The Bishop's Blog
The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 8-12-22
O God, who gave grace to your servant Florence Nightingale to bear your healing love into the shadow of death: Grant to all who heal the same virtues of patience, mercy, and steadfast love, that...
The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 8-11-22
Almighty God, giver of life and love, bless Michelle and Dan. Grant them wisdom and devotion in the ordering of their common life, that each may be to the other a strength in need, a counselor in...
The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 8-10-22
Almighty God, who has given us this good land for our heritage: We humbly beseech you that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of your favor and glad to do your will. Bless our land with...
The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 8-9-22
Pour out your grace upon thy church, O God; that, like your servant Edith Stein, we may always seek what is true, defend what is right, reprove what is evil, and forgive those who sin against us,...
The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 8-8-22
Almighty God, grant unto your people a hunger for your Word and an urgent longing to share your Gospel; that, like your servant Dominic, we might labor to bring the whole world to the knowledge and...
The Bishop’s Blog: A candlelit tour of Canterbury Cathedral
The most arresting sight in Canterbury Cathedral, especially at night, is a sculpture by Antony Gormley called “Transport.” It’s a little over six feet long, in the form of a human body, fashioned...
The Bishop’s Blog: Lambeth Conference – Being episcopal movers and shakers
As the 15th The Lambeth Conference comes to an end on Sunday, as much as I’ve enjoyed this mountaintop experience with sibling bishops around the world and The Episcopal Church, I occasionally found...
The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 8-6-22
O God, who on the holy mount revealed to chosen witnesses your well-beloved Son, wonderfully transfigured, in raiment white and glistening: Mercifully grant that we, being delivered from the...
The Bishop’s Blog: Lambeth Conference Day 11
My The Lambeth Conference album for Friday. When Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry finally hit the stage to introduce a keynote speaker (he was part of the team working on the all-important issue of...
The Bishop’s Blog: Lambeth Bible study – unpacking 1 Peter
Bible teaching and study are at the heart of The Lambeth Conference, and most mornings, it’s Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby getting us started, unpacking 1 Peter chapter by chapter. Our theme...
The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 8-5-22
Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out your arms of love on the hard wood of the cross that everyone might come within the reach of your saving embrace: So clothe us in your Spirit that we, reaching...
The Bishop’s Blog: Indigenous bead crosses at Lambeth
In Tuesday's plenary session on reconciliation during the 15th The Lambeth Conference, when we saw a photograph of Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby during his visit to Canada in May, a few of...