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The Bishop’s Blog

Juneteenth celebration concert

Juneteenth celebration concert

Below are my welcoming remarks at “A Juneteenth Sacred Resistance Concert,” sponsored by the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles' Program Group on...

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The Palestinian question

The Palestinian question

When the Gaza and Iran wars are over, the Palestinian question will remain. It’s possible to imagine a scenario where these agonies set the stage...

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Daily prayer: Juneteenth

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...

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A prayer for immigrant families

A prayer for immigrant families

Gracious God, one of the sins of politics is talking about facts and figures and policies and practices when we’re really torturing your people and...

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Lions of Haifa

Lions of Haifa

Behold the lions of Haifa. The Rev. Canon Samir and Armond Habiby, both in their nineties, were among seven children of a judge serving the city,...

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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: