On Wednesday, I wrote a letter to the Chabad of Flagstaff offering my prayers and support after their new building was vandalized this week. In that letter, I said in part: “Anti-Semitism has no place in this world. Hatred of any people, group, or religion has no place in this world. As faithful people of …
Last week, I attended my first House of Bishops meeting at the Kanuga conference center in North Carolina. It was a fascinating week of being embraced by new colleagues, and spending time together in prayer, song, learning, and discernment. Highlights included joining the “bishops’ choir” to help lead music for our daily Eucharist and sitting …
I know it’s Lent, but I think I can give myself dispensation to say on behalf of our diocese: “Hallelujah”! I am writing from Kanuga, where I am attending the House of Bishops, a bi-annual gathering of all my new colleagues in the Episcopal Church. The whirlwind of the consecration weekend has paused to allow me …