The Ninth Bishop of Texas

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Rev. Paul Fromberg Retirement Sermon

Listen to Bishop Doyle's sermon, "Rev. Paul Fromberg Retirement" held at St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church in San Francisco, CA.

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The Harvest of the Hurt for the Good

Listen to Bishop Doyle's sermon, "Proper 6A - The Harvest of the Hurt for the Good" held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Freeport, TX.

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New Book Collaboration: Disciplines of Hope

Hey friends and followers,

This is a critical time to look from the future back to the present. The present is noisy, uncertain, and often overwhelming.

As the world has become more turbulent, the demand for Institute for the Future's foresight work has only grown. In response to this moment, we are excited to announce that our new book, Disciplines of Hope: Generating Faith in the Future for an Anxious Age, is now available for pre-order.

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Disciplines of Hope: Generating Faith in the Future for an Anxious Age

Below is a taste of the new book, which explores deeply the themes coming out of our latest forecasts. In such a troubling time, positive futures will be so important.

To make better futures, we need new disciplines for hope in action that you perform, repeatedly, together—not hope or faith that you simply have or don’t have. This book shows you how to generate your own discipline of hope and grow your faith in the future.

Introduction: Hope Is Something You Must Generate—and Here’s How

Chapter 1: A New Compass for Seeding Hope

Chapter 2: The Future Terrain We Must Navigate

Chapter 3: Faith Traditions—Gifts and Harm

Chapter 4: Varieties of Faith and Hope—Keep the Gifts; Refuse the Harm

Chapter 5: A Surprising New Use for the Generative AI Medium

Chapter 6: Human Generativity Augmented by Generative AI

Chapter 7: The Wisdom of Leadership with Hope

Chapter 8: Personal Coping, Meaning, and Resilience

Conclusion: A Call for New Disciplines of Hope

Discussion Guide

Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Let Them Be One

Listen to Bishop Doyle's sermon, "Let Them Be One - Easter 7A" held at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, West Columbia, TX.

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Tuesday, June 2, 2026

To Go As Jesus

Listen to Bishop Doyle's sermon, "To Go As Jesus" held at St. John's Episcopal Church, Carthage, TX for Trinity Sunday.

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Quotes

"Christianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life; not a philosophy of life, but a life and a living process." Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to sail under, but few will use it as a rudder by which to steer." Oliver Wendell Holmes
"Perfection, in a Christian sense, means becoming mature enough to give ourselves to others." Kathleen Norris
"Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can." John Wesley
"The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried." G. K. Chesterton
"One of our great allies at present is the Church itself. Do not misunderstand me. I do not mean the Church as we see her spread out through all time and space and rooted in eternity, terrible as an army with banners. That, I confess, is a spectacle which makes our boldest tempters uneasy. But fortunately it is quite invisible to these humans." C. S. Lewis
"When we say, 'I love Jesus, but I hate the Church,' we end up losing not only the Church but Jesus too. The challenge is to forgive the Church. This challenge is especially great because the church seldom asks us for forgiveness." Henri Nouwen, Bread for the Journey
"Christians are hard to tolerate; I don't know how Jesus does it." Bono
"It's too easy to get caught in our little church subcultures, and the result is that the only younger people we might know are Christians who are already inside the church." Dan Kimball

Blog Autobiography

Husband, Father, Bishop, Author, Friend

As the son of an Episcopal priest, I grew up in churches around Houston. I have lived and worked for the Church in Austin, Temple, Houston and College Station. At Camp Allen, some of you were my counselors and some of you were my campers and now several of you serve as priests in the diocese. It was here among you, that I first heard a call to ministry. I pursued a degree in fine arts and then with the support of St. Paul's, Freeport and All Saints, Austin, I attended Virginia Theological Seminary and graduated in 1995. I was ordained at Christ Church, Temple. I have served the Diocese of Texas for more than thirty five years as a youth minister, camp counselor, priest, consultant, workshop leader, Canon to the Ordinary, and Coadjutor and Diocesan Bishop (2008).

JoAnne and I met at Camp Allen and were married in 1990. Our two beautiful girls, Caisa and Zoë, are the delight of our lives.

I am the author of Church, Unabashedly Episcopalian, Generous Community, Small Batch, and The Jesus Heist.