Day 4 of GC81 (June 26, 2024)

Day 4 of General Convention 81: Along with electing and confirming a new presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church (Sean Rowe), we also affirmed the goal of full communion with the United Methodist Church (A049); accepted an agreement of full communion with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bavaria (A037); commended closer relations with the Presbyterian […]

Day 3 of GC81 (June 25, 2024)

Today (Day 3 of General Convention 81), I met the dean of Canterbury Cathedral, the president and dean of Church Divinity School of the Pacific, the 4th century bishop of Myra, a member of the Anamchara Fellowship, and the former dean of Trinity Cathedral Phoenix. Regarding legislation, we passed resolutions that: – approved the expansion […]

New Year Reflections On the Saint of Rievaulx

This article was written for the January 2024 Chronicle newsletter for Christ Church Eureka. This January, I begin my seventh year at Christ Church (Jan 28), and I also celebrate the 10-year anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood (Jan 11). Since I was ordained on the Eve of the Feast Day of St. Aelred of Rievaulx […]

Seabury and the Patriotic Practice of Stewardship

This article was written for the October 2022 Chronicle newsletter for Christ Church Eureka. This March will be the 240th anniversary of the election of the first Episcopal bishop Samuel Seabury, the namesake of one of my Yorkies. The first Anglican worship service held on American soil took place in California in 1579, but Seabury wasn’t […]