Katharine Jefferts Schori
Los Angeles Diocesan Convention, Faith & Our Future
Our country is consumed with transition right now – who’s going to get what position in the cabinet, who are the players going to be in this next administration? And it’s not just Americans who are watching. The surprising thing about this election has been the degree of international interest – the world has been […]
A remarkable gift
Advent is just beginning — how and to what will you dedicate your Advent time this year? In some years, the world around us is full-bore into shopping, decorating and partying by now. Given the world's financial crisis, this year just might be a bit more restrained. Count that as a blessing, and make some […]
Presiding Bishop issues letter for World AIDS Day 2008
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: The first day of December is marked as World AIDS Day, and has been observed since 1988. Episcopalians join billions of people around the world to remember the devastation caused by the AIDS pandemic over the past generation, and to recommit to ensuring a future without AIDS for generations […]
300 Year Anniversary of St. Andrew Episcopal Church, Staten Island
It’s an honor and a privilege to be with you for this celebration of 300 years of faithful witness on this island. As I travel around this Church I am continually amazed and delighted to discover the ways in which we are all connected. Last night I found some more of those connections. Your warmth […]
Giving Thanks at Episcopal High School in Houston, TX
I am grateful to God when I remember you in my prayers (2Tim 1:3). Whoever wrote this letter to Timothy, it echoes the sentiments of many in this room. The grandparents and other interested adults here pray for you students continually. You are well-loved, and God is thanked for you, not just at Thanksgiving, but […]
Sermon for Haiti
Greetings. There is an old rabbinical story that goes like this: when a person comes to die, Moses meets him or her and asks, “did you enjoy everything that God gave you to enjoy?” That story grows out of the same tradition as the story that Jesus tells in this morning’s gospel. Jesus’ story is […]
Sermon at Western North Carolina’s Diocesan Convention
Your convention is focused on new visions and bold possibilities. I only have hints about your dreams, but I do know that what keeps most people and church bodies from realizing their dreams, or taking their part in dreaming God’s great dream, is fear. When we can’t imagine the possibility, or when we cannot get […]
Sermon for St. Mary's Church in Tampa, Florida
Are you ready? Have you done your Christmas shopping yet? Do you have a survival kit for the next hurricane or power outage? Do you have enough life insurance for your family to get by? Or, as our proverbial mothers would insist, did you put on clean underwear, just in case you’re in a traffic […]
Sermon for Clergy Gathering in Diocese of Southwest Florida
I get lots of mail – most of it unsolicited. People send me books, people send me complaints about various things, and people send me advice. Once in a while somebody even writes to say, “thank you.” I try to treat the day’s package of mail in the ways Jesus suggests to the 70, and […]
Sermon for National Association of Episcopal Schools in Tampa, Florida
Did you hear Zechariahâs words? âThus says the Lord of hosts: Old men and old women shall again sit in the streets of Jerusalem⦠And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.â Are the streets of your city filled with elders sunning themselves on benches, watching […]