Lauren Anderson-Cripps

For the Episcopal Church, which has the highest average member age among religious traditions in the United States, the stakes are high.

The Rt. Rev. Matthew Gunter was installed as bishop on Saturday, October 5, during the inaugural convention of the new Diocese of Wisconsin, now a single entity comprising the former dioceses of Milwaukee, Fond du Lac, and Eau Claire.

“This is the worst flooding that we have seen and it’s the worst flooding that this structure will have seen,” said the Very Rev. Sarah Hurlbert, dean of Asheville's Cathedral of All Souls.

Vanderbilt offered few details about its plans, which are pending approval from various regulatory bodies, though the deal builds on the university’s existing presence in the city.

The diocese has been without a bishop ordinary since the retirement of longtime Bishop Samuel Johnson Howard in late 2023.

An unaccredited seminary with neither buildings nor faculty — yet buttressed by an $80 million endowment — Episcopal Divinity School is determining what offering it will bring to the church in its current iteration, says new dean and president Lydia Kelsey Bucklin.

Fr. Jim Adams: “We took two sabbaticals in the 43 years, and one led to us starting choirs and the other led to us starting the school.”

God is merciful beyond our wildest imaginations, and He takes sin seriously, often beyond the bounds of our comfort.

In response, we see two different reactions: the people praise God for the miracle they’ve witnessed, while the leaders see it as a threat to be neutralized. Both responses show the power of the message. 

Daily Devotional • August 8 A Reading from Acts 4:1-12 1 While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of the...