The Anglican Communion needs to be actively involved in helping the rebuilding and healing of Haiti, working with the Église Épiscopale d’Haïti (the Anglican/Episcopal Diocese of Haiti) and its bishop the Rt Revd Zach&eacut... [More]

These are the words of Bishop Jean Zache Duracin of the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti two weeks after the earthquake which has become known simply as 'La Catastrophe'. In his reflections posted on the website of the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti Bishop D... [More]

As a major aftershock rocked the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince and Léogâne, more news emerged Jan. 20 about the growing role of the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti in the country's short-term relief efforts and long-term recovery. The n... [More]

Day 1 . . . Check! Day 2 . . . Still too early to know. That’s right, I have made it through one day of 2010 and kept my resolution (at least I think I did) for the year. It really shouldn’t be that hard to keep. Yet, then again, it just might be. My resolution for [...]

It has often been said that “fact is stranger than fiction.” This past week, as I opened Wednesday morning’s New York Times, I discovered just that in the front-page headline, “Vatican Plan to Oversee Conversion of Anglicans.” Newsday put it more simply, “Vatican seeks to lure disaffected Anglicans.” Perhaps the best headline wasn’t a headline [...]

I hate being cold. This is a bit ironic considering I was raised in the upper Midwest and was used to sub-zero temperatures. However, now that I have migrated eastward and get to experience the moderating temperatures of the Gulf Stream, being super cold is not something I relish. Imagine my horror three years ago when [...]

If you are a regular follower of my blog and/or the news out of the General Convention, you will recall that the Episcopal Church endorsed C056 which called for gathering resources of same-gender marriages and allowing generous pastoral responses for bishops, especially those within states who have same-gender marriage, to deal with parishioners dealing with [...]

This posting will include information from the last day of General Convention. A subsequent one will give overall feedback about the Convention. Entering the last day of General Convention there was excitement and some trepidation among the deputies, myself included. Would C056 (which gave bishops wide latitude in pastorally dealing with issues of same-gendered blessings along [...]

The House of Bishops, during its business session on Wednesday afternoon, March 12, issued a statement concerning the House's morning actions of consenting to the deposition of John-David Schofield and William Cox.

In accordance with Our Lord's high priestly prayer that we be one, and in the spirit of Resolution A159 of the 75th General Convention, and in obedience to his Great Commission to go into the world and make disciples, and in gratitude for the gift of... [More]