by Andrew Morehead | Aug 12, 2020 | News
Bishop Brian calls us to explore our faith in the growing Christ in reading A Life Together: Wisdom of Community from the Christian East by Bishop Seraphim Sigrist. Find a copy from your favorite local or online bookseller and read it with us as we explore this...
by Andrew Morehead | Jul 29, 2020 | News
July 29, 2020 Dear East Tennessee Friends, I am writing you today to make you aware of the membership of the Becoming Beloved Community Task Force for our Diocese. My prayer and hope is that this group of leaders will guide our work in Becoming Beloved Community, the...
by Andrew Morehead | Jul 27, 2020 | News
Callings By Claire Keene Nets, nerves, the silver web of streams in the moonlight moving seaward, in roots and branches, journeys. Prophecies in the pink hands of babies, blue histories in diaphanous aged flesh. All movement is of life to life. Like hands stretched...
by Andrew Morehead | Jul 20, 2020 | News
Sign for My Father, Who Stressed the Bunt By David Bottoms On the rough diamond, the hand-cut field below the dog lot and barn, we rehearsed the strict technique of bunting. I watched from the infield, the mound, the backstop as your left hand climbed the bat, your...
by Andrew Morehead | Jul 15, 2020 | News
“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” Galatians 6:2 (ESV) Dear East Tennessee Friends, On June 24th, at a socially distanced and masked meeting at Diocesan House, the Vestry of St Thomas Episcopal Church, Knoxville, met with me and Canon...
by Andrew Morehead | Jul 6, 2020 | News
Prayer of Dedication By The Rev. Claire Keene Holy places are where, like a wick within a flame, we burn away with God, into God– a union that dissolves us. Holy places are the cliffs where the Wind blows our graven souls to finest sand, a vast blowing powder of...