Rooted in the Anglican tradition.

In our own communities and beyond, there are many places where this calling meets real human need

Recently, I had the privilege of traveling to Kenya with a remarkable clergy and lay team from DOMA (several off their testimonies are included in this installment of the Messenger). Once again, I was reminded that the Kingdom of God is far larger, more vibrant, and more powerful than we often imagine.

Please join me in expressing our gratitude to Canon Jim for his service and in welcoming Canon Brian as he assumes this important responsibility.

This is how discipleship works. Someone shared the gospel with you. Someone invested in your faith. Jesus now calls you to do the same for someone else. The Christian life was never intended to stop with you or me.

Mission is not an optional ministry for a select few; it is at the heart of the Church’s identity. A flourishing parish is not only a place where people gather for worship, but a community intentionally sent into the world to bear witness to Jesus Christ in word and deed.

In a world that is marked by endings (by loss, uncertainty, breakups, and death's looming shadow) the resurrection of Jesus Christ stands as God’s decisive answer. Not a whisper, but a proclamation: yes to life, yes to hope, yes to a future beyond the grave.

We should approach such matters neither with fear nor with triumphalism, but with the steady confidence that the Lord continues to guide His Church.

Happy-sad is an expression we used with our children to describe something that is both good and also contains grief.

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

I hope this message finds you well as we begin to dig out from the weekend’s snowstorm. I write to you now with a pastor’s heart, aware that many of us are carrying growing concern about what is unfolding in Minnesota and the current affairs in our beloved nation. This is a special word, offered not to inflame or alarm, but to invite prayerful reflection. Twin responses, anxiety and outrage, have become all too common in our public life, neither of which leads us closer to the peace of Christ. I ask that you read what follows slowly and attentively, resisting these twin temptations.

As we enter 2026, I ask you to pray that we would flourish together: missionally, relationally, and through clergy and congregational vitality. 

Flourishing together is the life-giving partnership of a diocese and her congregations in which mission, relationship, and clergy wellbeing are held in balance.

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The apostle Paul wrote the book of Philippians from prison - not exactly a retreat setting - and yet the whole letter radiates joy, gratitude, peace, and confidence in Christ. His message was sent to people who were anxious for him, struggling with unity, and suffering persecution for their faith.  What was his counsel to them?

The apostle Paul wrote the book of Philippians from prison - not exactly a retreat setting - and yet the whole letter radiates joy, gratitude, peace, and confidence in Christ. His message was sent to people who were anxious for him, struggling with unity, and suffering persecution for their faith.  What was his counsel to them?

God has much to say in the Scriptures about protecting and caring for vulnerable people. This is foundational to being God’s people. We are called to advocate for the powerless and to protect those who are vulnerable. We do this because this is God’s character and will. Simply put, God’s heart is for the vulnerable because God is a God of justice, mercy, and love.

Lately I’ve been praying into Romans 5:5 and making it my own: “God, thank you that your love has been poured into my heart through the Holy Spirit who has been given to me. Pour more love into me and out of me, dear Holy Spirit, that I might live into your mission, in Jesus Name.”

Happy Easter from Bishop Chris!