Easter 2024: A Message from Bishop Skelton

Greetings, People of the Diocese of Olympia As a young person growing up in the American South, as a person only marginally involved in the Church, I thought Easter was…

Holy Week 2024: A Message from Bishop Skelton

Greetings, People of the Diocese of Olympia: The universe is made of stories, not of atoms. Muriel Rukeyser After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most…

Lent 2024: A Message from Bishop Skelton

Greetings, people of the Diocese of Olympia. From John’s Gospel: “Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone, but if it dies, it produces…

Christmas 2023: A Message from Bishop Skelton

You’ve probably heard that some Christian churches in Jerusalem have officially canceled their typical Christmas celebrations. And you can perhaps understand why. In solidarity with the current suffering of children…

Lent: A Message from Bishop Skelton

Greetings, People of the Diocese of Olympia. I’ve long been a fan of the author, Belden Lane, and he is the author of an important book in my life entitled,…