The Bishop’s Blog

The witness of the Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde
You never know what you’ll hear during worship. I think about that day in the synagogue in Nazareth. Folks probably hadn’t been expecting anything...

Daily prayer: To answer readily
Give us grace, O Lord, to answer readily the call of our Savior Jesus Christ and proclaim to all people the Good News of his salvation, that we and...

Daily prayer: A Holy Saturday between loss and rebuilding
Holy and ever-present God, during Holy Week, on Holy Saturday, followers of Jesus Christ sometimes experience a sensation between Easter exultation...

Hope in the aftermath of the Eaton Fire
Even as skies lowered, promising rain and threatening mudslides, hope arose this holy Saturday in the aftermath of the Eaton fire. In conjunction...

Caring for everyone amid catastrophe
With all that’s been going on, I felt a little more worried than usual when Kathy left Friday for a couple of days on grandma duty in San Diego....