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A word to the Episcopal Church
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ:
It has been a little more than six years since my investiture as Presiding Bishop. Over these last days I have been asked frequently – both in gatherings of bishops, clergy and lay people, and by reporters – about my view of the “state of the church.” As I mark the passage of this time, I have thought about our life as a community of faith in this season, and wanted to write now to share my reflections with you who are the Episcopal Church.
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Following the star:
God often works in our own lives by unsettling us and fascinating us. By various routes and by different “stars” God insinuates God’s own self into our consciousness and we are drawn beyond ourselves into a journey of growth and discovery that transcends the boundaries of the known and familiar, safe and predictable, and involves risk and unknowing.
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Sermon by the Presiding Bishop at Washington National Cathedral
The very fact that we are all different, that we are not all eyes, or hands, makes possible patterns of relationship and interaction that could not exist if we were all the same. The sacrament of baptism helps us to see that our differences, when they are brought together in Christ, are an amazing gift which will allow us to do amazing things in Christ’s name.
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| About the Presiding Bishop |
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Biography of the Presiding Bishop
Frank Griswold was elected to a nine-year term as Presiding Bishop at the 1997 General Convention and invested in January 1998. He serves as Primate and chief pastor of the Episcopal Church, president of the House of Bishops, president and chief executive officer of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, and president or chair of numerous Episcopal Church boards and agencies.
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| The Archbishop of Canterbury welcomes the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, USA, to Lambeth Palace. Oct 15, 2003.
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Archbishop Rowan Williams Interview,
Prior to his enthronement on February 27, the PBS program Religion and Ethics Newsweekly profiled the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. The Presiding Bishop was interviewed for this program.
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Sound Vision interview with the Presiding Bishop,
Sound Vision, a not for profit Islamic media organization, interviewed the Presiding Bishop for their website. The interview discusses the possible war with Iraq and the role of the United States in the global community.
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Featured Photos
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| Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold with Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams. |
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The Presiding Bishop, Archbishop Peter Akinola, Primate of Nigeria, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Anglican Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa, at the ECUSA House of Bishops meeting.
Archbishops Akinola and Tutu, along with The Most Rev. Iraj Mottahedeh, President Bishop of Jerusalem & the Middle East, who also attended the meeting, shared with the bishops their personal insights and experiences of reconciliation. |
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