The University of the South Sewanee has announced that the Rt. Rev. Brian Lee Cole, bishop of the Episcopal Church in East Tennessee will be presented with an honorary doctor of divinity degree at the university’s winter convocation January 19, 2019. A southeast Missouri native, Bishop Cole graduated from Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration in 1989. In 1992, he earned a Master of Divinity at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary,
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St. Martin of Tours Raises New Jesus Statue by Artist Who Carved Original
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (October 24, 2018) | by Thad Oliver — Tom Swearingen, internationally acclaimed woodcarver and sculptor based in Cohutta, Georgia, has reproduced a statue of Jesus on the Cross which he originally crafted from 1987 to 1988. The sculpture will replace HIS ORIGINAL crucifix in front of St. Martin of Tours Episcopal Church on East Brainerd Road. The new 28-foot tall sculpture will be installed on Monday, October 29th, Between 9:00 and 10:00 AM on the church lawn. The
Read MoreGood News – Mystifying Word or Just a Pile of Rocks?
Sermon given at Sewanee School of Theology Ephesians 3:4-12 | Luke 12:39-48 Recently, I traveled with Robert Childers, a priest in the Diocese of East Tennessee, to Coventry, England. We were there to attend a conference on reconciliation and peacemaking at the Cathedral. If you do not know the history of Coventry Cathedral and its ministry of reconciliation, let me briefly tell you. In November, 1940, the city of Coventry was brutally bombed by the Germans. Hundreds of citizens of Coventry
Read MoreJesus Still Calls Us
Sermon Given at St. Francis, Norris, on the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost 2018 Mark 10:35-45 I cannot recall a time in my life when I did not know about the Bible. It has always been there, like air and water and sleep and food. One of the first songs I remember learning as a child was a song about the Bible. “The B-i-b-l-e, that’s the book for me, I stand alone on the Word of God, the B-i-b-l-e.” You then
Read MoreUpdate from Across the Pond – The Rev. Susanna Metz, Rural Vicar, Cow Cuddler, Panto Performer
I hope all y’all can feel the big hug I’m sending across the pond to the great folks in the Diocese of East Tennessee!! Maybe it was a slow news story day, but I was invited to send an update on my life across the pond – the life of a rural vicar in the wilds of North Devon where most other folks in the county of Devon believe the inhabitants of my beloved new home are “wild, hairy savages”!
Read MoreDioET Bishops Out of Hurricane Michael’s Direct Path
As Hurricane Michael wreaks its path of devastation across the Florida panhandle and into Georgia, we wanted to let you know that we’ve heard from Bishop George in Pensacola and Bishop vonRosenberg in Charleston. We give thanks that both are well and safe. Bishop George said he and his family stayed in Pensacola as the worst of the storm, or the “bad stuff” as Bishop George said, was to the east of them, and all are good tonight. Bishop vonRosenberg
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