The Bishop's Blog

My last scrapbook from the busy last couple of days of General Convention in Louisville — old friends and new!

Is Israel’s brutal counterinsurgency in Gaza an act of genocide? Is Israel an apartheid state? It depends on whom you ask and where they stand. This week in Louisville, at the 81st General...

Merciful God, saying the name of Breonna Taylor, young people committed to the cause of reducing gun violence in the United States were our preachers Thursday at a midday ceremony during the 81st...

Gracious God, amid the work of convention and the joy of conventioneer fellowship, increase our prayerful mindfulness about our hosts and temporary neighbors and their storied history — racial...

My scrapbook from Wednesday at the 81st General Convention in Louisville comprises San Diego Bishop Susan Brown Snook’s photo of our new presiding bishop-elect, Sean Rowe, at Christ Church...

Gracious God, by your spirit of truth, guide the House of Bishops in their discernment as they elect our next presiding bishop today, and guide the House of Deputies as they consent. Through Jesus...

My scrapbook from day three of the 81st General Convention of The Episcopal Church in Louisville, including the formal nomination of our five candidates for Presiding Bishop, meeting with the Taiwan...

Mighty God, the dome of your creation grew suddenly darker this afternoon in Louisville and unleashed a summer deluge that Kentuckians took in stride but southern Californians reckoned as strange...

My scrapbook from day two of General Convention in Louisville, including a portrait of Canon Kathy, attending the joint session on the budget, Los Angeles’s mighty footprint, honoring a giant of...

Gracious God, by your grace you call us into the unity of Christ from our differing backgrounds and experiences. We offer you thanks for the deputation and other friends from the Episcopal Diocese...

My scrapbook from the first business day of General Convention in Louisville, beginning with breakfast and some conversation about the art of the possible with Canons Iyad Qumri and Kathy Hannigan...

Gracious God, as #GC81 gets officially underway, inspired by the saints before us and enlivened by the saints around us, may we keep the eyes of our hearts fixed on the saints who deserve to inherit...