Many of us have been wondering what exactly happened at General Convention. There were resolutions that garnered media attention, but so far a comprehensive report has been lacking.

Presiding Bishop’s Message to the Church on General Convention: “We emerge with abundant hope, better discipline for working together and with partners beyond this Church, for our fundamental reason for being – engagement with God’s ...

Bishop Thom's post-General Convention Letter (this letter was issued in the 7/27/12 Idaho Episcopal News):

United Thank Offering (UTO) is a small way to say thank you to God and be part of a larger gifting process. Two times each year we are asked to save our change in a little blue box each time saying a prayer of thanksgiving for a blessing received.

More than two-dozen Episcopalians from the Diocese of Alabama joined some 5,500 others from throughout the church in Indianapolis in early July for the 77th General Convention of the Episcopal Church.

The Arizona Deputies to the 77th General Convention spent nearly two weeks in Indianapolis at the first part of this month. Some of them chaired or served on committees. Others had the freedom to roam and experience all that General Convention had to offer....

Much is already being written about the 77th General Convention of the Episcopal Church,

Since returning from Indianapolis, I have read many comments about what went on at General Convention.

Were Mark Twain still alive and following some of the press reports about General Convention, he might offer a subtle twist on one of his famous quotations: "Reports of the demise of The Episcopal Church are greatly exaggerated." After spending nearly two w...

The House of Bishops adjourned Thursday at about 5:30 p.m., just a few minutes ahead of the House of Deputies. Within two hours, Margaret and I were on I-74, headed from Indianapolis for Cincinnati. Thanks to our daughter, Lucy, the tomatoes and okra were w...

Exhilarating! Illuminating! Demanding! Exhausting! Dear! General Convention is all that and more.

Episcopal News Service has written a wrap-up of the 77th General Convention held in Indianapolis, July 5-12. Click here to read the summary with links to full stories.

Wow! Put General Convention on your bucket list and think about volunteering in 2015 at Salt Lake City. It was all I’d hoped for and more. Big worship with everyone singing lustily, rock star preachers, thousands taking communion in 10 minutes, trumpe...

Below is a very good summary of the GC printed in the Episcopal News Service. You will have to copy/paste as there is no way to make a live link. Since GC is heading for a paperless Triennium in 2015, there are some things that need to be upgraded. http://e...

On the last day of General Convention, deputies, bishops and volunteers were packing their bags and materials and also trying to move several remaining pieces of legislation through the legislative process.

Yesterday was the last day of GC and it was a long day with an extended morning session in addition to the normal long afternoon session. Several procedural motions were made to help the deputies get through the 80 or so resolution that were left on the cal...

Nina Vest Salmon was elected by General Convention to serve on the Joint Nominating Committee to nominate the next Presiding Bishop.

The Convention took concrete actions to bring the whole Church into the digital age. Two pieces of legislation – the Website Challenge and the Social Media challenge – passed both houses without much opposition. The Website Challenge states that...

Following are favorite things heard by members of the Idaho deputation at General Convention. Ask your deputies for "the rest of the story." I hope that will be the beginning of a deeper discussion of the activities and actions at GC 2012.

Home safely. Grateful for the opportunity to serve as a deputy and for the signs of hope I see in the Episcopal Church.

I met an old friend in the hallway this morning on the way into our morning legislative session. He asked about my work and I told him a bit about fresh expressions of church. "What have you discovered?" he asked. “There is a church emerging on the ma...

The House of Bishops finished its work early today, so I am sitting in our hotel room with the late sun streaming in. Down below us in the riverside park, a rock band is rehearsing for a concert that I hope isn't tonight. But it won't matter if it is -- the...

The General Convention is now in the final stretch, and deputies and bishops are working hard to move resolutions through the process so they can be dealt with during this Convention.

Good Morning, Indy. Our last sunrise, our last day of GC.