The Bishop’s Blog
Daily prayer: To be a light in difficult times
Almighty God, you sent Jesus not when things were going well but to light your people through impossibly difficult times. You gave me the gifts of...
The hardest commandment, and prayers for our nation, ourselves, and all
What they said was the most important election of our lifetime really was. While the anti-incumbent factor was huge, we’re not going to figure it...
Daily prayer: Moving hearts to justice and peace
Grant, O God, that your holy and life-giving Spirit may so move every human heart and especially the hearts of the people of this land, that...
Use both hands
“Use both hands.” When the Anaheim Angels won the World Series in 2002, just for a moment Angel Darin Erstad was ten again. He got the final out...
Welcoming Tim Black to St. Michael’s Community Church, Isla Vista
If you’re a bishop, I have a suggestion, which is that you to want avoid being the preacher the day a church is welcoming its new vicar. But with...