O Lord, strong and mighty, Lord of hosts and King of glory: Cleanse our hearts from sin, keep our hands pure, and turn our minds from what is passing away; so that at the last we may stand in your holy place and receive your blessing; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
(Photos: My scrapbook from the first day of the spring House of Bishops meeting, at Cape McDowell in Alabama, where we are discerning how to stand in God’s holy place. My table mates until the next General Convention: the Rt. Revs. Austin K. Rios of California, Gayle Harris of Virginia, Mariann Edgar Budde of Washington, and, not yet among us, Matthew Heyd of New York.)
