The Rt. Rev. Mark D.W. Edington | The Episcopal Church in Europe

A Summer Note from Bishop Mark

by The Rt. Rev. Mark D.W. Edington | Jul 6, 2025

I grew up in a place that gloried in four distinct seasons. Each was distinct and gave rise to a whole set of hopefully guarded expectations—the softness of spring, the verdant fields and occasional storms of summer, the crisp colors of fall, the snowbound hearths of...

What are We Doing Here?

by The Rt. Rev. Mark D.W. Edington | Jun 28, 2025

Text: 1 Kings 19:13b

“Then there came to him a voice that said, ‘What are you doing here, Elijah?’”

Sermon: Worth—and Value

by The Rt. Rev. Mark D.W. Edington | Apr 9, 2025

April 6, 2025 • Lent V The Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity • Paris, France Text: John 12:5: “Why was not this perfume sold for three hundred denarii, and the money given to the poor?” Unless you have intentionally been keeping yourself from the news, or hiding...

Sermon: Seeing in the Shadows

by The Rt. Rev. Mark D.W. Edington | Dec 24, 2024

December 24, 2024 • Christmas Eve The Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity • Paris, France Text: John 1:8: “…the world came into being through him; yet the world did not know him.” Just a few days ago I heard from one of my oldest and closest friends, one of...

The Deceptive Desire for Difference

by The Rt. Rev. Mark D.W. Edington | Jul 21, 2024

July 21, 2024 • The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost The Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity • Paris, France Text: Ephesians 2:14: “For he is our peace; in his flesh he has made both into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us.”...