Last week the Episcopal Church’s Executive Council voted to choose Phoenix as the host city of the 2027 General Convention of the Episcopal Church. This is exciting news for our …
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Juneteenth – A Commemoration for All Christians
By The Rev. Canon Bruce A. Jackson – Canon for Black Ministry In 2021, President Joe Biden signed into law a proclamation making June 19 a federal holiday that has …
Trinity Sunday Reflections
“So there is one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three Sons; one Holy Ghost, not three Holy Ghosts. And in this, Trinity is none afore or after other; …
Gun Violence
“A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.” – …
Gratitude
I’ve been listening to Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants while driving around our diocese. I just got to the chapter called …
Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan
by The Rev. Anderia Arok Lual On April 15, 2023, armed clashes erupted between the Sudan Army forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in heavily populated parts of Khartoum, …
The Resurrected Jesus and His Mother
At our diocesan staff Bible study today, we read next Sunday’s Gospel about the appearance of Jesus to the Disciples, and especially to Thomas. But we got off on an …
Walking with Jesus in Jerusalem
Once again we begin our walk through the great Three Days: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter. This year has seen many oft-postponed groups of pilgrims from Arizona (and elsewhere) …
I am Resurrection and I am Life
The funeral of retired Presiding Bishop Frank T. Griswold was live-streamed on Saturday; I only was able to see a portion of the service, but what I experienced, and the …
The Philadelphia Eleven
Last fall, I was privileged to attend an online private screening of The Philadelphia Eleven, a new documentary about the first women-ordained priests in the Episcopal Church. Those eleven women …
Pilgrimage to Kenya
Most of you are aware that I formed a friendship with a Kenyan bishop, John Oringa, at the Lambeth Conference last summer. In our conversations, he indicated that his clergy …
Dust
“Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” All over our diocese today, we are saying and hearing those words. Remember. You are dust. You shall return …