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Three Los Angeles Episcopal Leaders to Be Honored at NAES Biennial Conference 2026

Presented during ceremonies at Biennial Conference, these awards are NAES’s highest honors and recognize and celebrate the outstanding service of individuals to Episcopal schools and NAES.

NAES Launches New Initiative to Support Student Transitions to Higher Education

The National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES) is pleased to announce the launch of the Episcopal Chaplaincy Connection Initiative (ECCI), a new national program designed to provide spiritual…

In Memoriam: The Rt. Rev. Thomas E. Breidenthal

The National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES) joins the larger Episcopal Church community in mourning the passing of the Rt. Rev. Thomas E. Breidenthal, former member of the NAES Governing…

NAES Governing Board Sets 2026–2027 Membership Dues

The NAES Governing Board has set membership dues for the 2026–2027 school year. More information is available by clicking above.

NAES Gives Thanks for the Life and Faithful Witness of the Venerable Faye Somers

The National Association of Episcopal Schools gives thanks for the life of the Venerable Faye Somers, who passed away at the age of seventy-two on February 19. With gratitude for her faithful…

NAES Welcomes Bryan Stevenson for National Conference on Episcopal Identity and Equity & Justice

Last week, February 10–13, the National Association of Episcopal Schools presented the Episcopal Identity: Equity & Justice Conference in Montgomery, Alabama. Approximately 220 Episcopal educators…

NAES Announces New Episcopal School Leadership Certificate Program

NAES announces the creation of a new leadership certificate program, a one-year professional development opportunity designed to equip current and aspiring heads of school, chaplains, administrators,…

Biennial Conference 2026: Three Important Updates

NAES Biennial Conference 2026 will now take place in Los Angeles, California at the JW Marriott L.A. LIVE. Workshop proposals now accepted!

Episcopal Colleges William Randolph Hearst Service Learning Scholarship Accepting Applications

Up to two $20,000 scholarships will be awarded to Episcopal high school seniors graduating in 2026 and matriculating at an Episcopal college.

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Making All Things New this New School Year

“Behold, I am making all things new.” Revelation 21:5 Many years ago, I had the experience of being a camp counselor at a Lutheran camp in the Pocono Mountains. Just off the Pennsylvania…

What Happens Next

Back in February, a few teachers and I were riding the elevator at the Water Garden, St. Matthew’s Parish School’s temporary K-8 campus in Santa Monica. A gentleman who worked on the…

Episcopal Education: The Alumni Perspective

The truth of a statement like this can’t be measured. Instead, I come to know it through experience at every stage of my life. To write honestly as an alumnus of an Episcopal school, who now…

The Value of Episcopal Schools: Leading with Love

I was not raised in the Episcopal tradition. In fact, before stepping into my role as Director of Institutional Equity and Diversity at St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes School almost sixteen years ago,…

Justice Begins in the Boardroom: Reclaiming Governance as a Spiritual Practice

“What does equity look like at the level of institutional power?” That question led me into my doctoral research and has stayed with me ever since. We speak often about belonging in classrooms. We…

The Ministry of Showing Up: Why Presence Matters More Than Ever in an AI-Shaped World

I recently heard a brilliant colleague’s presentation entitled, “The Human Advantage: Preparing Future-Ready Students in an AI-Shaped World.” In my role as a school chaplain and in my…

Teaching and Leading in a Season of Storms

A winter storm settles over campus, canceling plans and reshaping a long weekend for students who remain. As snow piles up outside, another kind of storm flickers across a television screen—one…

Chaplaincy and the Power of Relationships

I love being a part of the NAES Chaplains Group. For a long time, I felt all alone in my role as a chaplain. Then I attended my first conference and discovered, much to my delight, that I was part of…

Living into Episcopal Identity: Chapel at St. David’s

Seventy toddlers follow a cross and banner into chapel every week at St. David’s Episcopal Day School in Wilmington, DE. A bible sits atop the altar. Nearby, a single apple hangs from a…

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On Not Knowing, Continued

One of the small gifts of writing these meditations is the conversation they start. Every Monday, I hear from members of the NAES family sharing follow-up thoughts from what I have written. I have come to treasure these emails—not just for affirmation—but also for the way that good readers can share perspectives on things that might not have been “front of mind” while crafting a short, weekly message for the community.

On Not Knowing

There is a kind of teaching that cannot be delivered. Rather, we can only make space for it. Four-year-olds are natural philosophers. They ask “why” without embarrassment. They have not absorbed the message that so many of us picked up along the way: not-knowing is supposed to be shameful. They hold mystery lightly because they have not yet been taught to fear it. Somewhere between kindergarten and high school, most of us lose this. We learn that questions have a shelf life and that a raised hand that isn’t followed by a tidy answer is a small embarrassment to be moved past quickly.

Covenant, Not Contract

Covenant. It runs through the scriptures and through our tradition. It is the foundation for baptism, for every vow made at the altar, and for the kind of community we are called to be. However, a covenant is very different from a contract, which tends to be more familiar to us in modern life.

The Awakened Brain

I am excited that Dr. Lisa Miller will be our keynote speaker at NAES Biennial Conference 2026 in November. A clinical psychologist at Columbia University, Dr. Miller’s research focuses on the positive impact of spiritual practices. Her book, The Awakened Brain, makes a claim that shouldn’t surprise us, but which she arrives at through decades of neuroscience: people with an active spiritual practice are measurably more resilient, less prone to mental health challenges, and more capable of meeting hardship without being undone by it. Her research indicates that specific belief isn’t as important as practice: the sustained, embodied habit of prayer, silence, and attention to what is greater than the self.

The Great Cloud That Supports Us

Marcus Aurelius, at the height of his power as emperor of Rome, sat down to write what we now call the Meditations—and he did not begin with philosophy. He began with people. Teacher after teacher, mentor after mentor—he named each of them, and named what they gave him, before he said anything else. Here was quite possibly the most powerful person in the world, and his first act was gratitude. Not ideas or accomplishments, but people.

What I’m Reading This Summer

This is the final meditation of the year, and as I have done before, I want to close with a few books I’m excited about. One of the things I genuinely cherish about summer is the opportunity to read in more relaxed environments. Not having to rush from one appointment to the next, I can enjoy an unhurried moment by the pool or a quiet morning that isn’t dominated by rushing to the airport to catch a flight. People ask me fairly often what is on my reading list, and I want to share it with you now, before you (hopefully) manage to unplug at least a little from email in the weeks ahead.

The Most Difficult Commandment

Summer arrives, yet the work never seems to stop. For some it is the inbox that never fully empties. For others it is the curriculum unit that needs rethinking, the struggling family still on your mind that would benefit from a check in, or the chapel talk you want to get right before September. The particular burden varies by role. The weight is recognizable across all of them.

Honoring Dignity

There is a moment most teachers recognize. A student sits across from you feeling frustrated, withdrawn, or simply having a hard day. At the same time, you also feel the pull towards efficiency. The schedule moves forward. The inbox calls. The papers need to be graded and returned. In that hurried moment, the choice may seem small and unremarkable. 

Deepening Wisdom

What does it mean to get wiser? Not more credentialed. Not more informed. What does it mean to truly deepen wisdom? Aristotle named a distinction worth recovering. Sophia is the wisdom that lives in books and involves right answers that can be taught in a classroom. Phronesis is something else: practical wisdom, the capacity to discern what is right and fitting in this particular moment, with these particular people, in these particular circumstances. You can’t download it. You have to earn it by showing up, paying attention, and being willing to be changed by what you encounter.