Author Archives: Bishop Mark Lawrence

Bishop Lawrence Looks Back on 14-Year Episcopacy

Posted on April 6, 2022 by Bishop Mark Lawrence

On January 6, 2022, I (Joy Hunter)  had the opportunity to sit down with Bishop Lawrence to talk about his ministry within the diocese over the last 14 years. The following is a condensed version of our conversation.   How has being bishop differed … Continue reading →

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Before Worrying, Consider….

Posted on May 10, 2021 by Bishop Mark Lawrence

Recently I finished re-reading Mary Oliver’s Owls and Other Fantasies, a book of poetry and essays about birds—hawks, hummingbirds, herons, and a dozen others. It reminded me of a day in the middle of May twenty years ago when swallows … Continue reading →

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A Lenten Discipline for a Shuttered Season

Posted on February 17, 2021 by Bishop Mark Lawrence

Lent begins today, and as the effects of this pandemic continue to shutter and mask so much of life, I search about for a fruitful Lenten discipline to embrace.  I found mine from last Sunday’s gospel reading. The Transfiguration narrative … Continue reading →

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Christmas Eve – A Life Remembered

Posted on December 24, 2020 by Bishop Mark Lawrence

“For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the … Continue reading →

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The Marriage of the Virgin

Posted on December 19, 2020 by Bishop Mark Lawrence

Until I was standing before Corrado Giaquinito’s Marriage of the Virgin, I had never thought about the wedding of Joseph and Mary. Certainly, I had read countless times in Matthew’s Gospel how Joseph took Mary to be his wife, but … Continue reading →

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All Saints Day – A Team Photo

Posted on October 30, 2020 by Bishop Mark Lawrence

There are particular days in the Church calendar set aside to honor the heroes of the faith,   such as Peter, Andrew, and the Virgin Mary. All Saints’ Day, November 1st, however, comes as the Church year ends—the last of the … Continue reading →

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What Makes a Day Count? A Summer Journal Entry

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Bishop Mark Lawrence

Journal Entry August 13, 2020, (Farmhouse near Wytheville, VA) I had a good four-mile jog this morning over these rolling hills and country roads near this farmhouse where we are staying for a few days. I stopped occasionally to take … Continue reading →

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The Calling of a Bishop Coadjutor

Posted on July 28, 2020 by Bishop Mark Lawrence

On July 9, 2020, Bishop Lawrence sent the following message to the Diocese.  Dear Friends in Christ, Yesterday I announced to the clergy of the diocese my decision to call for a bishop coadjutor.  This call for a bishop coadjutor … Continue reading →

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Standing in the Breach

Posted on June 10, 2020 by Bishop Mark Lawrence

The second meditation in a series on the national unrest and call to prayer by Bishop Mark Lawrence If it is true as author Shelby Steele has stated in a recent interview that “racism is endemic to the human condition,” and, I … Continue reading →

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With Groanings too Deep for Words; Meditation 1

Posted on June 5, 2020 by Bishop Mark Lawrence

The first meditation in a series on the national unrest and the call to prayer by Bishop Mark Lawrence Early Saturday evening I was driving back from Summerville having just ordained one of our transitional deacons. Nearing Charleston, quite at the … Continue reading →

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