The Bishop’s Blog

The promise and reality of heaven
Since Kathy and I don't live with other members of our family, Holy Week, Easter, and Christmas end up embodying both the promise and reality of...

Easter message
I join Bishops Brookhart, Gomes, and Little and Canon McCarthy in extending greetings and blessings for Easter Day and Eastertide. Whatever troubles...

Daily prayer: to receive Sacrament thankfully
Almighty God, whose dear Son, on the night before he suffered, instituted the Sacrament of his Body and Blood: Mercifully grant that we may receive...

Daily prayer: To joyfully accept suffering
Lord God, whose blessed Son our Savior gave his body to be whipped and his face to be spit upon: Give us grace to accept joyfully the sufferings of...

Clergy Renewal of Vows
Sharing the honors perhaps just once more at renewal of vows, Canon McCarthy and I join Bishops Brookhart, Gomes, and Little and Dean Sawyer and her...