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Charlotte Johnson
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Episcopal priest, spiritual director, reader, knitter, and lover of mapless travel. She/her.

www.revcharlottejohnson.com is my spiritual direction site.
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Well, it didn't yet! But here's Bishop Paula Clark's visitation last Sunday!
A deacon, bishop, and priest, all in white and gold vestments, stand in front of the chancel of a church.
October 31, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Ready for the first service back in the church!⚓️
The chancel, or altar area, of a newly renovated Episcopal church.
October 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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⚓️The baptismal font that was used in 1911 when Dorothy Day was baptized has been brought back into the church. I rather like its placement right in front of the new ramp that allows easier access to our chancel.
A white stone baptismal font stands next to a Paschal candle and in front of a wooden ramp and stained glass windows
October 12, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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This is a gorgeous church
Hand-stitched kneelers are piled up in church pews A Tiffany (style?) window hangers beteeen two pleasing, more geometric design-filled stained glass windows A Tiffany-style window depicting Mary with child
September 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Just a couple more weeks!
The front of a stone church with a newly painted red door Photo shows the not-yet-finished chancel of a church. The altar, stained glass, and carpet are missing The eastern side of the church has warm wood and terracotta walls with stained glass windows
September 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Why I moved to Chicago-- yet another reason: free good music, less than 2 miles from my house. (Chicago Jazz Fest)
Photo shows a diverse crowd of people sitting on the lawn or on chairs, listening to music at the Pritzker pavilion. Skyscrapers rise behind the stage against a clear blue sky.
August 31, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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At Chicago's Federal Building, a diverse group of clergy and other faith leaders gathered to pray, sing, and call on Trump to keep troops away from our city. We don't need them. We need $ for education, healthcare, housing.Thanks to Live Free Chicago for organizing and leading us!⚓️ #Chicago
A diverse crowd of clergy from around Chicago praying and singing outside the Federal Building.
August 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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In a little over a month, we'll have our first Sunday back in the church, which today looks like this.
Taken from the back of the church, the photo shows old wooden pews filled with boxes, greenery, plastic sheeting, and random stuff. Oh, and so much dust! A big construction tub for trash sits in the foreground. The photo shows some of west side of the nave, with its beautiful stained glass windows and intricate carved wood panels on the walls. The dusty pews are filled with kneelers, furniture, boxes, etc. And an uncovered grand piano, also dusty....
August 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Giving the world the side-eye
A small dog with a black back and a sweet brown face and forelegs is lying in green grass. He's looking over his left shoulder at something and his left ear is lying along the back of his neck out of view. His right ear is in a normal, relaxed position with the tip hanging forward.
July 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Gathering to honor labor organizers, workers, and those who support them in their struggle. Thanks Arise Chicago!
Photo shows the Faith Leaders’ table with Arise Chicago’s materials and a room full of workers, organizers, faith leaders, city leaders, and supporters.
June 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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After some intense thunder and lightning, the sky cleared up for our evening walk. I am so blessed to live here!
The photo shows a cityscape against a cloudy dusky sky. The park in the foreground has brilliant green grasses and a still-as-glass pond, which reflects the city buildings.
June 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Wedged between me and couch, Louie loves having his face squished.
A long-nosed brown-faced dog with strange floppy ears lies wedged between his person’s hip and the back of the gray couch. He’s propped his face up on a yellow teddy bear to increase the squish factor.
April 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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It’s spring here!
A closeup of a cactus with white spines covered with many, many bright red-orange flowers with yellow centers
April 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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I’m visiting family near Redlands, CA this week and it’s the first time I’ve been down here in years. Today we drove out to Joshua Tree NP. The unique and wild beauty of this landscape sparks my imagination. The stubborn insistence of desert life to keep going in an extreme climate inspires me.
A joshua tree in bloom stands in front of a tall hill of boulders against a deep blue sky. A massive smooth curved rock stands against a deep blue sky in a desert landscape. Joshua Trees, cholla cacti, and low-to-the-ground desert plants are spread across the sandy ground.
April 11, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Marching with about 30,000 other people on a damp, chilly day was the most life-giving thing I could have done today.
Thanks, Chicago!
Marchers in the street walking towards Chicago’s historic Board of Trade building during April 5, 2025 Hands Off rally and march
April 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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A month from now, I’ll begin my ministry as rector of the church where Dorothy Day was baptized and confirmed. When I interviewed, they showed me an icon of her and told me she’d been there, but it felt like a throwaway fact and I didn’t follow up. ⚓️
The baptism and confirmation register pages from Church of our Saviour (Chicago), showing Dorothy Day’s baptism (3/12/11) and confirmation (3/18/11?).
March 26, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Little by little, Louie and I are making this new place our home. He’s already determined his favorite long walking routes and I’m finding homes for all the random things I boxed up ten years ago and never unpacked because my rentals were just temporary.
A brown faced beagle-mix dog stares at the camera. He is mostly covered by an orange blanket, snuggled up on a couch in a room with an upended ottoman and pillows and blankets all over.
March 24, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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The light is different here.
A darkened silhouette of a meadow landscape against a setting sun in a dusky sky. Two trees are lit from the sun setting behind them against a dusky sky. One tree’s golden leaves catch the light.
November 4, 2023 at 12:58 AM
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There are things I miss from my CA life
The photo shows the morning sun lighting up the side of a small, simple mission-style chapel
November 3, 2023 at 6:58 PM