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The Bishop’s Blog

Daily prayer: Self-dedication

Daily prayer: Self-dedication

Almighty and eternal God, so draw our hearts to you, so guide our minds, so fill our imaginations, so control our wills, that we may be wholly yours, utterly dedicated unto you; and then use us, we pray you, as you will, and always to your glory and the welfare of your people

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Daily prayer: Holy One, help us

Daily prayer: Holy One, help us

Holy One, Help us, Spark hope; Seek peace; Defend justice; Fight oppression; Defeat hate; Foster holiness; Live love. Amen. — Bishop Deon K. Johnson...

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Daily prayer: For guidance

Daily prayer: For guidance

Heavenly God, in you we live and move and have our being: We humbly pray you so to guide and govern us by your Holy Spirit, that in all the cares...

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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: