Diocese of Virginia

  1. A Meditation by Bishop Porter Taylor: Lighting Small Fires to Bring About Lifelong Change

    Some years ago I was lost. Not geographically. I knew where I was; I just didn’t know where I needed to go or how I could get there if I did. I found myself in what the Desert Mothers and Fathers called “the noon day devil.” It’s when you’ve
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  2. Transcript of Bishop Goff's Remarks for Clergy Call June 30

    Bishop Goff opened with reading a prayer:

    For the Interim Time - by John O'Donohue

    Welcome

    Yesterday on the weekly Bishops and Canons to the Ordinary Zoom call with the Presiding

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  3. Bishop Goff's Meditation for the Fourth Week After Pentecost

    “Whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple - truly I tell you, none of these will lose their reward.”  Matthew

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  4. Episcopal Church resolutions regarding Policing Reform, Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Communities of Color, Police Violence, and Regarding Death of Ahmaud Arbery.

    As we strive to be God’s Beloved Community in which all are loved and cherished, the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church offers guidance and support in the form of four resolutions. The Executive Council functions as the Convention of the Church between General Conventions and is

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  5. Transcript of Bishop Goff's Remarks for Clergy Call June 23

    Opening Prayer

    Welcome to our clergy webinar for week 15.  Our focus this afternoon is Clergy Self Care During the Time of Pandemic, and Beyond.  Our presenter is Dr. Jessica Young Brown, Assistant Professor of Counseling and Practical Theology at the Samuel DeWitt Proctor

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