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Of Infinite Value and Worth

Beloved in Christ, Last Wednesday, the House of Bishops gathered at Christ Church Cathedral in Louisville to elect the 28th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. I have never voted in a dioce...

Into God's Very Heart

Beloved in Christ, I am writing to you from the 81st General Convention of the Episcopal Church in Louisville, Kentucky. It is a gift and privilege to take my share in these councils, carrying al...

Fully Possessed by the Loving Gaze of God

Beloved in Christ,One of the poems I come back to over and over again is Gift by Czeslow Milosz. The poet is describing an experience of utter joy and freedom in an ordinary moment. There is...

On Our Own Terms

Beloved in Christ,The mystery of the Incarnation is that God meets us on our own terms, in all the uniqueness and particularity of our identities. God meets and embraces us as we are, in order to fold...

Be With Jesus, Become Like Jesus, Do As Jesus Did

Beloved in Christ,The church has one purpose and one core task. Our purpose is to join God’s project to heal the world with love. Our core task is to make disciples of Jesus, whom we believe is the ...

Baseball!

Beloved in Christ,Tonight is the annual Episcopal Night at the Minnesota Twins. I look forward to seeing many of you, and enjoying an evening of simply being together as Minnesota Episcopalians. ...

Shed Abroad the Gift of the Spirit

Beloved in Christ,This last Sunday, we celebrated Pentecost, when God’s wild, reckless, uncontainable love set the early church on fire, igniting in the first Christians a singular passion to fold t...

Sowing Small Seeds

Beloved in Christ,Before becoming bishop, one of my roles was serving as the chaplain of a small school in Omaha. I loved everything about it. Teachers and administrators in schools of all kinds work ...

What Shall We Sow?

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” &nbsp...

Guideposts on the Way of Love

Beloved in Christ,Whenever I fly, I engage the spiritual discipline of preparing myself to be maximally inconvenienced. Flights often involve delays. People are anxious, in a hurry, and often rude and...

What Are We For?

Beloved in Christ,Last night, I had a lovely dinner at a new-to-me restaurant. When I sat down, I was relieved to see a very small menu. I tend to find a menu that is several pages long paralyzing and...

Too Good to Be True

Beloved in Christ,This July will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the ordination of the first women as priests in the Episcopal Church. Of the eleven women who were ordained in 1974, two years before ...

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