by Andrew Morehead | Jan 9, 2026 | Featured Article, Message from the Bishop, News
“When you still the body, you become aware of what hurts.” Brother James Dowd, speaking on retreat in Schuyler, Nebraska I have just returned from a few days of contemplative retreat with fifteen fellow Episcopal bishops in Schuyler, Nebraska. Brother James Dowd of...
by Andrew Morehead | Dec 23, 2025 | Featured Article, Message from the Bishop
Photo: Walter Chávez Dear East Tennessee Friends, Greetings! As I write to you, just after the longest night of the year, we are in the last days as Advent gives way to Christmas. As altar guild members prepare and choir members tend their throats with lozenges and...
by Andrew Morehead | Nov 26, 2025 | Featured Article, News
11/23/25 By Margaret Slattery This is a pilgrimage, not a mission trip. From every conversation about our 17-day trip to East Africa, that’s been clear. It’s about Relationship. Spirituality. Being Present. Release and Embrace. A year ago, I sat in the...
by Andrew Morehead | Nov 24, 2025 | Featured Article, Message from the Bishop, News
Bishop Brian Cole interviews Michael Hensley, Development and Sustainability Officer for Appalachia Service Project, on the ongoing efforts in Hurricane Helene recovery. Our diocesan-wide Advent appeal seeks to raise funds and support for the work of Appalachian...
by Andrew Morehead | Nov 17, 2025 | Featured Article, Message from the Bishop, News
From the Three Episcopal Bishops of Tennessee Joint Statement on the Death Penalty Since the 1958 General Convention of the Episcopal Church, our Church has consistently called for an end to the death penalty. In 1979, 1991, 2000, 2015, and even more recently in 2018,...
by Andrew Morehead | Aug 28, 2025 | Featured Article, News
We joyfully celebrate our Licensed Lay Preaching cohort, who graduated from the Episcopal Preaching Foundation Lay Preacher Training program on Saturday, August 9th at St. Paul’s Episcopal in Athens, TN. Their dedication, hard work, and faithful commitment to this...
