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The Bishop's Blog

Thoughts and reflections from Bishop John Harvey Taylor

One year since the wildfires broke out

One year since the wildfires broke out

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

Miracle pairs

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

War on the Golden Rule

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

A Child’s Christmas in Wales

"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

Prayers for he Rev. Toni Freeman Stuart

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

Homily for the Rt. Rev. Chester Lovelle Talton

“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

Christmas Eve Sermon

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

Amazing People

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,...

For those killed on the high seas

For those killed on the high seas

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,...

The violence is too much

The violence is too much

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...