L.A. diocese welcomes Episcopal Church’s Korean Convocation
The Episcopal Church’s Korean Convocation – a body of clergy and lay leaders from congregations across the United States and abroad – met June 22-27 at St. Paul’s Commons, Los Angeles, and welcomed the Rt. Rev. Jang-hwan Elijah Kim, bishop of Seoul in the Anglican...
Bishop applications close, search committee invites prayers for next steps
Now the real work begins. The nominating period for our 8th bishop diocesan closed at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, June 27. Our pool of candidates includes men and women, from coast to coast and beyond our borders, gay and straight, and of many ethnic backgrounds. It...
Prospective leaders invited to join L.A. Bishop John Harvey Taylor and Taiwan Bishop Lennon Chang in conversation July 30
If you’re interested in leadership in The Episcopal Church, lay or ordained, and are also curious about Chinese language ministry or service in the Diocese of Taiwan, please join bishops Lennon Chang of Taiwan and John Harvey Taylor of Los Angeles for a conversation...
Daily prayer: Moses
Almighty God, whose blessed Son guides our footsteps in the way of peace: Deliver us from the paths of hatred and violence, that we, following the example of your servant Moses, may serve you with singleness of heart and attain to the tranquility of the world to come;...
Daily prayer: Pauli Murray
Liberating God, we thank you for the steadfast courage of your servant Pauli Murray, who fought long and well: Unshackle us from the chains of prejudice and fear, that we may show forth the reconciling love and true freedom which you revealed in your Son our Savior...
EfM Education for Ministry
It would be impossible to exaggerate the number of conversations around The Episcopal Church that come down to the fundamental question of how we help the Holy Spirit form mature Christian disciples. The Christian walk is not easy or formulaic. It requires the...
Visiting Church of the Messiah, Santa Ana
One family was nervous about bringing their kids to the Episcopal Church of the Messiah in Santa Ana on Sunday for their confirmation. They’d heard about ICE stopping people while driving, smashing car windows, dragging them out, and leaving their spouses and children...
Galveston, Texas as the new Jerusalem
I’ve been thinking of Galveston, Texas as a crossroads of intersectionality -- a kind of new Jerusalem, not in heaven but on earth. A place where God’s realm makes its comfortable earthly home. It was in Galveston where federal troops, on June 19, 1865, famously...
Daily prayer: Defend us, your servants
O God, the author of peace and lover of concord, to know you is eternal life and to serve you is perfect freedom: Defend us, your humble servants, in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in your defense, may not fear the power of any adversaries;...
Daily prayer: Join us in the spirit of unity
Almighty God, you have built your Church upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone: Grant us so to be joined together in unity of spirit by their teaching, that we may be made a holy temple acceptable to you;...
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