by Andrew Morehead | Nov 20, 2024 | Message from the Bishop
Bishop Brian Cole invites you to consider volunteering for diocesan convention. We need YOUR help to make this diocesan convention a success. Never been to convention? Want to see what goes on behind the scenes? Thinking about being a delegate and want a taste of...
by Andrew Morehead | Nov 7, 2024 | Message from the Bishop
November 6, 2024 Berkeley at Yale Eucharist Mark 12:28-34 The Right Rev. Brian L. Cole About three weeks, ago, I was at a Crossroads. To be more specific, I was at the Crossroads Motel in Martin, South Dakota. I was visiting South Dakota on behalf of the Diocese of...
by Andrew Morehead | Nov 4, 2024 | Message from the Bishop
23rd Sunday after Pentecost 2024 St. John’s Cathedral Knoxville Mark 10:46-52 The Right Rev. Brian L. Cole “My teacher, let me see again.” What a difference a Sunday can make. Last Sunday, the lesson from Mark’s Gospel focused on James and John and their bold...
by Andrew Morehead | Oct 31, 2024 | Message from the Bishop
“Continue to consider how you’ll pray, how you’ll vote, and to live in the aftermath as folks, as citizens seeking the common good.” Bishop Brian Cole encourages us to reflect on the Episcopal baptismal covenant as we vote in this latest...
by Andrew Morehead | Oct 22, 2024 | Message from the Bishop
We’re excited to announce the 41st Annual Convention of the Diocese of East Tennessee. Bishop Brian Cole introduces this year’s theme of “Imagine Our Possibilities” and how that relates to our ongoing strategic visioning for the diocese. More...
by Andrew Morehead | Oct 14, 2024 | Message from the Bishop
Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost 2024 Church of the Ascension, Knoxville Mark 10:17-31 Psalm 90:12-17 The Right Rev. Brian L. Cole Several years ago, my friend, The Rev. Dr. Lauren Winner, who teaches at Duke Divinity School, told me about a particular practice of...
