Call the Midwife has been one of my favorite TV shows since its premiere. It is set in 1960s London, and the main characters are midwives and nuns living in Nonnatus …
Diocesan News
The Bishop’s E-pistle: What Would Jesus Do?
John 15:13: No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. I have been heartbroken the past two weeks at the stories of students who …
The Bishop’s E-pistle: Send a Child to Camp!
I spent 24 hours last week at our beautiful diocesan camp, Chapel Rock. More than 13,000 people per year attend programs at Chapel Rock, including year-round science programs for children, …
The Bishop’s E-pistle: Alleluia, Christ is Risen!
It was fascinating to experience Holy Week and Easter as a bishop for the first time. It brought home to me how little of parish priesthood is the actual liturgies …
The Bishop’s E-pistle: Loving Our Neighbors, Knowing Our History
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 …
The Bishop’s E-pistle: Bishops at the Table
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 …
The Bishop’s E-pistle: Abundant Thankfulness
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 …