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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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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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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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Easter and the Coronavirus; In Interview with Bishop Lawrence

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Joy Hunter

An Interview with Bishop Mark Lawrence by Joy Hunter Bishop, for many of us this will be the first time in our lives we won’t be in church on Easter morning. No Easter lilies; No packed crowd singing “Welcome Happy … Continue reading →

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The Viral Shuttering of Other Gods

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Bishop Mark Lawrence

This is an edited version of a sermon given by Bishop Mark Lawrence on Palm Sunday, April 5, 2020 at St. Michael’s Church, Charleston SC. View the video. I received an email last week that included a brief message that … Continue reading →

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The Bishop’s Bookshelf

Posted on September 13, 2019 by Bishop Mark Lawrence

Thinking Strategically About Book Choices; An Interview with Bishop Mark Lawrence I’m an avid reader, always having at least one and sometimes several books on my nightstand. But I choose books based on friends’ recommendations. Perhaps in reading this you’ll … Continue reading →

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