Puppets voice theological concerns with joy, levity
It's a serious thing to say “I don't think God loves me” to a pastor face to face, and a seriously personal interaction to video and post on TikTok. Unless one of those faces is bright red with a round blue nose and shaggy fur, in which case the whole thing becomes a...
Meet the Bishop Nominations and Recruitment subcommittee
One in a series of introductions to the subcommittees of the Search Committee Hello, we're the Bishop Nominations and Recruitment Subcommittee. Chair: the Rev. Jeff Thornberg of Church of Our Saviour, San Gabriel, and members Heyden Morales of St. John’s Cathedral,...
The Rev. Canon Peter Kreitler, environmental advocate, dies at 83
The Rev. Canon Peter G. Kreitler – longtime advocate for the stewardship of creation and a former diocesan minister for the environment – died May 16 at his home in Pacific Palisades. He was 83 and had been in hospice care after treatment for cancer. A full obituary...
Dents and dings on the road
Next time you’re driving, notice how many cars have dents and dings. I didn’t until recently, after Kathy and I fell victim to highway slobbery. We were minding our own business at a red light on California Blvd. in Pasadena on a weekday evening when another driver —...
Daily prayer: Guide the nations into justice
Almighty God, guide the nations of the world into the way of justice and truth, and establish among them that peace which is the fruit of righteousness, that they may become the kingdom of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. — Book of Common Prayer
Daily prayer: To know you more truely
Almighty and everlasting God, you made the universe with all its marvelous order, its atoms, worlds, and galaxies, and the infinite complexity of living creatures: Grant that, as we probe the mysteries of your creation, we may come to know you more truly, and more...
Daily prayer: Take away our arrogance and hate
O God, you made us in your own image and redeemed us through Jesus your Son: Look with compassion on the whole human family; take away the arrogance and hatred which infect our hearts; break down the walls that separate us; unite us in bonds of love; and work through...
Visiting Trinity, Redlands, and St. George’s, Riverside
I had a rich weekend of ministry in the Inland Empire, perhaps the largest swath of the vast Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. Our congregations in Riverside and San Bernardino counties are redolent of the U.S. heartland. Some missions and parishes are purple, their...
Daily prayer: Memorial Day
Almighty God, we commend to your gracious care and keeping those who serve in our armed forces at home and abroad. As we remember this Memorial Day all those who sacrificed themselves for our nation’s ideals, defend with your heavenly grace all who risk themselves in...
Daily prayer: Pour love into our hearts
O God, you have prepared for those who love you such good things as surpass our understanding: Pour into our hearts such love towards you, that we, loving you in all things and above all things, may obtain your promises, which exceed all that we can desire; through...
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