by Allison Gannett | Jul 8, 2021 | Bishop's Message, Blog, Featured News
Dear Friends in Christ, I recently read a quote that stuck with me: “The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.” The author is Jim Hightower, columnist and long-time populist from Texas. Those words continue...
by Allison Gannett | Mar 27, 2021 | Bishop's Message, Blog, Featured News
Dear friends in Christ,It was the 1970’s and I was gathered around the television with my parents and sister to watch ABC’s Wide World of Sports. The theme music began and Jim McKay’s voice introduced the program. His unique style of intonation and emphasis made the...
by Allison Gannett | Mar 18, 2021 | Bishop's Message, Blog, Featured News
En Español “Indifference, to me, is the epitome of evil.” —Elie Wiesel In 2009, I made my vows and became an oblate of a Benedictine monastery in Middleton, Wisconsin. At the center of the Benedictine spiritual practice is praying the Psalms. Before I knew about the...
by Allison Gannett | Mar 4, 2021 | Bishop's Message, Blog, Featured News
Dear friends in Christ, How are your Lenten practices unfolding this season? Are they opening up a new space for you to reflect, pray, sigh deeply, exhale? If your answer is “no” I invite you to stop and re-think your practice for this season. Perhaps...
by Allison Gannett | Jan 29, 2020 | Diocesan People, Featured News, Formation
By the Rev. Marlene Mutchler, vicar of St. Bede’s, Forest Grove As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea—for they were fishermen. And he said to them, “Follow me, and...
