The Bishop’s Blog
The violence is too much
Holy one, the violence this weekend was too much to bear, preying on the innocent at a temple of learning at Brown, on a beach in Australia as our...
Remember the Maine and the Gulf of Tonkin
Remember the Maine and the Gulf of Tonkin. Please. Fish stories about attacks on U.S. naval vessels inspired the Spanish-American War and our...
Coffee with Sherm Telleen and making the rounds
Marge and Sherm Telleen met in the early fifties as freshmen at Stanford but didn't date until their senior year. It finally took, because they were...
Visiting St. John Chrysostom in Rancho Santa Margarita and St. Mary’s in Laguna Beach
A bishop’s weekend can entail a Sunday visitation to a congregation where ministry is usually well established, plus a Saturday celebration of a...
Remarks at the 15th annual ecumenical prayer service at St. Leon Armenian Apostolic Cathedral
The archbishop’s invitation to pray for the spiritual healing of the world sent this humble pilgrim to Isaiah, prophet of Advent, who wrote 700...