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Bishop’s Address to 2019 Diocesan Convention

Bishop’s Address to 2019 Diocesan Convention

Bishop’s Address to the 35th Annual Convention of the Diocese of East Tennessee The Right Rev. Brian Lee Cole | Knoxville, Tennessee Click here for the video of the bishop’s address to the 2019 Convention. The text is below. Before I begin my address to you, I...
‘Don’t leave that light on!’

‘Don’t leave that light on!’

By the Rev. Jon Hermes, rector, St. Timothy, Kingsport Ever hear a parent say something like, “Don’t leave that light on! Do you want to pay the power bill?” Given the time you heard that, the concern was probably over a 60 or 100-watt light bulb. At St. Timothy’s, we...
‘Christness’

‘Christness’

The Rev. Peter Keese and his wife Helen will soon be moving to Nashville. We thank Peter for his many years of service to this diocese, including his service as Standing Committee president, and as the “vicar” of Christ Church in Rugby. A lifelong Episcopalian and a...
Contagious Community of Holy Mercy and Healing

Contagious Community of Holy Mercy and Healing

Sermon Given at St. Timothy, Signal Mountain Epiphany | January 6, 2019 Isaiah 60:1-6 Text of the sermon is below; a video of the sermon is here (sound improves in a few seconds in). We saw the photograph for the first time five years ago. It was taken in 1965, a...
Present in Prayer with Climate-Vulnerable Communities

Present in Prayer with Climate-Vulnerable Communities

A Reflection on COP 24 By Andrew R. H. Thompson, environmental ethicist at Sewanee and delegate to the 24th United Nations Climate Change Conference in Katowice, Poland, December 2-14 “Was it worth it?” I was asked this question, in one form or another, on various...