The Bishop's Blog

In August, the Very Rev. Jeanette Repp will begin her 17th year as rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, which occupies a beautiful building and campus nestled in a friendly San Pedro...

We learn in seminary not to make our preaching all about ourselves. Episcopalians and Anglicans love our three-legged stool, which scripture, tradition, and reason hold up. Preaching is also in...

In his letter to the Romans, Paul teaches that, if we are in Christ, we are members of one another. I don't know what my late buddy Ed Simons would've thought about that. We didn't talk much about...

At St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in Studio City, the good news is that attendance is strong, including among young children. There's no bad news. But when the kids got a little active...

On this 11th annual day of pluralism in Los Angeles, it bears mentioning that the American experiment is inconceivable – we can’t keep the promise of liberty and justice for all -- until we have 365...

To the list of Trump’s crimes, we must now add semiquincentennial killer. Just a few years ago, I would have thought that, during my 72nd year, at or near retirement, with grandchildren and pets...

The risen Christ couldn’t have been clearer about the Church’s mission. He tells Peter, “Feed my sheep.” It’s still true. Research confirms that churches are healthy, and churches grow, when lay and...

I don't remember who said or suggested it, amid all the history and commentary I've been reading and hearing this year with respect to Juneteenth. The gist of the insight is that people don't make...

Gaza-born Mohammed Balah, 32, is watching the World Cup from an apartment in Doha, Qatar, where he plays on the Al Shahaniya team. Named Palestine's most valuable player in 2017, his thrilling play...

It was just another Thursday at St. Michael's Riverside Episcopal Ministry Center, more or less. Running a little late because of bad traffic, volunteers arrived about 8:45 a.m. with a truck full of...

In Steven Spielberg's new movie “Disclosure Day,” a whistleblower threatens to publicize files about interplanetary visitations. Among them is a video showing President Nixon in 1973, trying to...

My au revoir tour took Kathy and me to the central coast over the weekend for a visitation at All Saints by the Sea Episcopal Church in Montecito. Mind you, that's not southern California. It's...