Bishops at Camp McDowell for Spring 2025 House of Bishops meeting. Photo courtesy of the Bishop of Georgia, Frank Logue.
April 2, 2025

Finding Solid Rock in a Time of Shifting Sands: Insights from the Spring House of Bishops Meeting

by Susan Sherrill Axelrod

Photo: Bishops at Camp McDowell in Nauvoo, Alabama, for the Spring 2025 House of Bishops meeting. Courtesy of the Bishop of Georgia, Frank Logue. To reflect on the recent House of Bishops (HOB) meeting last...

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March 9, 2025

Diocese Holds Retreat for Governing Bodies

On Saturday, March 8, members of the Diocesan Council, Standing Committee, Trustees of Diocesan Funds, and diocesan staff gathered with Bishop Brown at St. Luke’s Cathedral for a Governance Retreat—the first retreat convened by the...

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January 22, 2025

Thank God for Our Church Leaders

by The Rt. Rev. Thomas J. Brown

Dear Friends in Christ, the People of God called to be the diocese of Maine, The Psalmist sings, “no good thing will the Lord withhold from those who walk with integrity” (Psalm 84:11). Yesterday, the...

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January 15, 2025

Bishop Brown Reflects on His Pilgrimage to the Holy Land

by The Rt. Rev. Thomas J. Brown

Have you ever been in the presence of a member of the clergy and thought to yourself, “Wow, he/she/they is clearly called”?  That’s what happened for me during my recent visit with Archbishop Hosam E....

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December 23, 2024

Bishop Brown’s Christmas Message 2024

by The Rt. Rev. Thomas James Brown

Merry Christmas from Bishop Thomas Brown! In these 12 Days of Christmas, more than at any other time of the year, we adore the Word made flesh, our hope is renewed, and our humanity is restored because Jesus Christ, ever ancient and ever new, is born. 

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August 11, 2024

A look at General Convention #81 in KY

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July 26, 2024

From the Bishop: A Call to Prayerful Action

“The people in the Holy Land—Israel and Palestine—are heavy laden. And right now, our most faithful prayer is for the burdensome violence to end. I have written to our representatives in Washington to call for...

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July 15, 2024

Bishop Brown Discusses Our Digital Museum

A few weeks ago, Bishop Brown sat in conversation with the Founder and CEO of HistoryIT, Kristen Gwinn-Becker, to discuss the diocese’s focus on digital preservation. Find more info and the link to explore our...

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June 26, 2024

The Rt. Rev. Sean W. Rowe Elected Presiding Bishop

by Susan Sherrill Axelrod

On a day full of prayer and celebration, the Rt. Rev. Sean W. Rowe, bishop of Northwest Pennsylvania and bishop provisional of Western New York, was elected to be the 28th Presiding Bishop of The...

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June 7, 2024

A General Convention Primer from Bishop Brown

In this short video, Bishop Brown shares his thoughts about some of the most important aspects of the 81st General Convention, including the election of a new presiding bis

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