The Bishop’s Blog

Daily prayer: The fourth Sunday in Lent
Gracious God, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world: Evermore give us this bread,...

Daily prayer: for strength and protection
O God, you know us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that by reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot always stand upright:...

‘Redwood’
The photo shows my guitar with, at far left, Tony Award-winning Broadway superstar Idina Menzel — Maureen from the original cast of Rent, and the...

Daily prayer: for trust in God’s grace
Grant us, O Lord our Strength, a true love of your holy Name; so that, trusting in your grace, we may fear no earthly evil, nor fix our hearts on...

Rachmaninoff, Mozart and family ties
After 25-year-old pianist Mao Fujita’s fourth curtain call — we were giving thanks for his performance of the Rachmaninoff second piano concerto,...