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The Bishop’s Blog

Daily prayer: Henry Lewis

Daily prayer: Henry Lewis

Gracious God, the great orchestrator, we give you thanks for the pioneering artistry of Henry Lewis, born in Los Angeles in 1932, who, as a...

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Daily prayer: Gregory Hines

Daily prayer: Gregory Hines

God of light, light hearts, and light feet, on the 80th anniversary of his birth, we remember our Valentine the late Gregory Hines, dancer, actor,...

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Daily prayer: Absalom Jones

Daily prayer: Absalom Jones

Set us free, heavenly God, from every bond of prejudice and fear; that, honoring the steadfast courage of your servant Absalom Jones, we may show...

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Hotel Housekeeping

Hotel Housekeeping

You wouldn’t think that that hotel housekeepers would be among the up to 100 million U.S. jobs that AI is expected to eliminate in the next 10...

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Daily prayer: NAACP

Daily prayer: NAACP

Gracious God, sitting with his friends on the mountaintop in Galilee, your Son said, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for...

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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: