Bishop Hughes’ Vlog
Vlog (noun): a blog in which the postings are primarily in video form.
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March 19, 2025
We’ve learned how to face hard things
Five years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bishop Hughes reflects on the challenges we overcame together, and how that experience prepared us for the new challenges we face today. (Time: 5:00.)March 5, 2025
Private piety, public faith
On Ash Wednesday, Bishop Hughes reminds us that making a bold statement about our faith is especially important in the world that we’re in right now. Our piety, prayer, fasting, giving – all of that can remain private, but our faith needs to be something that people can see. (Time: 5:29.)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
