The Bishop's Blog
Thoughts and reflections from Bishop John Harvey Taylor
Daily prayer: For total devotion
Jul 10, 2025
O God, you have taught us to keep all your commandments by loving you and our neighbor: Grant us the grace of your Holy Spirit, that we may be devoted to you with our whole heart, and united to one...
An ethics question
Jul 10, 2025
Here’s a Christian ethics question. Say a domestic terrorist uses a gun to kill innocents. Trump has made savage cuts in U.S. foreign aid, knowing his actions, if not reversed, could result in the...
Daily prayer: To think and do right
Jul 9, 2025
O God, from whom all good proceeds: Grant that by your inspiration we may think those things that are right, and by your merciful guiding may do them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and...
Meeting with the chief of police and faith leaders
Jul 8, 2025
Brie Loskota, a leading expert on faith in the public square, put it bluntly to Los Angeles chief of police Jim McDonnell. “The trust you’ve earned in drops,” she said, “could be lost in buckets.”...
Daily prayer: Aquila and Priscilla
Jul 8, 2025
God of grace and might, who gave to your servants Aquila and Priscilla gifts of zeal and eloquence to make known the truth of the Gospel: Raise up, we pray, in every country, heralds and evangelists...
Support the the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas
Jul 7, 2025
Please join me in supporting relief efforts in the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas, which is caring for the families of Episcopalians and others lost in the floods. I know everyone remembers how...
Daily prayer: To grow in the Holy Spirit
Jul 7, 2025
Holy Spirit, open our eyes, our ears, and our hearts, that we may grow closer to you through joy and through suffering. Be with us in the fullness of your power as new members are added to your...
Visiting St. Alban’s, Yucaipa
Jul 7, 2025
Looking at the register at St Alban's Episcopal Church in Yucaipa, a few miles east of Riverside, you see that half again as many people are coming to church during the week as on Sunday. In recent...
Daily prayer: For those in peril
Jul 6, 2025
Almighty and everlasting God, you govern all things both in heaven and on earth: Mercifully hear the supplications of your people, especially when we cry out for those in peril, and those who fear...
Daily prayer: Take away our hatred
Jul 5, 2025
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...
Daily prayer: For the United States
Jul 4, 2025
God of righteousness and love, if your spirit infused the spirit of United States independence, it was not for the sake of one country or the several states but every soul they comprise. We perfect...
Independence Day
Jul 3, 2025
Independence Day is for fireworks, hotdogs, and beach sand castles, not drawing lines in the sand. But it’s becoming hard for millions of Americans to remain in cordial conversation with the...