How’s your Lent been this year?  Some people think you’re supposed to give up…

English “Easter celebrates the victory of light and life over darkness and death,” Episcopal…

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori delivered the following sermon during the opening Eucharist of…

English Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori presents a challenge in her Lent…

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori preaching Jan. 26 at Grace Episcopal Church in Charleston,…

Happy Anniversary to the oldest church in this diocese, and the second oldest in…

Grace Church, Jamaica, NY (Long Island) 310th anniversary celebration 20 January 2013 The Most…

[Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs] “God is with us, God is here, God…

Several years ago, I visited a congregation in western Kentucky, where the teen-aged boys…

I bring you glad tidings of great joy!  A child is born, a prince…

             What are the latest disasters on your mind? …

             Be alert!  To which kids often add… “the…

 Garrison Keillor is known for saying that nobody really wants to be around a…

We grieve with the many families and friends touched by this shooting in Connecticut….

I want to challenge you to find something to rejoice about today.  Even in…

I rode the subway early yesterday morning, and at one stop a group of…

 Happy Anniversary, and a blessed feast of St. Andrew!  Since he started fishing some…

 Happy Anniversary, and a blessed feast of St. Andrew!  Since he started fishing some…

These islands are frequently compared to paradise, a word that comes from Middle Eastern…

 Greetings from the whole of the Episcopal Church, and congratulations on your sesquicentennial –…

 Every year the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York celebrates St….

English “Discover the love of God poured into our world in human form,” Episcopal…

My youngest brother is a braumeister, who opened a new pub Friday night in…

Have you met any of the Occupy-ers?  That movement fascinates me.  It’s been self-organizing…

English Noting that Advent is a time of waiting for “the coming of the…

English Well, what kind of reaping do you hear in these readings? What sort…

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December 1 each year is World AIDS Day, an occasion both to remember the…

Most people who know anything about Teresa of Avila know that she was a…

Every year the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York celebrates St….

Every year the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York celebrates St….

Do you know anybody who's been laid off? Ever been laid off yourself? Most…

Most people who know anything about Teresa of Avila know that she was a…

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has written to the presidential candidates, urging…

Well, the Occupy-ers are being thrown out of one park after another.  They were…

There is a standing joke about the different kinds of canons, but it only…

Happy Anniversary – and welcome to a journey into the future.  This year of…

Have you noticed that we are pretty much sitting on the high point in…

Greetings from the rest of The Episcopal Church, who pray for you.  When Isaiah…

Are there any Abrahams, or aged fathers, here?  Anybody here feel dead?  In all…

I don’t know if you’ve elected a fisherman or not.  I believe your current…

Who are we, and who is here?  I would invite you to reflect for…

When you were a kid, could you have imagined your mother saying, “come on…

I’ve been to Korea twice, most recently a few weeks ago.  The first visit…

The theme of this clergy conference was "Future Church." The lections appointed for this…

A hundred years!  Happy birthday, Girl Scouts!  I became a Girl Scout more than…

Human beings have always had a great yearning to connect with holy places.  It…

I was at the international gathering of L’Arche last week in Atlanta.  There were…

I’ve been reading a remarkable book about the state of things in the Americas…

I was hustling through an airport between flights a couple of months ago, when…

We may be a long way from New Orleans and the floods of Katrina,…

Feed my sheep.  Jesus’ primary concern was that the people around him be cared…

The General Convention which took place in Indianapolis in July offered new and creative…

 Feed my sheep.  Jesus’ primary concern was that the people around him be cared…

 We may be a long way from New Orleans and the floods of Katrina,…

 I was hustling through an airport between flights a couple of months ago, when…

English “We emerge with abundant hope, better discipline for working together and with partners…

What are you most hungry for?  That’s really what we’re here to wrestle with…