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Scott Blake (left) and Andy Pouncey stand at the Bishops’ Gate at St. Mary’s Cathedral, where new gates and a commemorative plaque now mark a threshold shaped by generations of episcopal leadership and lived faith in West Tennessee. Image courtesy of St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral.

The Bishops’ Gate: A Threshold Marked by Memory and Meaning

In Fall 2025, a new plaque was installed beside the Bishops’ Gate at St. Mary’s Cathedral, quietly anchoring centuries of episcopal leadership and lived faith in West Tennessee.The plaque does…

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Statement on the Deployment of the National Guard to Memphis, Tennessee

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus Christ commended peacemakers as children of God.  We strive for justice and peace among all people as disciples of Christ.  The biblical understanding of peace represents more than the absence of conflict.  It entails a sense of well-being which is derived from being in right relationship with God and with our neighbors.  This biblical notion of shalom is what we desire for Memphis.

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