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Bishop Gulick: If you could choose from any living people, which
three would you invite to dinner?
I just think Pope Francis is shifting the paradigm of what the ministry of the Pope of Rome is
and he’s done it very quickly. I find him very interesting.

I would love to be in the room and hear a conversation between President Obama and
President Bush. I would love to hear an honest conversation about what it’s like to try to
lead this country at a time of such absolute polarization in our national life. I would love to
ask them what advice they would give the next president. I would like to hear them also
talk about their Christian faith and how it was stretched and twisted as they tried to be
faithful to that office.

Bishop Johnston: What books have been on
your mind that you’d recommend to our
diocesan audience?
The Journals of Thomas Merton
These volumes encapsulate the whole of this very complex
man, and engage everything from the weightiest topics to the
most simple and yet profound observations.
The Diaries of Adam & Eve as Translated by Mark Twain,
Mark Twain
It is beautiful and convicting at the same time, and it is
something that you need to read several times over the
course of years because it keeps morphing.
The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis
A standby for me, one of the most knowing of spiritual works
in terms of fallen humanity.
Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World, Henri
J.M. Nouwen
A personal favorite in spiritual reading that I read at least
three times every year.
Reasonable Belief: A Survey of Christian Faith, Anthony Hanson
and Richard Hanson
It is easily the best survey of Christian theology in classic
doctrine that I know of, and it’s never far away from my reach.

Bishop Gulick celebrates the Eucharist at a service for the new
ministry of the Rev. Deacon Emmetri Beane at Little Fork Church,
Rixeyville.

Bishop Johnston: If you could choose from
any living people, which three would you
invite to dinner?
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Pianist Daniel Barenboim
Author Harper Lee

Our Bishops at a Glance
The Rt. Rev. Edwin F. “Ted” Gulick Jr.
Assistant Bishop: An already-consecrated bishop appointed
to serve a diocese, often for a period of time
Before Becoming Bishop in Virginia: Served parishes in
Newport News, Va., and Maryland before becoming bishop
of the Diocese of Kentucky; also served as provisional bishop
of Fort Worth
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Virginia Episcopalian / WINTER 2015

Ordained:

February 1974
April 1994
January 2011
Consecrated as Bishop:

Appointed to the Virginia Episcopate: