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The Rev. Anne Sutherland Howard is executive director of the Beatitudes Society based in Santa Barbara, CA. She also serves as preacher-in-residence at Trinity Episcopal Church in Santa Barbara.

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The Rev. Anne Sutherland Howard is Executive Director of The Beatitudes Society, a new organization building a national network for progressive Christian seminarians.

Before coming to The Beatitudes Society in September, 2006, she served as Associate Rector at a church well-known for its prophetic social justice teaching, preaching and action, Trinity Episcopal Church in Santa Barbara, California. A seasoned and accomplished preacher, she is now Preacher-in-Residence at Trinity, and is the author of "Claiming the Beatitudes: Nine Stories from a New Generation" (Alban, 2009).

Prior to ordination, she was a newspaper reporter and later Executive Director of the Interfaith Center to Reverse the Arms Race at All Saints Church in Pasadena, CA. Since ordination in 1988, she has served as Associate and Interim Rector at All Saints by-the-Sea, in Santa Barbara and as Canon to the Ordinary for Bishop Fred Borsch in the Diocese of Los Angeles, and also as Director of Mt. Calvary Invites, an adult education program of Holy Cross Monastery in Santa Barbara.

She is a graduate of Episcopal Divinity School and the University of California, Santa Barbara. She serves on the Advisory Board of the Capps Center for Ethics, Religion and Public Life at the University of California, Santa Barbara. A native Minnesotan, she travels widely from her home in Santa Barbara, California where she lives with her husband Randy. Their son Benjamin is a medical student intent upon reforming American health care.

Latest Content by The Rev. Anne Sutherland Howard

Anne Howard: A Word in Time: Like Flame

The Rev. Anne Sutherland Howard (TEC)

 

It's been a great joy to watch all the celebrating in Minnesota with last week's passage of the Marriage Equality Bill. This historic moment came about because of the hard work and deep faith of many Minnesotans, particularly people of faith who joined hands with community activists in the name of justice and love.  As I give thanks for the powerful public witness of my friends and colleagues in Minnesota, I find myself also giving thanks for the wisdom of the church calendar. Their fresh witness, and the calendar's ancient wisdom go together. Really.

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Anne Howard: A Word in Time: The Roots of Resilience

The Rev. Anne Sutherland Howard (TEC)

 

"When the going gets tough, the tough get going." Not so much.

Sure, grit and guts are necessary in the face of challenge, but this simplistic turn of phrase has little to offer when the going really does get tough, and the news is bad. When the going gets tough, yes, we need to step-up-to-the-plate and we need to lean-in, but I'm more interested in what or who will inspire me to take that next step forward.

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Other Recent Content by The Rev. Anne Sutherland Howard

May 04, 2013

The Rev. Anne Howard: After Boston, Easter

The Rev. Anne Sutherland Howard (TEC)

I’m grateful that we are still deep in the season of Easter, some 5-6 weeks deep. We need it. Our hearts are broken, blasted open at the finish line of the Boston Marathon; our hearts are still wounded from the killings in Chicago and Newtown, not to mention our 10-year-old war. And our hearts are troubled by the stalemates in Washington that keep a lock on sensible violence prevention, or a moral budget, or a bold response to climate change.

April 27, 2013

Anne Howard: A Word in Time: One Thing

The Rev. Anne Sutherland Howard (TEC)

One thing. Just one thing he asked of his friends: love one another. Love one another as I have loved you. Just one thing shines clear through the multitude of words and metaphors that color the Fourth Gospel: Love one another.

April 18, 2013

Anne Howard: A Word in Time: Enough

The Rev. Anne Sutherland Howard (TEC)

For this coming Sunday, which some churches call “Good Shepherd Sunday” because the lectionary serves up the 23rd psalm each year, my attention is shifting from the metaphors to the math.

April 12, 2013

Anne Howard: A Word in Time: And Then His Life Began

The Rev. Anne Sutherland Howard (TEC)

In the ranks of conversion stories, there is arguably none more dramatic than this one recorded by Luke in the book of Acts. It is a drama of blinding light, voices from another realm, a healing at the hands of a stranger, the reconciliation of enemies, profound change, and, as Mick Jagger, sings it, new life after death: Paul’s life began.

April 02, 2013

Anne Howard: A Word in Time: Show Me

The Rev. Anne Sutherland Howard (TEC)

Reflections on this week's gospel text: Show me, Thomas says. Wouldn’t we all say the same thing? Wouldn’t we like to see the scars, see the hands, get the proof?

March 29, 2013

Anne Howard: A Word in Time: The Last Word

The Rev. Anne Sutherland Howard (TEC)

All of the Easter stories, each and every version, tell us that death does not have the last word. The killing power of the Empire does not have the last word. God has said No to those powers and Yes to Jesus.

March 23, 2013

Anne Howard: A Word in Time: WWFS? (What Would Francis Say?)

The Rev. Anne Sutherland Howard (TEC)

Francis. Francis is on my mind right now as we travel toward Palm Sunday, and Holy Week rises into view. I should say that Holy Week looms into view, as this can be a daunting time of year for church folks: preachers and palm-frond gatherers and liturgists and lily arrangers and foot-washers and bulletin preparers are all making sure their “Ts” are crossed and their “Is” are dotted. It’s not a simple thing to get from here to Easter Sunday.

March 21, 2013

Anne Howard: Presenting the 2013 Brave Preacher Award Recipient

The Rev. Anne Sutherland Howard (TEC)

I am pleased to announce The Beatitudes Society's 2013 Brave Preacher Award goes to the Rev. Carrie Smith, Senior Pastor at Bethany Lutheran Church, Crystal Lake, Illinois.

March 08, 2013

Anne Howard: A Word in Time: Prodigal Welcome (Luke 15)

The Rev. Anne Sutherland Howard (TEC)

The Prodigal Son—we know this story. This may be one of the most well-known stories of the Bible, even among people who’ve never read the Bible and never been inside a church. We’ve given this portion of Luke’s gospel a title that’s become part of our cultural lore and an expression of speech: the prodigal son. So when we hear it again, we might not listen.

February 26, 2013

Anne Howard: Hold the Tension (Luke 13)

The Rev. Anne Sutherland Howard (TEC)

I like neat and tidy cause-and-effect. When something goes wrong, I want to know why, and I want to fix it. I want to isolate what went wrong, change what needs changing, and make it better, just as quickly as I can. So I don’t much like this odd parable of the fruitless fig tree coming up for this next Sunday, the 3rd Sunday of Lent.

February 22, 2013

Anne Howard: Our Mother Hen God: Lent and Luke 13

The Rev. Anne Sutherland Howard (TEC)

It’s Oscar Sunday coming up this week, and Luke could get a nod for Best Original Screenplay: he moves the Jesus story forward in a relentless march to Jerusalem and the cross. He’s got a story with some great metaphors about foxes and chickens, and it’s all colored with an undertone of danger to come. But there’s more to the story in Luke 13 than high drama.

February 13, 2013

Anne Howard: Knowing Better

The Rev. Anne Sutherland Howard (TEC)

A wipe across the mirror is one practice, one step, in answer to the invitation of Lent, the invitation that is at the heart of the Christian life: transformation.

February 06, 2013

Anne Howard: Fierce Love, Healing Work

The Rev. Anne Sutherland Howard (TEC)

Luke’s story of the Transfiguration (Luke 9) for this next Sunday makes it clear that the mountain high doesn’t last, and there is plenty of work to do down on the flatlands. Luke shows Jesus engaged in that healing work the very next day after the men come down from the mountaintop. Jesus takes the light to the place of need.

March 26, 2010

The Rev. Anne Sutherland Howard: The Chutzpah of Mary Magdalene

The Rev. Anne Sutherland Howard (TEC)

Beatitudes Society executive director the Rev. Anne Sutherland Howard encourages churches to follow the example of Mary Magdalen this Easter--and show a little chutzpah when it comes to proclaiming social justice.

The Rev. Anne Howard (Part 2) - Day1 Conversations with Peter Wallace

The Rev. Anne Sutherland Howard (TEC)

The Rev. Anne Sutherland Howard sits down with Day1 host Peter Wallace to discuss the work of bringing social justice issues to the forefront of the modern church. Director of the Beatitudes Society, Rev. Howard explains why and how the issues of poverty, hunger and the environment are matters for the Christian faith.

The Rev. Anne Howard (Part 1) - Day1 Conversations with Peter Wallace

The Rev. Anne Sutherland Howard (TEC)

The Rev. Anne Sutherland Howard talks with Day1 host Peter Wallace about the work of the Beatitudes Society and their programs to encourage and equip church leaders in the pursuit of justice, peace, and equality.

January 17, 2010

Finding Wild Space

The Rev. Anne Sutherland Howard (TEC)

The Rev. Anne Sutherland Howard draws from Jesus' first recorded miracle at the wedding at Cana to help us discover the wild space within us--and live into the radical calling of Christ.