by The Rev. Pam Hyde, Canon for Creation Care Did you know that there are twenty-four National Park units in Arizona…and you can get into them all for free on Saturday, April 22nd? That Saturday is the first day of National Park Week across the country this year, and the National Park Service is celebrating …
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 commentary I heard from friends about his selection of scripture, hymns, music, and poetry was just so beautiful and theologically sound. Here was the proclamation …
“God Brings Water to a Thirsty People” By The Venerable Amy Bryan, Archdeacon This last weekend I had the privilege of gathering with many of the deacons around the diocese for refreshment and renewal, and to discern how we, as deacons, can respond in new ways to the changing needs of a hurting world. As …
There was much excitement Sunday, March 5th at Church of the Nativity in north Scottsdale, as they held their Outreach Ministry Fair and celebrated starting their new Veteran Ministry. Fr. Scott McComas, Rector at Nativity feels strongly about supporting & honoring our veterans in the community & knows the value of having a veteran …
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 were ordained on July 29, 1974, at the Church of the Advocate in Philadelphia, two years before the Episcopal Church officially permitted the ordination of …
By Dr. Angel Wang In the book of Genesis, Adam and Eve were given charge over Creation as “dominion” or “stewardship”. Could a third, rarely recognized interpretation be “partnership”? Harvard philosopher Christine Korsgaard, in her book Fellow Creatures: Our Obligations to the Other Animals, makes the case that humans are not inherently more important than animals and …
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 in this missionary diocese are often not paid due to lack of funds, and having put out the call to the Diocese of Arizona, many …
Are you aware that as Arizonans we have the opportunity to make known our position on the various bills that are being considered by our State legislature by simply going online using the Request to Speak (RTS) system? Legislators have indicated that they read and remember RTS comments and registering your Bill Position can help …
“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 to dust. There is also a lot of dust blowing in the strong winds. Dust getting everywhere–blowing into homes, and cars, and ears, and eyes. …
I was honored to be invited by Representative Oscar de los Santos to give the invocation at the beginning of today’s legislative session of the Arizona House of Representatives. Please join me in praying for our legislators and their staff. Here are the words I prayed: God, grant your grace to this session of the …
By The Rev. Canon Pam Hyde “Is creation care really something that we need to pay attention to in church?” As I talk to people in our churches in the diocese, I’ve heard this question a couple of times. But more often I’ve heard people indirectly question the importance of caring for God’s creation in …
As I write this week’s Epistle, Tyre Nichols is being laid to rest in Memphis. I don’t know that I have more relevant words to share on his death than those of Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and Bishop Phoebe Roaf of West Tennessee. Presiding Bishop Curry’s statement is here, and Bishop Roaf’s is here. I …