Diocesan News
The springtime edge of a bleak question
Dear friends in Christ, Not quite a year ago, I stood on a small rise at the back of the property where I grew up in Hood River. The home I’d known since I...
Thanksgiving Message from Bishop Akiyama
“For whom and for what are we thankful?” The question rang through the worship space like a rung bell. I was not the officiant in this liturgy and therefore had...
The Bishop’s Close and Elk Rock Garden Listed for Sale
View as a PDF Dear Friends in Christ, Last Thursday, November 17, 2022, we officially listed the Bishop’s Close and Elk Rock Garden on RMLS. Since...
Demonstrating hospitality to others and to ourselves
One of the hardest things we are called to do as Christians is to extend hospitality as Jesus taught. Earlier this week, we participated in one of the great...
Demonstrating hospitality to others and to ourselves, a reflection from Bishop Akiyama
One of the hardest things we are called to do as Christians is to extend hospitality as Jesus taught. Earlier this week, we participated in one of the great...
Immersing ourselves in the Word so we can surf the chaos
Dear friends in Christ, The Annual Meeting of the Convention is this Saturday, and I look forward to seeing our clergy and delegates as we tend to the mission and...
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