Dear Ones, Every autumn, we are invited to observe The Season of Creation. The materials we are using this year were prepared by a team of leaders from around The Episcopal Church. It’s a time to both celebrate the beauty of creation and face the hard facts about climate change. What I like about these…
Dear Ones, What is evangelism? I write this just an hour before the newly-formed Diocesan Evangelism Task Force meets for the first time. Already I see some indication that we are not all working from the safe definition. One person referred to a marketing expert we might want to talk to…and I immediately thought, “Oh…
2023 August 24Dear Ones,The photos from Maui are devastating. My first thought was that they looked like photos of Hiroshima after the bombing in August 1945. It was a stark reminder that wildfires don’t just burn millions of acres of forests; they can destroy cities as well. Holy Innocents Episcopal Church in Lahaina was destroyed….
Dear Ones, First, thank you to everyone who took part in Hank Emerson’s funeral on Tuesday. It was a fitting send-off for a wonderful human being. It was so good to look out into the crowd of faces and see so many members of our church family. I am glad to be back with you…
