The Bishop's Blog

That terrible morning in June 1967, not even the purported tomb of Jesus Christ could keep them safe. Solomon John Mattar, a Palestinian Christian, had been caretaker of the Garden Tomb in East...

A native of West Virginia, the Rev. Andrew Rutledge was working as a charge nurse at UCLA when, nearly 20 years ago, he visited the beautiful community of Los Olivos and fell in love with St. Mark's...

You meet the most amazing people around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including Bishop-elect Antonio Gallardo L., at the latest of our periodic lunches in Pico Rivera at Norm’s; it never...

During our Lenten quiet day on Wednesday at the Desert Journeys Retreat Center in Twentynine Palms, I was in the library, reading Elizabeth Day’s saucy new novel about British politics. Outside I...

The Pentagon is a hotbed of heresy. This week Hegseth ridiculed rules of engagement that govern the military’s use of deadly force. Operatically a Christian, he desecrates our Lord’s gospel by...

Once more I took my weakening ears into the breach, that oasis of glorious sound, the Walt Disney Concert Hall, to see Gustavo Dudamel conduct the LA Phil before he decamps to New York at the end of...

Our youngest grandchild, Emmett, who is seven months old, lives in New York. He and his parents, Dan and Michelle, came to visit Kathy and me last week, and for the whole wonderful week. You know...

My Sunday was full of church present and church future — visiting a thriving parish that goes against the grain of narratives of decline, then spending the afternoon with our denomination’s foremost...

Sometimes when I read the news, I’m tempted, just as Jesus was. I’m tempted by the rage clutching at my heart. So like Jesus, who matched the Tempter with the words of Deuteronomy, I go to...

Its sun-drenched campus beautifully maintained, its cheerful nave thoughtfully appointed, the parish hall, kitchen, and parking lot gleaming with coats of TLC, St. Joseph of Arimathea Episcopal...

This is the year of the horse. My annual practice as a non-expert is not to rely too much on academic or internet learning about the significance of these ancient traditions. But I have learned...

In this, its centenary year, St. George's Episcopal Church in Hawthorne offered its final Sunday service last week. When its devoted priest in charge and an energetic prophet of peace and justice,...