by John Harvey Taylor | May 21, 2024 | The Bishop's Blog
Eternal God, who gives good gifts to all people, and who grants the spirit of generosity: Give us, we pray you, hearts always open to hear your word, that, following the example of your servant Lydia, we may show hospitality to those who are in any need or trouble;...
by John Harvey Taylor | May 20, 2024 | The Bishop's Blog
We spend 12 days celebrating the Incarnation and 50 the Resurrection. The Holy Spirit gets just the Day of Pentecost. A conversation with a colleague over the weekend got me wondering if we give the Spirt short shrift. Maybe it’s just because her work so easy to...
by John Harvey Taylor | May 19, 2024 | The Bishop's Blog
O God, who on this day taught the hearts of your faithful people by sending to them the light of your Holy Spirit: Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,...
by John Harvey Taylor | May 18, 2024 | The Bishop's Blog
Siblings in Christ – fellow friends in Chet – on behalf of a grateful diocese, I offer blessings and thanks to the Program Group on Black Ministry and the H. Belfield Hannibal Union of Black Episcopalians for getting Chet and April back to the Cathedral, for...
by John Harvey Taylor | May 18, 2024 | The Bishop's Blog
Even congregations like Holy Spirit Echo Park, with no repair costs to speak of, are eligible for program grants from the One Body & One Spirit Annual Appeal at the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, which gives dozens of grants a year to diocesan institutions. The...
by John Harvey Taylor | May 18, 2024 | The Bishop's Blog
Gracious and loving God, we give you thanks today for the ministry of the Rt. Rev. Chet Talton, former bishop suffragan in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles — so kind, and so devoted to justice; such a great pastor, and a true prophet; so gentle, and so strong. As...
