You meet the most amazing people around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including the Campbell Hall class of 2025; once again I had one of the best seats in the house for last week’s commencement ceremonies at The Walt Disney Concert Hall … Journalist, historian, and fellow former Arizonan Tom Zoellner, for a wide-ranging conversation about you-name-it … members of our “Requiem or Renaissance” cohort, working with the Rev. Canon Whitney Rice of the Diocese of Missouri as they prepare to assist financially struggling parishes with their discernment about the future God has prepared … the Rev. Santos Flores with his son, Jose, and spouse, Lina … the Rev. KC Robertson of St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, co-chair of the bishop search committee … the Rev. Susan Scranton, longtime rector of Grace Episcopal Church in Glendora, and vestry member Kathy Ferris … St. Mark’s, Altadena, member Bob Schaper, showing the Rev. Canon Melissa McCarthy and me the church buildings destroyed in the Eaton fire; crews began clearing the site this week … members of the diocesan staff at our monthly meeting … the Rev. Canon Mark Weitzel during our coffee klatch near St. Mark’s in Glendale, which has been open all day to the public for prayer and meditation since the immediate aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks … and the Rev. Canon Gary Hall, for a leisurely conversation over lunch in in LA’s peaceful downtown arts district.
