Easter 2025: A Message from Bishop LaBelle
Hello, beloved friends of the Diocese of Olympia. A number of years ago now I attended a conference that included a talk from Peter Rollins, a progressive philosopher and theologian…
Lent 2025: A Message from Bishop LaBelle
Hello, beloved friends of the Diocese of Olympia. We’re about to begin our 40-day journey in the wilderness, and often the conversation turns to things that we might give up…
Christmas 2024: A Message from Bishop LaBelle
Greetings, Diocese of Olympia. I’m here in what will become our chapel space in Diocesan House. It’s the old library here in the mansion and something that has been under…
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…
Remembering The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Message from Bishop Skelton
“For nonviolent response, it seems, does not come naturally to many of us, especially when we feel threatened and subject to the potential violence of others, something that some people…
Epiphany 2024: A Message from Bishop Skelton
If you look up the word epiphany in Wikipedia, one of the entries you’ll find is author James Joyce’s use of the term. This is how he defined it in…
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…
Advent 2023: An Advent Message and Appeal from Bishop Skelton
Greetings, People of the Diocese of Olympia. I have an idea. During the season of Advent, the season of waiting and looking forward to the coming of Jesus born in…
