The Bishop's Blog

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...

Life in the church is a pilgrim’s progression of family reunions. At its best, Christian community is an approximation of family at its best, defined by members’ sense of common purpose and, often...

Now that we’ve received the Holy Spirit, the question is what we do with it. Whether heaven’s gift is for me or the world. His courage restored by Jesus Christ’s mighty Resurrection and glorious...

I wish I could remember who suggested I try St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Fullerton. It was 1995, and my life was in flux. A lifelong and confirmed Episcopalian, as an adult, I’d dipped my toe in...

The golden rule isn’t just for church. It applies everywhere. And it can be a matter of life and death. I love motorists’ John 3:16 bumper stickers. They should also try Matthew 7:12, in which Jesus...

Out in Twentynine Palms, they still remember how much Bishop Robert Rusack loved their Shrove Tuesday pancakes. Frances, the bishop’s warden, has worshiped at St Martins in the Fields on and off...

My deepest thanks to Presidents Hagiya and Kuan and the faculty and board of trustees for this unexpected honor – and my congratulations to all our graduates. From the personal perspective, the...

As firefighters make progress on the Sandy fire in Ventura County, our Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles neighbors in Riverside are keeping watch over the Bain Fire, which flared this afternoon. The...