Bishop's Writings

Full Inclusion - Enews January 2025

“I just have trouble hearing all the patriarchal language,” said a young mother who was home visiting a church in our diocese on the Sunday that I visited. She had grown up in the Episcopal Church and was now working and raising a family in New York City. Though she still loves the church of her childhood and has found a church home in the city, she admitted to me that she doesn’t attend often because the language feels like a barrier.  She clearly cared deeply about her faith tradition and language, and as someone who had studied ancient languages, she knew what she was talking about.