohrer, is for everyone who has been lied to and told that God couldn’t love them. In addition to reminding you that nothing, nothing, nothing can ever separate you God’s love, Pastor Megan Rohrer will also help you learn to accept this gift of grace and love yourself just as you are.
 
Whether you skim, only pull it out when you have a rough day or a bad breakup, or make readings part of your daily routine for a year, With a Day Like Yours, Couldn’t You Use Some Grace speaks to saints, sinners and everyone in between.   


Purchase your copy today:

You can purchase the whole set or just one book in either regular or large print below. You save $10 if you order all three books at once.  But, please remember Volume 2 will be released in August, Volume 3 in September and Volume 1 in December.  If you buy all three books they will be shipped to you as they become available.



Ready to check out?  Click the button below.


If you are interested, you can check out the table of contents below. But, please remember, during editing, some of the topics may change slightly.

September                                                                              
September 1: Feast Day of St. Giles                                        
September 2: First ATM Opens                                              
September 3: Feast Day of Prudence Crandall                  
September 4: Feast Day of Moses and Aaron                
September 5: Feast Day of Mother Theresa           
September 6: First Tank Produced                                
September 7: Desmond Tutu Becomes the First Black
Man to Lead the Anglican Church in South Africa           
September 8: Leonard Matlovich is on the Cover of Time Magazine
September 9: Elvis Presley Appears on The Ed Sullivan Show                                                                                         
September 10: First Drunk Driving Test                               
September 11: Planes Fly Into The World Trade Centers   
September 12: Feast Day of Johnny Cash                              
September 13: The IBM 305 RAMAC is Introduced               
September 14: The First Date of the Draft Lottery            
September 15: The Lehman Brothers File for Bankruptcy  
September 16: Gandhi Fasts                                                  
September 17: Vanessa Williams Becomes the First Black
Miss America                                                                           
September 18: Ted Turner Donates 1 Billion Dollars to
the United Nations                                                                 
September 19: Birthday of Paulo Freire                                
September 20: Billy Jean King Beats Bobby Riggs                 
September 21: Feast Day of St. Matthew                             
September 22: Hobbit Day                                            
September 23: Bisexuality Day                                      
September 24: Feast Day of Dr. Seuss                            
September 25: Central High School Integrated            
September 26: Feast Day of Levi Strauss                        
September 27: Feast Day of St. Vincent de Paul            
September 28: Ask a Stupid Question Day                     
September 29: International Coffee Day                  
September 30: Blasphemy Day                               

October                                                                                   
October 1: Feast Day of Tom Clancy                 
October 2: Feast Day of Rock Hudson           
October 3: OJ Simpson Acquitted                   
October 4: Jim Bakker is Indicted for Fraud  
October 5: World Teachers’ Day             
October 6: First U.S. Train Robbery        
October 7: Feast Day of Sergius and Bacchus
October 8: Feast Day of Che Guevera              
October 9: Feast Day of John Henry Newman        
October 10: World Mental Health Day         
October 11:   Sound Barrier is Broken          
October 12: Dia del Respeto a la Diversidad Cultural    
October 13: Feast of Our Lady of Fátima           
October 14: Feast Day of Julius Nyerere             
October 15: Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day             
October 16: The Warsaw Ghetto is Established      
October 17: The End of the Babylonian Exile            
October 18: Moby Dick is Published                          
October 19: Martin Luther Gets His Doctorate            
October 20: World Statistics Day                            
October 21: Birthday of Kim Kardashian         
October 22: The Cuban Missle Crises            
October 23: Mole Day                   
October 24: The First Barrel Ride Down Niagra Falls 
October 25: Birth of Pablo Picasso         
October 26: Birthday of Seth MacFarlane    
October 27: New York Subway Opens       
October 28: Feast Day of Simon the Zealot        
October 29: Birthday of Winona Ryder      
October 30: The War of the Worlds       
October 31: Martin Luther Posts the 95 Theses     

November                                  
November 1: The Sistine Chapel Ceiling Opens to the
Public                                                    
November 2: El Dia de los Muertos             
November 3: Feast Day of St. Martin de Porres 
November 4: Saint Joan of Arc Liberates Saint-Pierre-
le-Moûtier                                             
November 5: Feast Day of Elizabeth                               
November 6: UN Condemns Apartheid                
November 7: Magic Johnson Announces He is HIV+   
November 8: Feast Day of Johann von Staupitz      
November 9: Feast Day of Art Carney        
November 10: Sesame Street Debuts           
November 11: World War I Ends             
November 12: Ellis Island Closes            
November 13: The War on Terror Begins       
November 14: Feast Day of the Emperor Justinian    
November 15: The First Stock Ticker Debuts 
November 16: LSD is Created              
November 17: Birthday of Daisy Fuentes        
November 18: George Bernard Shaw Refuses the Money
for His Nobel Prize                                   
November 19: The Gettysburg Address         
November 20: Transgender Day of Remembrance     
November 21: National Adoption Day            
November 22: Feast Day of John F. Kennedy       
November 23: Feast Day of Harpo Marx     
November 24: Fire at a Dhaka, Bangladesh Clothing
Factory                                                   
November 25: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
November 26: FDR Creates the Thanksgiving Holiday      
November 27: The Assassination of George Moscone and Harvey Milk
November 28: Feast Day of King Kamehameha and Queen Emma
November 29: Feast Day of George Harrison        
November 30: Feast Day of Oscar Wilde        

December                                                      
December 1: World AIDS Day                        
December 2: Feast Day of Marquis de Sade        
December 3: Feast Day of Pierre-Auguste Renoir      
December 4: Led Zeppelin Breaks Up          
December 5: Planes Lost in the Bermuda Triangle        
December 6: Feast Day of St. Nicholas     
December 7: Pearl Harbor Bombed    
December 8: Feast Day of John Lennon      
December 9: Anna’s Day                       
December 10: Feast Day of Karl Barth        
December 11: Feast Day of Ravi Shankar     
December 12: Birthday of Bob Barker          
December 13: Al Gore Concedes the Presidency    
December 14: Monkey Day                      
December 15: The Leaning Tower of Pisa Reopens         
December 16: The Boston Tea Party            
December 17: First Airplane Flies             
December 18: Mayflower Docks at Plymouth Harbor      
December 19: President Clinton Impeached            
December 20: Feast Day of Katharina von Bora          
December 21: Feast Day of St. Thomas              
December 22: The Repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell”     
December 23: Van Gough Chops His Ear Off            
December 24: Aðfangadagskvöld              
December 25: The Christmas Truce          
December 26: Feast Day of Jack Benny          
December 27: Feast Day of St. John               
December 28: The Arab Spring                    
December 29: Wounded Knee Massacre               
December 30: Kiss Me, Kate Opens                   
December 31: Birthday of Joey McIntyre             

Thursday, July 31, 2014




With A Day Like Yours Couldn't You Use a Little Grace: Daily Grace for Diverse People Living in a Complicated World (a 3 volume book)
 

This series, by Pastor Megan Rohrer, is for everyone who has been lied to and told that God couldn’t love them. In addition to reminding you that nothing, nothing, nothing can ever separate you God’s love, Pastor Megan Rohrer will also help you learn to accept this gift of grace and love yourself just as you are.

Whether you skim, only pull it out when you have a rough day or a bad breakup, or make readings part of your daily routine for a year, With a Day Like Yours, Couldn’t You Use Some Grace speaks to saints, sinners and everyone in between.   

Learn more about each edition by clicking on the links below:

Volume 1: January - April  - Expected Release Date: December 2014




Purchase your copy today:

You can purchase the whole set or just one book in either regular or large print below. You save $10 if you order all three books at once.  But, please remember Volume 2 will be released in August, Volume 3 in September and Volume 1 in December.  If you buy all three books they will be shipped to you as they become available.



Tuesday, July 29, 2014

With A Day Like Yours Couldn't You Use a Little Grace: Volume 2: May to August


With A Day Like Yours Couldn't You Use a Little Grace: Daily Grace for Diverse People Living in a Complicated World (a 3 volume book)

 
This book, by Pastor Megan Rohrer, is for everyone who has been lied to and told that God couldn’t love them. In addition to reminding you that nothing, nothing, nothing can ever separate you God’s love, Pastor Megan Rohrer will also help you learn to accept this gift of grace and love yourself just as you are.

Whether you skim, only pull it out when you have a rough day or a bad breakup, or make readings part of your daily routine for a year, With a Day Like Yours, Couldn’t You Use Some Grace speaks to saints, sinners and everyone in between.   

Purchase your copy today:
You can purchase the whole set or just one book in either regular or large print below. You save $10 if you order all three books at once.  But, please remember Volume 2 will be released in August, Volume 3 in September and Volume 1 in December.  If you buy all three books they will be shipped to you as they become available.






Below is the diverse list of devotions in the 2nd Volume of With A Day Like Yours, Couldn't You Use a Little Grace.  You can also pick a few to preview.

May                                                                                              
May 1: May Day                                                                        
May 2: Loch Ness Monster Sighting                                      
May 3: First Email SPAM                                                 
May 4: First Grammy Awards                                     
May 5: First Woman Awarded a US Patent                    
May 6: Feast Day of Henry Thoreau                              
May 7: Birthday of Eva Perón                                     
May 8: Feast Day of Julian of Norwich                  
May 9: FDA Approves Birth Control                           
May 10: Feast Day of Shel Silverstein                      
May 11: Dust Storm Sweeps Across the Plains     
May 12: Birthday of George Carlin                       
May 13: President Polk Declares War on Mexico      
May 14: Feast Day of Rita Hayworth                   
May 15: Birthday of Madeleine Albright          
May 16: First Academy Awards                          
May 17: Brown v. Board of Education Decided         
May 18: Birthday of Tina Fey                                     
May 19: MLK’s Letter From Birmingham Jail Published   
May 20: First Council of Nicaea                           
May 21: US Red Cross Established                              
May 22: Feast Day of Victor Hugo                      
May 23: Feast Day of Bonnie and Clyde                
May 24: Birthday of Maru, a Japanese YouTube Cat       
May 25: Star Wars Released                                    
May 26: Emancipation of Dred Scott                    
May 27: Feast Day of John Calvin                         
May 28: Feast Day of Dr. Maya Angelou                 
May 29: Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus             
May 30: Feast Day of Joan of Arc                          
May 31: Memorial Day                                           

June                                                                              
June 1: Feast Day of Karl Niebuhr                        
June 2: Babe Ruth Retires                                         
June 3: Feast Day of St. Kevin                                        
June 4: Birthday of Angelina Jolie                                
June 5: Feast Day of St. Boniface of Mainz               
June 6: D-Day                                                                    
June 7: Mount McKinley Climbed                          
June 8: Feast Day of Satchel Page                            
June 9: Feast Day of Charles Dickens                     
June 10: Benjamin Franklin Flies a Kite                      
June 11: Feast Day of John Wayne                             
June 12: “Tear Down That Wall”                                 
June 13: Miranda Rights Established                   
June 14: Feast Day of June Jordan                      
June 15: Feast Day of St. Alice                               
June 16: First Roller Coaster in the US Built          
June 17: Arrival of the Statue of Liberty                  
June 18: War of 1812 Begins                                  
June 19: Juneteenth                                                 
June 20: Jaws Released                                           
June 21: US Constitution Ratified                                  
June 22: FDR Signs the GI Bill                                  
June 23: Feast Day of St. Joseph Cafasso                   
June 24: US Air Force Reports on Roswell               
June 25: Battle of Little Big Horn                              
June 26: Feast Day of St. David                              
June 27: TransMarch                                     
June 28: Dyke March                                  
June 29: Gay Pride                                  
June 30: Gone With the Wind Published         

July                                                                                         
July 1: Feast Day of Junipero Serra                        
July 2: Johnson Signs the Civil Rights Act             
July 3: Feast Day of Andy Griffith                             
July 4: US Declares Independence                              
July 5: Bikini Introduced                                              
July 6: Althea Gibson Wins Wimbledon                 
July 7: Building the Hoover Dam Begins                     
July 8: Feast Day of Betty Ford                                    
July 9: Donkey Kong is Released                                 
July 10: Scopes “Monkey Trial” Begins                      
July 11: Alexander Hamilton Killed in a Dual             
July 12: Geraldine Ferraro Named Vice Presidential Candidate
July 13: Feast Day of Frida Kahlo                       
July 14: Feast Day of Billy the Kid                    
July 15: Feast Day of Gianni Versace                 
July 16: Birthday of Ida B. Wells                        
July 17: Disneyland Opens                                  
July 18: Feast Day of Carvaggio                             
July 19: Rosetta Stone Found                            
July 20: First Walk on the Moon                     
July 21: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is Published                                                              
July 22: Rat Catcher’s Day                                            
July 23: Feast Day of Sally Ride                              
July 24: Machu Picchu “Discovered”                      
July 25: World’s First Test Tube Baby Born             
July 26: US Postal System Established                
July 27: US House Begins the Impeachment of Nixon      
July 28: 14th Amendment Adopted                   
July 29: Charles and Diana Wed                           
July 30: Medicare Signed Into Law                     
July 31: Feast Day of Gore Vidal                      

August                                                                                   
August 1: MTV Begins Broadcasting                    
August 2: JFK Saves His Crew                                
August 3: Remembering the Disappeared                 
August 4: Anne Frank Captured                           
August 5: Houdini Survives 91 Minutes Underwater       
August 6: Hiroshima Bombed                             
August 7: Feast Day of Peter Jennings                   
August 8: Nixon Resigns                                       
August 9: Feast Day of Bernie Mac                       
August 10: Regan Signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 
August 11: Federal Prisoners Land on Alcatraz            
August 12: Feast Day of Merv Griffin                             
August 13: Germany is Divided                                    
August 14: Feast Day of William Randolph Hearst       
August 15: Woodstock Opens                          
August 16: Gold Discovered in the Yukon         
August 17: Michael Phelps Wins 8th Gold Medal        
August 18: Birthday of Patrick Swayze                 
August 19: End of the Iraq War                            
August 20: Birthday of Paul Tillich                        
August 21: The Virgin Mary, St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist Appear at the Knock Shrine     August 22: Birthday of Valerie Harper                        
August 23: Fannie Farmer Opens Cooking School    
August 24: Mt. Vesuvius Erupts                             
August 25: The Great Moon Hoax                        
August 26: Beginning of the Holocaust                       
August 27: Charles and Diana Divorce                 
August 28: Feast Day of Melvin Schwartz               
August 29: Hurricane Katrina Hits New Orleans        
August 30: Thurgood Marshall Confirmed as Supreme Court Justice                                                                   
August 31: Lech Walesa Strike Wins