You meet the most amazing people around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including the Rev. Ollie Lim, a Canadian priest I first met when he was studying at Bloy House, The Episcopal Theological School at Los Angeles; he dropped by St. Paul’s Commons, Echo Park to see the Rev. Canon Thomas Quijada-Discavage; members of the deck of deans at their quarterly lunch with the Rev. Canon Melissa McCarthy and me — so much wisdom around this table!; Salam Al-Marayati, president of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, and other interfaith leaders, for a conversation at council headquarters about joining forces behind shared spiritual values in a time when secular politics rewards cruelty…an old friend, the Rev. Ed Sniecienski…brilliant members of the real estate task force…the Revs. Canon Roberto Martinez and Melissa McCarthy and the Ericks Rivera, father and son, of Iglesia Episcopal de La Magdalena in Glendale; colleagues from Episcopal Communities & Services, to talk about affordable housing; and the Very Rev. Bill Dunn, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Redlands, who dropped off a generous parish gift to the One Body & One Spirit Annual Appeal wildfire fund.
