The Bishop’s Blog

Daily prayer: Give us a zeal for justice
Lord God Almighty, who has made all the peoples of the earth for your glory, to serve you in freedom and in peace: Give to the people of our country...

Being a sanctuary diocese
As reports come in about ICE raids around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, I write to remind my siblings in Christ that, by act of diocesan...

Daily prayer: Take away our hatred
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...

Daily prayer: John Chrysostom
O God, who gave your servant John Chrysostom grace eloquently to proclaim your righteousness in the great congregation, and fearlessly to bear...

The witness of the Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde
You never know what you’ll hear during worship. I think about that day in the synagogue in Nazareth. Folks probably hadn’t been expecting anything...