The Bishop's Blog

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...

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...

On Thursday afternoon, I presided at the last of perhaps 80 meetings of our Diocesan Council since I became bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles in 2017. It was one of the few we've had in...

My album from Campbell Hall's commencement ceremonies last night at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, my last opportunity to play my accustomed role of offering a benediction and presenting the Bishop's...

“Preach the gospel” may be the single most common piece of homiletic advice. No matter what's happening in the world or the preacher’s life, the good news is the best bet — the birth, life,...

Today finds me 40 days from the end of my ministry as bishop diocesan in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. It's a sweet spot indeed. I relish these remaining days with the same joy and curiosity...

At the start of Pride Month, as a fellow traveler with my queer siblings, I say it's time to move beyond tolerance and inclusion and adopt a paradigm of ruthlessly punishing golden rule violators at...

Some 20 college and high school graduates from Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles parishes in and around the San Gabriel Valley, also known as Deanery V, got together Sunday evening at St. Edmund's...

For many years, I saw this silhouette of a child, mother, and father on a yellow highway sign near the immigration checkpoint on the five, between Oceanside and San Clemente. Each time I saw it, I’d...

About 12 years ago, after becoming rector of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Monrovia, Neil Tadken invited the late Peter Rood, a highly respected priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, for...