Consecration of Mark M. Beckwith, Bishop of Newark

Well, is it going to be go or stay?  There is some real tension in these readings.  Jesus tells the disciples to “stay here in the city until you are clothed with power from on high “and Martin Luther King insists that “I am compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my particular hometown.” […]

Presiding Bishop affirms Church’s ‘fiduciary and moral duty’ to preserve property

Following the Diocese of Virginia’s January 18 action authorizing Bishop Peter James Lee to “recover or secure” property of 11 congregations in which a majority of members and leaders have left the Episcopal Church, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has underscored the Church’s ongoing commitments to its mission of reconciliation, and a “fiduciary and moral duty” to preserve property for current and future ministries.

Feast of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Evangelistic listening

One of the significant challenges in our life as a church has to do with reaching out to the unchurched. I come from a part of the country where few people are active in religious communities, and the culture is quite clearly non-Christian. That makes evangelism a rather different proposition than it is in communities […]

Sermon on Epiphany 1, Year C (BCP)

When was the last time someone called you ‘beloved’? I don’t know about you, but it’s not something I hear out loud very often. Most of us do get to hear, at least occasionally, someone say to us, “I love you.” But there’s something rather more remarkable about being called “beloved.” It’s even more intimate, […]

University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service

I applaud the focus of the Clinton School of Public Service on training and educating leaders for global service, and seeking equity for all. Those are great and noble aims. If leaders do not hold out a large and ambitious vision, little passion or ability to achieve it will develop. This school builds on a […]

In this season: light in the darkness

The Episcopal Church continues to focus on its mission of reconciling the world, particularly as it cares for the least, the lost, and the left out. We participate in God’s mission to heal the world as we feed the hungry, house the homeless, educate children, heal the sick, and seek to change the systems that perpetuate injustice.

Presiding Bishop’s Christmas message points to ‘God Among Us’

The Most Reverend Katharine Jefferts SchoriPresiding Bishop and PrimateThe Episcopal Church

Presiding Bishop comments on San Joaquin actions

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has offered the following response to actions of Bishop John-David Schofield and the Convention of the Fresno-based Diocese of San Joaquin. An ENS story reporting on the convention meeting, held December 1-2 with delegates participating from the diocese’s 48 congregations, will be posted later today.  Response to San Joaquin’s Convention […]

Shalom, my friends

Investiture 4 November 2006 National Cathedral Where is home for you? How would you define your home? A friend in Nevada said to me just before I left that he had thought I would only leave Nevada to go home, and in his mind, that meant Oregon. But in the six years I spent there, […]