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The Rt. Rev. Robert C. Wright

The Right Rev. Robert C. Wright is the tenth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta, GA.

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The Right Rev. Robert C. Wright serves as the tenth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta, GA, to which he was ordained in October 2012.

Formerly he was rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Atlanta Georgia, the oldest black Episcopal congregation in the state of Georgia.

Bishop Wright was born in a Catholic orphanage in Pittsburgh, PA.  He is a product of the Pittsburgh Public School system. He served in the U. S. Navy as a helicopter Crew-Chief and Search and Rescue Diver. He was educated at Howard University, the Virginia Theological Seminary and Ridley Hall, Cambridge England.

He has worked as a child advocate, first for the Children's Defense Fund and later for two mayors of Washington D.C. He served as Canon Pastor and Vicar at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City. He is married to Dr. Beth-Sarah Wright and they have five children.

 


Latest Content by The Rt. Rev. Robert C. Wright

The Rt. Rev. Robert C. Wright

Bishop Rob Wright: Father's Day

The Rt. Rev. Robert Wright (TEC)

 

Ever thought about Noah on Father's Day? God asked Noah to build something out of faith in plain view of his children. We know about the ark and the animals. But what must Noah's faith have meant for his children? Everything! Children listen some, but watch more! While the physical ark is evidence of Noah's faith, it's the arc of Noah's faith that should inspire us.

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Bishop Rob Wright: Details (Luke 7:13) - Day1.org

The Rt. Rev. Robert Wright (TEC)

 

You can read the Bible and get lost in the details. Preachers do it all the time! Anthropology, sociology, psychology -- it's all there, all interesting. But don't miss in scripture how God chooses to be God!

 

Amidst the sadness of a child's funeral, the tears of a mother and the jangle of a crowd, we hear "...the Lord saw her, had compassion on her and spoke to her." Luke 7:13

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June 02, 2013

Bishop Rob Wright: Worry

The Rt. Rev. Robert Wright (TEC)

If it's not the economy, it's the water. If it's not the water, it's the family. Seems irresponsible not to worry. Jesus said, You can't add one inch to your height by worrying.
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May 24, 2013

Bishop Rob Wright: How to Be Christian with other Faiths

The Rt. Rev. Robert Wright (TEC)

How are we to be -- in a climate of relativism, amongst the spiritual -- with nonbelievers and with believers of every stripe?
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May 12, 2013

Bishop Rob Wright: In Thanksgiving

The Rt. Rev. Robert Wright (TEC)

Thank God for those mothers we love but see no longer, mothers who live with God now but watch over us from heaven's balcony.
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April 28, 2013

Bishop Rob Wright: New

The Rt. Rev. Robert Wright (TEC)

To be Christian is to choose to be like Christ. We judge our growth in the Lord by how much more we look like the Lord from one year to the next.
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The Right Rev. Robert Wright - A Day1 Conversation

The Rt. Rev. Robert Wright (TEC)

The Right Rev. Robert Wright, the new Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta, sits down with Day1 host Peter Wallace to discuss the work of being Bishop in such a diverse diocese, the historic nature of his election, and the work ahead of Episcopalians in Georgia. Don't miss it! It's a conversation of faith, and hope, only on Day1.
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April 19, 2013

Bishop Rob Wright: A Psalm for the Living (Psalm 23) - Day1.org

The Rt. Rev. Robert Wright (TEC)

We pray Psalm 23, mostly, when people die. But it's much more a psalm for the living!
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April 14, 2013

Bishop Rob Wright: More Than Fish

The Rt. Rev. Robert Wright (TEC)

Jesus died and Peter returned to fishing. Back to an old version of himself. Leading people, but only to fish-less waters. Catching nothing, but busy at it! Into this frustrated disappointment comes Jesus, risen. He guides Peter toward fish, more fish than he could have imagined.
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April 05, 2013

Bishop Rob Wright: Here Comes the Dreamer

The Rt. Rev. Robert Wright (TEC)

Yesterday the Episcopal Church with people globally gave thanks for the life and ministry of a man who taught nonviolence and was murdered for it.
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March 22, 2013

Bishop Rob Wright: Lent 2013: Toward

The Rt. Rev. Robert Wright (TEC)

When God is moving inside of you, you move toward God in the world. That's Palm Sunday in a nutshell.
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March 15, 2013

Bishop Rob Wright: Lent 2013: Loss and Gain

The Rt. Rev. Robert Wright (TEC)

Loss is God's growth strategy. Jesus' life teaches us this. His life teaches us that loss for God's sake is gain. An evolving, generative and joyful spiritual life hinges on uncoerced losing-offering so we can gain more Christ.
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March 17, 2013

What's the Point?

The Rt. Rev. Robert Wright (TEC)

In his sermon for the fifth Sunday of Lent, Bishop Robert Wright explores the Apostle Paul's teaching in Philippians 3:4-14 to encourage the church to press on toward the goal.
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March 10, 2013

Bishop Rob Wright: Lent 2013: Bitter

The Rt. Rev. Robert Wright (TEC)

Jesus told a story about a man with two sons: one a runaway, one bitter.
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March 01, 2013

Bishop Rob Wright: Lent 2013: Looking for Fruit

The Rt. Rev. Robert Wright (TEC)

Fruit is the exterior confirmation of interior generation. God is not as vague as we would like God to be. Fruit is a clear expectation from God to us.
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February 23, 2013

Bishop Rob Wright: Lent 2013: Rejection

The Rt. Rev. Robert Wright (TEC)

One definition of sin is resisting Truth. God is the founding reality of all realities; that is the Truth.
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February 17, 2013

Bishop Rob Wright: Lent 2013: Identity Theft

The Rt. Rev. Robert Wright (TEC)

Lent is the season to reclaim the truth of who we are. A time to shake off partial definitions and distorted understandings of ourselves.
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February 13, 2013

Bishop Rob Wright: An Ash Wednesday Meditation

The Rt. Rev. Robert Wright (TEC)

We are dust, we are finite, and God alone is infinite. This truth brings liberation. How?
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February 08, 2013

Bishop Rob Wright: 5 Days Left

The Rt. Rev. Robert Wright (TEC)

In just five days we will begin the season of Lent. I love Lent; I find it so pregnant with spiritual possibility. I beg you, let this Lent be more than the exercise of willpower.
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February 06, 2013

Bishop Rob Wright: Above the Law

The Rt. Rev. Robert Wright (TEC)

I wish more of us who consider divorce would also consider that you and your beloved may not be done, only stuck!
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January 29, 2013

Bishop Rob Wright: Why Change?

The Rt. Rev. Robert Wright (TEC)

What prompted Paul to change his life? Jesus called his name and asked him a question.
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January 21, 2013

Bishop Robert Wright Offers Some Words from Dr. King

The Rt. Rev. Robert Wright (TEC)

Dr. King's last Sunday sermon was preached in The Washington National Cathedral. Here is an excerpt we would do well to meditate on today.
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January 14, 2013

Bishop Rob Wright: Just a Moment

The Rt. Rev. Robert Wright (TEC)

On the day Jesus was baptized, the Holy Spirit descended and God spoke. It was one of those life-changing moments, where God is so close. We have had those kinds of moments. When was your last one?
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January 05, 2013

Bishop Rob Wright: Like the Wise Men

The Rt. Rev. Robert Wright (TEC)

Here are three ways to be like the wise men this year.
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December 21, 2012

Bishop Robert Wright: Inappropriate Joy?

The Rt. Rev. Robert Wright (TEC)

Talk of joy will seem inappropriate to many this Christmas. Death has brought us a thick cloud of sorrow. But a teenage mother, Mary, helps us claim joy in the face of death. She calls to us, "My spirit rejoices in God my Savior...." (Luke 1.47)
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December 09, 2012

Bishop Robert Wright: God's Word in the Wilderness

The Rt. Rev. Robert Wright (TEC)

While the world's leaders are leading, maintaining the status quo with their words, "...the word of God came to John in the wilderness." God's word breaks into the real world and re-describes it; it finds the gaps in our words and breaks in where it can be heard. So what?
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December 03, 2012

Bishop Robert Wright on Advent: Again

The Rt. Rev. Robert Wright (TEC)

Advent is the season where we practice how to expect something new from God.
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The Very Rev. Robert C. Wright (Part 1) - Day1 Conversations with Peter Wallace

The Rt. Rev. Robert Wright (TEC)

The Very Rev. Robert C. Wright, rector of Atlanta's St. Paul's Episcopal Church, sits down in the studio with Day1 host Peter Wallace for a discussion on life at St. Paul's Episcopal Church and the lively faith community that has developed there.
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The Very Rev. Robert C. Wright (Part 2) - Day1 Conversations with Peter Wallace

The Rt. Rev. Robert Wright (TEC)

The Very Rev. Robert C. Wright, rector of Atlanta's St. Paul's Episcopal Church, sits down in the studio with Day1 host Peter Wallace for a discussion on life at St. Paul's Episcopal Church and the lively faith community that has developed there.
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February 07, 2010

Why Some People Don't Catch Fish

The Rt. Rev. Robert Wright (TEC)

The Very Rev. Robert C. Wright takes a fresh look at Christ's call to the first disciples, and reveals why some Christians are not effective in serving and reaching others.
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January 31, 2010

Love Is for Grownups

The Rt. Rev. Robert Wright (TEC)

The Very Rev. Robert C. Wright mines the depths of 1 Corinthians 13, and shares how to love for Christ's sake in today's world.