The Bishop’s Blog

Absalom Jones Day service
In a bracing sermon at St. Paul's Commons, Echo Park today, as we marked the feast day of Absalom Jones, the first African-American ordained in The...

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...

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

Daily prayer: Nelson Mandela
Gracious God, your Son promised that everything freed on earth would be freed in heaven and warned that things bound on earth might be bound in...

Daily Prayer: Grace Towns Hamilton
Gracious God, on this, the 118th anniversary of her birth, we give you thanks for the life and witness of Grace Towns Hamilton, who in 1966 became...