The Bishop's Blog

For the Christian disciple, the rise of authoritarianism is a challenge unlike any in our lifetime. Our vocations up until now have not fully equipped us. Relatively civil arguments about politics,...

Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our hearts; for, as you always resist the proud who confide in their own strength, so you never forsake those who make their boast of your mercy; through...

Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we either desire or deserve: Pour upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those...

“The loving thing” is the whole thing at Saint Matthias Episcopal Church, two blocks from Whittier College. For a third of a century, its members have handed out food Monday through Friday to anyone...

Reveal to us your saving word, O God, that like your servant William Tyndale we might hear its call to repentance and new life. Plant in our hearts that same consuming passion to bring the...

O God, by whom the meek are guided in judgment, and light rises up in darkness for the godly: Grant us, in all our doubts and uncertainties, the grace to ask what you would have us to do, that the...

You meet the most amazing people around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including at the Saints Alive lunch and speaker program at The Parish of St. Matthew - The Episcopal Church in Pacific...

Gracious God, we offer our prayers of thanksgiving and praise as Sarah is called as the first woman to be archbishop of Canterbury. Global Anglicans are united in the way we pray but not the way we...

O God, who gave us the holy Scriptures as a light to shine upon our path: Grant us, after the example of your servant Jerome, so to learn of you according to your holy Word, that we may find the...

St. Martin-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church in Winnetka is one of the most lovingly curated public spaces I've ever seen. In his 11th year as vicar, after promising Bishop Jon Bruno just three years,...

As part of the amazing Neighborhood Youth Association team, site director Sonia Hernandez has been helping children of immigrant families on the west side of Los Angeles make it to four-year...

O God, whom saints and angels delight to worship in heaven: Be ever present with your servants who seek through art and music to perfect the praises offered by your people on earth; and grant to...