You meet the most amazing people in the days before Christmas around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including Seeds of Hope executive director Steven Trapasso, who dropped by with Alana, their son, Sebastian James, and Steve’s Garden State mom, Gloria… Jose Santos, who helps run St. Clement’s Episcopal Church in Huntington Park, with my St. Paul’s Commons, Echo Park colleagues the Rev. Norma Yanira Guerra and Rev. Canon Thomas Quijada-Discavage… Canon Andy Tomat, leaning graciously into his recent retirement as the hardest working volunteer diocesan treasurer in show business, for conversation over lunch at the The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens about space, politics, and faith… friends from the December Harvard-Westlake School board meeting, including advancement specialist Casey Kim with a beautiful tote bag she designed as a thank you to board members, and my fellow trustee, actor (“Moneyball”), business leader, and philanthropist Bobby Kotick… Mostyn Trundinger-Smith, completing a wonderful tour as managing editor of “The Episcopal News”; he’ll continue as a consultant… my esteemed colleague the Rt. Rev. Naudal Alves Gomes, former primate of Brazil, who pastors two of our congregations while counseling the deacons and priests of our Spanish-speaking missions and parishes… and friends from All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena at a delightful Christmas party, where Santa joined Kathy and me at our table.
