Bishop’s Note5

Here’s a fun fact: When I knew that I would be on the slate to become your Bishop, after about a week, right before the announcement, I withdrew from the slate. You see, I was happy as the dean of Christ Cathedral. The congregation was healthy and strong, in a…

Guest Writer: The Rev. Harvey Henderson I was a graduate student in Religious Studies at McMaster University in the late 1980s. A group of us would gather regularly for a meal and some conversation. There were Christians, Jews, Muslims, a Buddhist, and a student of East Asian religions. Some of…

This past weekend, I visited St Thomas in Fort Totten.I got there early and Ardis and Vincent were just having coffee and breakfast and chatting. I knocked on the door and came in and Ardis said, “THERE you are.” As if she had been waiting for me, as if they…

Framily Dinners Friends: When I was a parish priest, one of the things John (my husband) and I loved to do on a Sunday afternoon was, grill or smoke a protein (and yes, smoked seitan is yummy), invite others to bring sides, and sit down to a meal with our…

A Little Woo-Woo Spirituality Recently, a person in our diocese describing himself as “Episcopal Adjacent” asked me what I meant when I sign my Bishop’s Note with “you remain in my prayers.” Really? All of us? The short answer is yes. But it comes from a place of very deep…