The Bishop's Blog

O God, whose glory fills the whole creation, and whose presence we find wherever we go: Preserve all those who travel in these last days of summer; surround them with your loving care; protect them...

Lord of all power and might, the author and giver of all good things: Graft in our hearts the love of your Name; increase in us true religion; nourish us with all goodness; and bring forth in us the...

Almighty God, we remember before you this day the blessed martyrs of New Guinea, who, following the example of their Savior, laid down their lives for their friends, and we pray that we who honor...

Almighty God, you have so linked our lives one with another that all we do affects, for good or ill, all other lives: So guide us in the work we do, that we may do it not for self alone, but for the...

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...