“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.” – …
Diocesan News
2023 Memorial Day Thoughts
by Deacon Michael Douglas, Vietnam Veteran “This is the day we pay homage to all those who didn’t come home. This is not Veterans Day, it’s not a celebration, it …
Title 42… Again
“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, …
Hydrogen: God’s gift to planet Earth
by David Spence, MD Electric vehicles are flooding the market these days. For those of us who take the threat of climate change seriously as part of our Christian responsibility …
The Making of Kings and Queens
As the branch of the Anglican Communion in the United States, the Episcopal Church has a mixed identity with the English church, and Great Britain more generally: are we rebels …
A Veteran Ministry Call to Action!
Calling parishes & volunteers to assist with the “Feed the Vets” Ministry at the new US Vets Housing Center in Phoenix! In late May 2023, the US Vets Center Grand …
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, …
Learning to See the Earth Through God’s Eyes
By The Rev. Canon Pam Hyde I was seven years old, living on the suburban/rural fringe east of Cleveland, on June 22, 1969, when the Cuyahoga River in downtown Cleveland …
The Rev. Rosa Brown Retirement
The Rev. Rosa Brown is retiring from her ministry at Iglesia Santa Maria and Trinity Cathedral on Sunday, April 30, 2023. Rev. Brown began her ordained ministry in the Anglican …