Author: Br. Karekin M. Yarian, BSG

Br. Karekin Yarian, BSG lives in San Francisco, providing a ministry of spiritual direction to local clergy and laity across a variety of denominations. He is an author, poet, and social activist in addition to his involvement in Sacred Space SF, an outreach ministry in the Castro’s LGBT* community. He also works for San Francisco Night Ministry, and is the Brother Protector for a religious community in formation — The Companions of Dorothy the Worker — an ecumenical order founded to serve the queer community, and named for Dorothy Day. His book In Love and Service Bound chronicles the first forty years of the Brotherhood. His parish is Saint John the Evangelist, where he is an occasional preacher. He lives with his husband, Anthony, and their two dogs, and is the subject of the award-winning documentary film Changing Habits directed by Sarah Needham. He is known on social media as PunkMonk, San Francisco.

A Love Letter to God

January 2, 2017January 21, 2017Br. Karekin M. Yarian, BSGLeave a Comment

I’ve searched for you among the solemn echoes, the whisperings of yesterday, tomorrow’s hope; looked to find my own more glorious self among the pages of unwritten hours, reflected back in rhythms and designs, in the patterns and the myths of ancient folk. I sought my true beloved in the city, where I rose up […]