
Who Do You Say That I Am?
“Because who we say HE is is also who we say we are if we are to bear his name in truth.”

“Because who we say HE is is also who we say we are if we are to bear his name in truth.”

The Lee statue on Monument Boulevard in Richmond, Virginia came down today. After it was lifted off its pedestal the 12 foot tall was cut into pieces for transport. The pedestal on which is etched Lee remains for now.

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, Pope Francis, and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew issue a joint statement on climate change.

“Who do you say that I am?” he asks us,
and it is not enough to recognize,
to idolize,
to pay homage with forked tongue and fractured loyalties…

The Church in Wales has voted to bless same-sex marriages, a step towards marriage equality. The action puts the Church in Wales at odds with the Church of England.

“Show your children that time with pen, paper, and books is never wasted.”

Mark Babcock had an idea for Easter Sunday 2020. The organist and choirmaster of St. Paul’s Cathedral in Des Moines played the church’s carillon. He’s been playing every Sunday since.

The idea is simple, but ideas by themselves are incomplete. To come alive and reach their fullness, Episcopal schools are centered in the conviction that ideas and ideals like goodness must take on flesh and become part of our everyday lives and practices. In the language of faith, goodness must become incarnational.

The Bishop of Ebbsfleet, one of the so-called flying bishops serving Church of England parishes that do not accept women’s ordination, has resigned in order to join the Roman Catholic church.

Following the guidance of local public health officials and our Bishop, we will be requiring that everyone 12 years and above will need to show proof of vaccination before entry into Grace Cathedral.