by Andrew Morehead | Jul 13, 2020 | Message from the Bishop
Thoreau in the Rain By David Wagoner He liked bad weather best. He would keep walking when others hurried home, then he would be the only one on a road or a pathway or trespassing through an orchard, lifting his boots and putting them down among the windfall apples....
by Andrew Morehead | Jul 12, 2020 | Message from the Bishop
6th Sunday after Pentecost 2020 Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 Thankful Memorial The Right Rev. Brian L. Cole Travis works at the airport in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. He is tall and neat and is helpful to all the customers checking in for the flight to Minneapolis. It is not...
by Andrew Morehead | Jun 5, 2020 | Message from the Bishop
The Bishops of Province IV, the Southeast United States, including Bishop Brian Cole, issued a joint statement. You can read it here on the Episcopal News Service.
by Andrew Morehead | Jun 2, 2020 | Message from the Bishop
June 2, 2020 “Q. What is the mission of the Church? The mission of the Church is to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ.” Dear East Tennessee Friends, I write to commend to you Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s statement on...
by Andrew Morehead | May 20, 2020 | Message from the Bishop
Ascension Day 2020 Acts 1:1-11 Luke 24:44-53 The Right Rev. Brian L. Cole Andrei Rublev is arguably the most famous Russian icon painter ever. An Orthodox monk, he lived during the late 14th and early 15th centuries. His most famous icon, the Hospitality of...
by Andrew Morehead | May 8, 2020 | Message from the Bishop
May 8, 2020 Dear East Tennessee Friends, In St. Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus declares that loving God fully and loving our neighbors as ourselves are the two great commandments. Everything else we do as followers of Jesus builds on these calls to love. The Diocesan...
