Bishop Update | Prince Singh Nomination

People of Eastern and Western Michigan, With excitement, we announce the nomination of the Rt. Rev. Prince G. Singh, Ph.D. to serve as Bishop Provisional of The Episcopal Dioceses of Eastern and Western Michigan. For more on the background of the canons around the selection of a bishop provisional and our own interviewing and selection […]

Bishop Update | Provisional Process

Dear Friends in Christ, As we approach our diocesan convention later this month, we write with an update on the process of selecting a bishop provisional to serve alongside our people in Eastern and Western Michigan. As was announced in August, a special interviewing committee composed of equal members of both dioceses met several times […]

FEAST DAYS WITH BISHOP SKIP | HOLY CROSS DAY

“And I, when I am lifted up, will draw all people to myself.”  John 12:32 John’s Gospel understands Jesus’ self-offering on the cross as his exaltation.  Thus he is “lifted up” as on a throne.  An instrument of death that was meant to be a political statement of Rome’s power, that was meant to humiliate […]

FEAST DAYS WITH BISHOP SKIP | SAINT BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE

He is on the list of twelve. Not much more can be said about Bartholomew. Three of the Gospels and the book of Acts mention him as one of the apostles, but beyond that we know almost nothing. Interesting conjecture poses the possibility that Bartholomew and Nathanael were the same person. There are other traditions […]