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Our Journey Together

Beloved in Christ, I became your bishop exactly one year ago this week. The year has passed so much more quickly than I thought it would, and at the same time, June of 2020 already seems like ...

Rest is Sacred

Beloved in Christ, This past weekend, I was able to unplug and spent a wonderful few days resting, spending time with my family, and watching lots of baseball. I'm returning today with the fresh...

Racial Justice & Healing Next Steps

Beloved, Yesterday we commemorated the death of George Floyd and the past year of renewed calls for true racial reconciliation. Together with Episcopalians from around the country, we prayed and sa...

Regathering from Every Nation Under Heaven

Beloved in Christ, This past Sunday, many of our faith communities gathered in person for the first time in more than a year to celebrate the feast of Pentecost. As I celebrated in Litchfield an...

Negotiating Risk with Love

Beloved in Christ, As I wrote to you over the weekend, it has become clear that these late stages of the pandemic will involve considerable complexity as we receive new guidance from experts, ...

Tethered to Heaven

Beloved in Christ, This Thursday, May 13, is the feast of the Ascension. It is an often overlooked feast, despite the fact that it is one of the principal holy days of the church year. When I was a...

The First Order of Ministry

Beloved in Christ, The catechism at the back of the Book of Common Prayer reminds us that "the ministers of the Church are lay persons, bishops, priests, and deacons" (pg 855). It is no accident th...

Good Shepherd Sunday

“Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action.” This past Tuesday evening, just a few hours after the verdict was read in the trial of Derek Chauvin, a big bunch...

Breathe in Spirit

Beloved in Christ, Along with many of you and our neighbors around the nation and the world, I'm finding myself holding my breath today as we await the verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin. ...

God, Come Down

Beloved in Christ, Yesterday morning I wept as I gathered with Healing Our City’s virtual prayer tent and listened to Imam Rami Nashahibi reflect on the tender, motherly, inexhaustible ...

Alleluia! Christ is Risen!

One of my favorite children’s books is “Beyond the Pond,” by Joseph Kuefler. It tells the story of a young boy who is facing the universal childhood problem of being bored. He has a very ordinar...

Joining the Procession of Love

Beloved in Christ, On Palm Sunday, two processions entered the holy city of Jerusalem. From the west, Pontius Pilate was coming with all the pomp, pageantry, and military might of the world’s mos...

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