Bishop Hughes’ Vlog
Vlog (noun): a blog in which the postings are primarily in video form.
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February 19, 2025
Remembrance and gratitude
Bishop Hughes invites everyone to join the Pandemic Memorial & Gratitude Service on March 8, saying that even as we move into the future, it is important to remember the lessons learned and the people who helped the church and community endure. (Time: 4:13.)February 5, 2025
Look for the good God is calling into being
In this time of confusion and chaos, Bishop Hughes invites us to remember that God, who called all creation into being, is with us and even now is calling into being compassion, courage, faithfulness, and justice. (Time: 5:16.)
January 31, 2025
Pastoral Letter: Christian responses to immigration enforcement
Work in our diocese is well underway to prepare and support congregations and ministries primarily comprised of and/or serving people of color in the event they need to respond to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids.
January 24, 2025
Pastoral Letter: Caring for each other in this time
I encourage every one of us to release our partisan political viewpoint while at church and instead to step fully into the role of follower of Jesus Christ.January 22, 2025
What is Christian and what is political?
Bishop Hughes reminds us that while aligning oneself with the marginalized can feel political, taking care of God’s beloved people – all of them, however they are found, and wherever they are found – is Christian. (Time: 4:27.)
January 13, 2025
California wildfires – how we can help
Bishop Hughes suggests how we can help those affected by the California wildfires with our donations and prayers.January 8, 2025
This is our Epiphany moment
Bishop Hughes reminds us that even though this is time when many are fearful, our role as Christians is not a role of fear – it is a role of showing the light of Jesus, the light of God’s love, the light that the Holy Spirit leads us into, not only receiving that light, but showing it to everybody who is near us. (Time: 4:59.)December 18, 2024
This season, be gentle with your words
Bishop Hughes reminds us that at this moment, when so much of what we’re hearing in the world is harsh and hard-hearted, the way we speak to others and the way we speak to ourselves can be an incredible gift. (Time: 5:00.)December 4, 2024
Remember the spirit of generosity that comes to us in Advent
Speaking about the spirit of generosity that comes with Advent as we prepare Christmas gifts for those to whom we want to show our love and appreciation, Bishop Hughes observes, “Our heart opens up, and our goal is to take care of somebody else, and something in that gives us something that we weren’t expecting – an incredible sense of love and peace and abundance and a knowledge that we are in the midst of God’s world doing what God wants us to do, that we are giving what God has to give, that we are giving God’s love, not just our own love, that it’s fueled by God in the first place.” (Time: 4:44.)November 20, 2024
