The Bishop's Blog
Thoughts and reflections from Bishop John Harvey Taylor
One year since the wildfires broke out
Jan 7, 2026
Many remember a beautiful sky last year on Tuesday morning, Jan. 7. Just after eleven, Kathy took this picture of wind-whipped clouds over the snowy San Gabriels. But then, like the temple curtain...
Miracle pairs
Jan 7, 2026
I call them miracle pairs — the universe's warp and woof, the very hand of the great weaver, suddenly revealed when disparate things fit together like puzzle pieces. You think of someone, and a...
War on the Golden Rule
Jan 2, 2026
The United States government has declared war on the golden rule. Faith traditions have agreed for millennia that we should act toward others as we wish them to act toward us. It bolsters all...
A Child’s Christmas in Wales
Jan 2, 2026
"At the end of a long road was a drive that led to a large house, and we stumbled up the darkness of the drive that night, each one of us afraid, each one holding a stone in his hand in case, and...
Prayers for he Rev. Toni Freeman Stuart
Jan 1, 2026
I invite the prayers of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles community for the Rev. Toni Freeman Stuart of Montecito, who has been battling cancer and is nearing the frontier. Raised in the Los...
Homily for the Rt. Rev. Chester Lovelle Talton
Dec 28, 2025
“In my father’s house, there are many dwelling places.” In our earthly houses, there are many ways to be a father. And under the job description for father, which is to say for any parent, appear an...
Christmas Eve Sermon
Dec 24, 2025
Let’s begin tonight with our astonishment. Let’s get our red and green Christmas socks knocked off and then see where the little child leads us.The prophet Isaiah reckons that the birth of a Savior...
Amazing People
Dec 22, 2025
You meet the most amazing people in the days before Christmas around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including Seeds of Hope executive director Steven Trapasso, who dropped by with Alana,...
Longest Night memorial for the unhoused who died in Los Angeles
Dec 21, 2025
My album from the longest night of the year on Sunday, which the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels marked with its annual memorial service for unhoused people who died on the streets of Los...
For those killed on the high seas
Dec 20, 2025
A few days before the Feast of the Nativity, let’s see if we can manage a Christmas prayer for the alleged drug couriers Trump is massacring on the high seas. A prayer for over a hundred dead,...
Multicultural ministries dinner at St. John’s Cathedral
Dec 15, 2025
As 14-year-old pianist Qien Joseph Hu performed Saturday evening at St. John's Cathedral, I didn’t recognize the piece. As it turned out, almost no one did, except perhaps his pastor mother,...
The violence is too much
Dec 14, 2025
Holy one, the violence this weekend was too much to bear, preying on the innocent at a temple of learning at Brown, on a beach in Australia as our siblings in faith celebrated the miracle of...











