The Bishop's Blog

Tom Ely’s friendship came into my life feeling like unmerited grace, precious and fleeting. At my first House of Bishops meeting the spring of 2018, he and a group of veterans found me assigned to...

O God, in the course of this busy life, give us times of refreshment and peace; and grant that we may so use our leisure to rebuild our bodies and renew our minds, that our spirits may be opened to...

My scrapbook from Dodger Night, when 1,200 Episcopalians and Lutherans formed an ecumenical united front on behalf of the Dodgers vs. the Diamondbacks. Go Jesus, go Blue! Thanks for organizing...

Stacy Woodward said she didn't get many date invitations in high school, at least until senior prom, and always wondered why. Then she found out that her brother, George, four years her senior, went...

Almighty God, we remember before you today your faithful servant George and beseech you to comfort all those who mourn, especially his sister, Stacy, and the people of St. Edmund's Episcopal Church...

God of all, we grieve the lives loss yesterday at Annunciation School in Minneapolis, especially the two children murdered during mass, and pray for the healing of those who were injured. Only by...

O Loving God, whose will it is that everyone should come to you and be saved: We bless your holy Name for your servants Thomas Gallaudet and Henry Winter Syle, and we pray that you will continually...

Almighty God, we entrust all who are dear to us to your never-failing care and love, for this life and the life to come, knowing that you are doing for them better things than we can desire or pray...

Grant, O merciful God, that your Church, being gathered together in unity by your Holy Spirit, may show forth your power among all peoples, to the glory of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord,...

Almighty and everlasting God, who gave to your apostle Bartholomew grace truly to believe and to preach your Word: Grant that your Church may love what he believed and preach what he taught; through...

Earlier in the month, I did what I’ve done almost every year for the last ten and took a six-day driving trip around the great southwest -- listening to music, stopping impulsively at roadside...

Look with mercy, O God, on all persons who have become ill, weak, distressed, or isolated. Provide for them homes of dignity and peace; give them understanding helpers, and the willingness to accept...