The Bishop’s Blog

Thanksgiving Day at St. Paul’s Commons

Nov 23, 2023

God of all, we thank you for this opportunity to be together. Dios de todos, te damos gracias por esta oportunidad de estar juntos. We know you...

Daily prayer: Thanksgiving

Nov 23, 2023

Almighty and gracious God, we give you thanks for the fruits of the earth in their season and for the labors of those who harvest them. Make us, we...

Preparing for Thanksgiving in Echo Park

Nov 21, 2023

Thanksgiving dinner is served at 11 a.m. on Thursday at St. Paul's Commons, Echo Park, and all are welcome. Back in full swing after COVID, our...

Amazing people in Thanksgiving week

Nov 21, 2023

You meet the most amazing people around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including Bishop Brenda Bos of the Southwest California Synod ELCA,...

Daily prayer: For addicts and those in recovery

Nov 21, 2023

Blessed Lord, you ministered to all who came to you: Look with compassion upon all who through addiction have lost their health and freedom. Restore...

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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: