The Church is for the sake of the world

At the conclusion of a meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) and Primates Joint Standing Committee held in Canterbury, England, last week, Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold found time to […]

Manna surrounds us:

With each season of the church year we are given a particular lens for looking at the patterns of our lives. Wilderness is a theme of the Lenten season, and […]

A word to the Episcopal Church

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ: It has been a little more than six years since my investiture as Presiding Bishop. Over these last days I have been asked […]

Sermon by the Presiding Bishop at Washington National Cathedral

The Most Rev. Frank T. Griswold Presiding Bishop and Primate The Episcopal Church, USA The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter & Saint Paul Washington, D.C. January 11, 2004 The Baptism […]

World Mission Sunday 2004 Letter

The mystery of our baptism:

Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily […]

Tracking down the Holy Ghost

Advent, the season which begins the church year, is a time of waiting and expectation. During these weeks we prepare ourselves “in the time of this mortal life” for Christ’s […]

Welcome the morning star….

The piercing wail of a newborn child shatters the silence of the night, and the peace of God which passes all understanding is unleashed upon a broken world. May that […]

For the House of Bishops

My dear brothers and sisters: The consent by the House of Deputies and bishops holding jurisdiction to the ordination and consecration of the Bishop-Coadjutor of New Hampshire has had consequences […]

A Letter to the Clergy

My brothers and sisters, Over the past months I have become increasingly aware of the burdens many of you are having to face in the light of the consent to […]