Churches renovate, build facilities to enhance ministry, honor history
by Pat McCaughan | Mar 17, 2021
From Montecito to Big Bear, from Tustin to Highland Park, church construction projects have persisted, even in the time of pandemic. A seismic...
A Word on the Blessing of Marriage
by John Harvey Taylor | Mar 17, 2021
In a statement this week, the Vatican said that because of their purportedly sinful nature, same-sex unions do not enjoy God’s blessing. These words...
Canon Jennifer Macdonald Ladefoged
by Bob Williams | Mar 15, 2021
June 1, 1931 – March 13, 2021 Canon Jenny Ladefoged – a longtime lay leader in the Diocese of Los Angeles and the wider Episcopal Church – died...
Preacher’s kid, queer, Christian musician: Grace Semler Baldridge charts her own course of faith
by Pat McCaughan | Mar 10, 2021
Honesty is a recurring refrain in the lyrics, music and life of Grace Semler Baldridge, who recently landed briefly at the top spot on the Christian...
Proposed senior housing complexes in Buena Park and Placentia: ‘the Gospel according to ground leases’
by Pat McCaughan | Mar 10, 2021
Some Southland Episcopal congregations are saying, "absolutely, yes, in my backyard" and are working through partnerships to develop affordable...
Internet-guided ecumenical Stations of the Cross move and inspire visitors
by Pat McCaughan | Mar 10, 2021
Andrew Kilkenny, 34, knelt on ground softened by pine needles outside St. Ambrose Episcopal Church in Claremont, the third stop of a drive-through,...
Jeanette Repp, new dean of Deanery 8, plans to foster strong ties among clergy, churches
by Janet Kawamoto | Mar 3, 2021
The Rev. Jeanette Repp, rector of St. Peter's Church, San Pedro since 2010, has inspired her parishioners and others to engage in imaginative and...
‘The world needs deacons,’ says new Archdeacon Laura Siriani
by Pat McCaughan | Mar 3, 2021
Whether feeding and offering showers to Tustin-area homeless persons or supporting refugees and asylees, the Rev. Laura Siriani’s approach is:...
Voices of Justice: Attorney Jane Stoever supports and empowers abuse survivors ‘when home is not a safe place’
by Pat McCaughan | Mar 3, 2021
Jane Stoever views her service as director of the domestic violence clinic at the University of California at Irvine as holistic and transformative...
Episcopal Enterprises gives congregations tools, encouragement to launch new ventures
by Pat McCaughan | Feb 24, 2021
For Emmanuel Church in Fullerton, it’s creating an early learning center. For St. Thomas of Canterbury Church in Long Beach, it’s launching a music...