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The Bishop’s Blog

Remembering the Rev. John Phalen

Remembering the Rev. John Phalen

The Rev. Dr. John Phalen, who died in October, had two doctorates and multiple vocations — priest, Air Force chaplain, executive director of one of...

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Daily prayer: Nicholas Ferrar

Daily prayer: Nicholas Ferrar

Lord God, make us worthy of your perfect love; that, with your deacon Nicholas Ferrar and his household, we may rule ourselves according to your...

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RIP: Sandra Day O’Connor

RIP: Sandra Day O’Connor

I join with a full and grateful heart in the tributes to Episcopalian Sandra Day O’Connor. A knowledgeable friend told me today she wouldn’t admit...

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Daily prayer: Andrew the Apostle

Daily prayer: Andrew the Apostle

Almighty God, who gave such grace to your apostle Andrew that he readily obeyed the call of your Son Jesus Christ, and brought his brother with him:...

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About the Blog

Bishop John Harvey Taylor has devoted himself to promoting reconciliation, transparency, and a stronger financial and organizational foundation for the diocese’s 200 parishes, missions, schools, and other institutions. In those called to leadership in the church, whether lay or ordained, he encourages the exercise of empathy and curiosity as tools of evangelism, to enrich relationships and build new ones across the barriers of difference and prejudice according to race, language, geography, orientation, identification, age, and socioeconomics.

These are some of his reflections: