The Bishop’s Blog
IRIS Open House and World Refugee Day
With U.S. funding for refugees again on the rise, IRIS Interfaith Refugee & Immigration Service, Los Angeles, a ministry of the Episcopal...
Daily prayer: For the human family
O God, you made us in your own image and redeemed us through Jesus your Son: Look with compassion on the whole human family; take away the arrogance...
Visiting St. John the Baptist Church, Corona
When I visited St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church, Corona, CA in March 2020, I proved to be the harbinger of doom. Two weeks later, we had to...
Daily prayer: Juneteenth
Almighty God, you rescued your people from slavery in Egypt, and throughout the ages you have never failed to hear the cries of the captives. We...
Father’s Day and E.T. the Extraterrestrial
I awoke at 4 a.m. thinking about “ET: The Extraterrestrial,” Steven Spielberg’s 1982 movie about a boy and his alien — specifically the line where a...