Katharine Jefferts Schori
Sermon at the Annual Council for the Diocese of Southern Virginia
One of the many fascinating conversations I had at the primates meeting in Egypt recently involved the archbishops of Burundi and Tanzania. I think the primate of the Indian Ocean was also sitting at the dinner table with us. All three of them are in contexts with a significant Muslim presence. We were talking about […]
Sermon for Day One, Epiphany 5B
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Sermon at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Fort Worth
I’ve just come back from in Egypt and a meeting of the primates of the Anglican Communion. Those are the archbishops and presiding bishops of the 38 national (and international) churches that make up the Anglican Communion. One of the most intriguing conversations I had at the primates meeting happened in a Bible study. An […]
Fort Worth Organizing Convention
I was out running in Stockton last Friday, along the river early in the morning. The bike path I was on was up above the river on a levee, along an old railroad grade, that let you see the road down below and the yards and parking lots across the way. I passed a school […]
Chance to engage
I want to share with you some of the challenges and joys I experienced in a recent visit to the Diocese of Mississippi. Mississippi's Gulf Coast still is recovering from the massive storms of August 2005. Churches are beginning to rebuild, but housing still lags far behind the need. Episcopal Relief and Development has been […]
Baptismal Waters
My husband and I have had a little cabin up in the mountains of Oregon for nearly 20 years. It sits on a creek that becomes a small river in the snow melt of summer. We see lots of wildlife, and in some years the local beaver population explodes. We've lost a lot of trees […]
25th anniversary of Leo Frade's consecration
Well, it's been quite a week, hasn't it? I didn't get to go to Washington for the inauguration, but I was there for the prayer service the next day. The prayers of this last week reached out to and included almost everyone. I found it amusing that lots of people found something to be irritated […]
Sermon at Holy Trinity in West Palm Beach, Florida
There's an old story about a congregation not unlike this one who has to paint its church building. They have a really hard time keeping it painted, because the weather's so harsh. But they raise the necessary funds, put out bids, and hire somebody to put the paint on, and wait to see the result. […]
Presiding Bishop's statement on Inauguration Day
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori offers the following statement on the inauguration of Barack Obama as President of the United States: As Episcopalians, we pray for the President of the United States each time we gather for worship. In the years ahead, we will continue to pray for President Barack Obama, for his wise and […]
Sermon at St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Jackson, MS
What have you heard this morning? “Hurry up!” “Where are the car keys?” “Sshh!” “It’s good to see you.” Or maybe you’ve heard babies crying, beautiful music, the rustling in the pew near you. Did you hear God’s voice? For those with ears to hear, God was speaking in all those encounters. What have you […]