The Bishop's Blog

Imagine sitting with a colleague and her 85-year-old mother and brother in their family’s favorite seafood restaurant. A couple of blocks down the street is the vocational high school where her late...

Gracious God, who called your servant Thérèse to a life of fervent prayer: Give to us that spirit of prayer and zeal for the ministry of the Gospel, that the love of Christ may be known throughout...

My colleagues Fennie Hsin-Fen Chang, Katherine Feng, Thomas Ni, and I came to visit the Episcopal Diocese of Taiwan’s missions and parishes (among us, we reached 11 of 15) and flesh out our new...

Gracious and merciful God, we lift our prayers for all those affected by Hurricane Helene's devastation, from the Gulf Coast to Tennessee. We pray especially for the injured and relief workers and...

O God, you declare your almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity: Grant us the fullness of your grace, that we, running to obtain your promises, may become partakers of your heavenly...

When students raised the Taiwan flag Friday morning at St. James’ Episcopal Church’s kindergarten’s start-of-school ceremony in Taichung, with their proud parents watching through the front gates,...

Gracious and merciful God, we lift our prayers for all those affected by Hurricane Helene's devastation, from the Gulf Coast to Tennessee. We pray especially for the injured and relief workers and...

Notwithstanding the careful work of Cold War-era diplomats, history has not yet decided for all time if the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan are two Chinas or one. But there is definitely just...

Gracious God, you see your children growing up in an unsteady and confusing world: Show them that your ways give more life than the ways of the world, and that following you is better than chasing...

Direct us, O Lord, in all our doings with thy most gracious favor, and further us with thy continual help; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy Name,...

Be our light in the darkness, O Lord, and in your great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of your only Son, our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. — Book of Common...

Good Shepherd Church Taiwan occupies what was once a private home, described as a traditional farmhouse with a U shape, the buildings enclosing a central courtyard. Church members say it’s like...