Katharine Jefferts Schori
Episcopal Presiding Bishop's statement on refugees
The children of Abraham have ever been reminded to care for the widow and orphan and the sojourner in their midst, who were the refugees and homeless of the time. Jesus charged his followers to care for the least of these and proclaim the near presence of the Reign of God – in other words, […]
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop’s Advent Message
Noting that the season of Advent is “a time of waiting, but it is not a time to sit around and wait for someone to do something,” Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori urged all to take this time and reach out to families and to strangers. The Presiding Bishop’s video Advent message, […]
Katharine Jefferts Schori ~ Biography
Katharine Jefferts Schori was elected Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in June 2006. She serves as chief pastor and primate to the Episcopal Church’s members in 17 countries, 109 dioceses and three regional areas. She joins with other principal bishops of the 38-member Provinces of the worldwide Anglican Communion, seeking a common cause for […]
Washinton & Jefferson Baccalaureate Address
We must begin by giving thanks for the support of your families through these years. We give thanks for the years you graduates have spent here, for what you have learned and the myriad new experiences you have had, for the relationships you have built with other students and faculty and staff. If this community […]
Presiding Bishop’s keynote address
Episcopalians have a prayer that names “this fragile earth, our island home.”[1] We’ve been praying it for nearly 40 years, yet many are only beginning to awaken to our wanton abuse of this planet. We profess that God has planted us in a garden to care for it and for all its inhabitants, yet we […]
All Saints Sermon
There’s a beautiful place in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada called Angels Camp. It’s an old gold rush town Mark Twain wrote about, in a story that made him famous.[1] Angels Camp is the site of exquisite scenery in Calaveras County and home of Twain’s jumping frogs. Miners and prospectors built the town, and […]
Sermon – Western Kansas Diocesan Convention
Ignatius was a martyr. He didn’t just die for his faith, he agitated for martyrdom. When he heard the Roman emperor Trajan was nearby, he went and stood in front of him and publicly proclaimed himself a Christian. Since being a Christian was a crime against the state – essentially treason – the emperor did […]
Sermon – Trinity, Washington, DC
Happy anniversary and welcome home! This celebration seems to have been as big an organizational problem and every bit as complex as a society wedding. A whole lot of guests have been invited, and I think almost every single one showed up at the feast on Friday night. There were no empty seats to be […]
Acolyte Festival
Have you ever had something go wrong during worship? The day after I was ordained a deacon the bishop came for a visitation. It was my job to read the gospel. We took the gospel book down the aisle, opened it, and I started to read, “The Holy Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ, according […]
Sermon – St. James, Diocese of Chicago
I’ve been at two of TEC’s seminaries this past week, and both of them are embroiled in significant conflict, mostly related to financial challenges, changing realities in the world around us, and what their vision for the future is going to be. This congregation has never had any controversies about such things, have you? Human […]