Writings
Cuba: Presiding Bishop’s sermon affirms reconciliation
The importance of World Mission Sunday — observed February 26 across the Episcopal Church…
Presiding Bishop’s statement on the life and witness of Coretta Scott King
On behalf of the Episcopal Church, let me express my sense that with the…
Voicing our darkest pain
On the eve of the Epiphany, I traveled to Orlando, Fla., to take part…
Following the star
Shortly after my wife and I were married, I bought a crèche set for…
Presiding Bishop’s Christmas Message 2005
Incarnation is God’s shocking insistence that flesh and blood like ours be the…
A Theological Reflection On The Millennium Development Goals
“And I, when I am lifted up from the earth will draw all people…
A Word to the Church in the Season of Advent
December 2005 My dear brothers and sisters: During these hectic days leading up to…
Reflections from Asia
Having recently returned from a two-week visit to churches in Asia that was a…
'Thy will be done'
The recent controversy and conversation about evolution and “intelligent design” leads me to reflect…
Presiding Bishop’s Sunday House of Bishops Sermon
My brothers and sisters in Christ, it is a great joy for me and…
Agreement not necessary
As I write these words, I still reflect upon a midsummer visit I made…
A message from the Presiding Bishop
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ: I am sending this message by email…
An intimacy with Scripture
Several weeks ago, I returned to St. Paul’s School in Concord, N.H., for the…
Being in harmony with creation
This issue of Episcopal Life, with a focus on the environment, invites us to…
Pentecost message from the Presiding Bishop: Growing in Truth
English Though we may hear much these days about division in the life of…
Resurrection: larger than anything we can fit in our consciousness
Bishops process into All Saints’ Cathedral for the service at the conclusion of their…
Some reflections on Pentecost
Our recent meeting of the House of Bishops produced a remarkable convergence summed up…
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany elected Pope: Presiding Bishop’s statement
Along with many others, both within and beyond the Roman Catholic Church, I offer…
Pope John Paul II dies at 84: A message from the Presiding Bishop
His Holiness John Paul II died this afternoon at the age of 84 after…
Living the mystery of resurrection
For me, over these years as a priest and now a bishop, the Great…
An Easter message from the Presiding Bishop
Jesus’ resurrection plays havoc with the known, the safe, the familiar, the predictable and…
Middle East: A message from the Presiding Bishop
In this season, which for Christians speaks of resurrection and new life, our hearts…
Freedom in the Spirit
Some years ago, I visited a newly consecrated Greek Orthodox church and was given…
A word from the Presiding Bishop on the Primates' Meeting
The primates of the Anglican Communion and Moderators of the United Churches have met…
Sermon preached at Belfast Cathedral
The Most Rev. Frank T. Griswold Presiding Bishop and Primate The Episcopal Church,…
Jesus' wilderness struggle for self-awareness a model for Church, Presiding Bishop says
Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold preached at the 11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist today at St….
The fast I choose: Drawn beyond preoccupation
In recent days there has been much in the news about the physical state…
The fast I choose
In recent days, there has been much in the news about the physical state…
An Epiphany Message from the Presiding Bishop
English Dear brothers and sisters: I am writing in the season of Epiphany during…
Sermon preached at the Society of St. John the Evangelist
The Most Rev. Frank T. Griswold January 8, 2005 Readings: Isaiah 44: 1-8, Psalm…