Anglican Diocese in New England

Anglican Diocese in New England For the Reawakening of New England. Nevertheless, we believe His power and presence is increasing, and that rumors of revival are not unfounded.

The ADNE is a passionate and entrepreneurial family of churches, united in Word, Spirit, Sacrament, and mission, committed to the reawakening of New England. Led by Bishop Andrew Williams, the ADNE covers over 72,000 square miles and includes some of the least churched states in the nation. The challenges are great, but the opportunities are greater. We are a diocese of the Anglican Church in North America and the worldwide Anglican Communion.

Bishop Drew installing Reverend Scott Perry as Rector to Emmaus Anglican Church, N. Falmouth. Members of Emmaus travelle...
09/01/2026

Bishop Drew installing Reverend Scott Perry as Rector to Emmaus Anglican Church, N. Falmouth. Members of Emmaus travelled to the Cathedral for Rev. Scott’s installation. Bishop Drew paid tribute to Rev. Gayle Heaslip’s ministry in founding Emmaus, “…a strong church with a pure heart.”

Director of Creo Arts, Dr. Winfield Bevins, will lead our Friday night special session on the power of the arts in and t...
08/28/2026

Director of Creo Arts, Dr. Winfield Bevins, will lead our Friday night special session on the power of the arts in and through the church at this year's Reawakening Conference. 🎨

We can't wait to have Dr. Bevins with us in October.

Learn more and don't miss out: https://adne.org/reawakening

08/26/2026

Revisiting last year's amazing Reawakening Conference!

Excited to do it all over again and more on October 23rd and 24th in Lexington, MA!

Learn more and register here: https://adne.org/reawakening

08/26/2026

Paul summarized his apostolic resumé by detailing his scars, not by spotlighting his successes.

Jesus had said of this former persecutor, “I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name” (Acts 9:16). And he meant it.

For instance, to the Corinthians, Paul says he was “afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies” (2 Cor. 4:8-10).

Psalm 116 reads like the counterpart to Paul’s words. The poet was brought low, but God saved him (116:6). He was in danger of stumbling into death, but the Lord delivered him to walk in the land of the living (116:6-9).

In the face of great affliction, he nevertheless remained a faithful confessor, “I believed, even when I spoke: ‘I am greatly afflicted’” (116:10).

Paul resonated so much with these words that he quoted them after he detailed his sufferings to the Corinthians, “Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, ‘I believed, and so I spoke,’ we also believe, and so we also speak, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence” (2 Cor. 4:13-14).

No matter how loud our current sufferings, the laughter of the coming resurrection drowns them out.

So neither Paul nor we “lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal” (2 Cor. 4:16-18).

Chief among those “unseen things” is our resurrected Lord, who will one day welcome us home.
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We read Psalm 116 today in Bible in One Year, and are reading 2 Corinthians alongside the Psalms. https://www.1517.org/oneyear

08/21/2026

We've been sharing his content online, and we can't wait to have him share more in person at Reawakening 2026!

Hear from Old Testament scholar Chad Bird, who will be our plenary speaker, taking us deeper into the freedom of Jesus' forgiveness.

Learn more and register: https://adne.org/reawakening

08/19/2026

They are known by various names and titles throughout Scripture. In his temple vision, Isaiah called them seraphim as they sang “Holy, Holy, Holy” around the throne of God (6:1-1-3). In his vision of the chariot throne, Ezekiel called them simply the “Living Creatures” (1:5).

In Genesis, when two of them were stationed, with flaming swords, to guard the entrance to Eden after Adam and Eve were expelled, they are named cherubim (3:24).

Statues of two golden cherubim, with wings outstretched toward each other, were also atop the mercy seat in the Holy of Holies (Exod. 25:18-20).

And two of them are named in the Bible, Michael and Gabriel. The latter was privileged to bring the good news to Mary that she was to bear the Son of Most High, Jesus our Savior (Dan. 12:1; Luke 1:26).

As Psalm 104 begins, these same angels reappear: the LORD “makes his messengers winds, his ministers a flaming fire” (104:4; Heb. 1:7). They are with him in this poetically charged description of God in celestial glory: “Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, you are very great! You are clothed with splendor and majesty, covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent. He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters; he makes the clouds his chariot; he rides on the wings of the wind” (104:1-3).

These messengers of the LORD are “all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation” (Heb. 1:14). They are our heavenly “body guards,” unseen yet present, accompanying us as we work, play, sleep, worship. Angels all around us.

When our last hour comes, they will do for us what they did for Lazarus: carry us to the bosom of Abraham, that is, to heaven itself, where we will stand before the light-clothed Savior, who will welcome us with open arms (Luke 16:22).

What a day of joy that will be for us!
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From my book, Untamed Prayers: 365 Daily Devotions on Christ in the Book of Psalms, https://a.co/d/07kzVw4V

08/07/2026

There is a hunger in this life that no food can satisfy, a parched mouth no liquid can quench.

Of course, we try.

We ravenously devour riches, guzzle entertainments, and ask for seconds and thirds from the dessert table of pleasure.

Give us more, more, and still more. A little more of this, a little more of that. When we have that woman, that man, that job, that raise, that vacation, then we will have enough.

And yet, it is never enough. We gorge ourselves on vanity and chase after the wind.

Fools! We lick up poison while nearby sits a table spilling over with the feast of life.

The Psalmist had it right: “O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you” (63:1).

For you!
For you!
For you, O God.

Jesus pours into our dry mouths “living water” (John 4:10). He who is “the bread of life” feeds us (John 6:35). Only in God do we find what will always and truly satisfy.

As fish were made for water and birds for the air, so we are made to swim in God, fly in the heavens of our Lord, and find our joy and meaning and purpose in him.

Bishop Drew’s eldest daughter, Katie, married to Blake at Powderham Castle, Devon, UK. The castle is the home of the Ear...
08/05/2026

Bishop Drew’s eldest daughter, Katie, married to Blake at Powderham Castle, Devon, UK. The castle is the home of the Earl of Devon, 20 minutes from Exeter, the Cathedral city where Bishop Drew was ordained in 2000.

A fun story from Bishop Drew regarding Powderham Castle...

"Elena and I attended a ball at Powderham Castle when we were 19 years old and first dating! Too long ago, but a wonderful closing of the loop!"

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