The Bishop's Blog

People are fickle sometimes, yet other times the souls of constancy. Philippe the Original has been serving pretty much the same thing since 1908, when it claims to have invented the French dip...

I might’ve been looking too hard for orange Easter eggs in “Nuremberg,” but I don’t think so. Justifying the Nazis’ ruthless consolidation of political power, Hermann Göring (Hitler’s number two,...

For eight of the last nine years, this has been my view as presiding officer at our annual Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles convention. In 2020, we zoomed instead of roomed. So I led by laptop,...

Almighty God, by our faith in the Risen Christ, we give thanks that your spirit of grace and mercy and love and justice will be with all the people of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles and...

Almighty and everliving God, source of all wisdom and understanding, be present with those who take counsel at the 130th annual meeting of convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, meeting...

Almighty God, we thank you for making the earth fruitful, so that it might produce what is needed for life: Bless those who work in the fields, that they might receive the gratitude and protection...

Heavenly God, in you we live and move and have our being: We humbly pray you so to guide and govern us by your Holy Spirit, that in all the cares and occupations of our life we may not forget you,...

As wide as California, with all the diversity of a great nation, the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles also feels like family. On Sunday, our parishes in Thousand Oaks and Pacific Palisades were...

In Luke 6:26, Jesus says, “Woe to you when all speak well of you, for that is what their ancestors did to the false prophets." This of course is an indictment of seeking popularity and affirmation....

O God, the King eternal, whose light divides the day from the night and turns the shadow of death into the morning: Drive far from us all wrong desires, incline our hearts to keep your law, and...

This is just one man's vision of that time the universe changed forever — or, rather, consummated its revelation of the love that had always abided at its heart. The young woman glances to her left...

O God, we thank you for the glorious company of the apostles, and especially on this day for Simon and Jude; and we pray that, as they were faithful and zealous in their mission, so we may with...