The Bishop's Blog

At his and Geri’s Manhattan Beach home Jan. 23, it was my blessing to make David Stuart Eisen an honorary canon of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. His schedule did not permit him to accept in...

"In Minneapolis yesterday, federal agents killed Alex Pretti, as they had already killed Renee Good, during their unjustifiable militarized assault on a peaceful city. "These innocents died because...

Imagine the world’s 2.4 billion avowed Christians speaking as one, or our nation’s 200 million. We wouldn't have to agree on everything. Just that we insist that governments obey the divine law of...

Ordained and consecrated as priests 22 years ago this morning at St. John's Cathedral in Los Angeles, five of us heard Bishop Chet Talton of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, reading from the...

I experienced the authority of Christian unity Sunday — denominations worshiping together against the backdrop of the Philippines’ colonial history, and the body of Christ as a scandal against...

The Christian disciple prays to be an instrument of God's peace. Dr. King knew how hard that could be. “I don't care who you are, I don't care where you live, there is a civil war going on in your...

The Holy Spirit did her healing, rousing work all over the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles today, and especially in Beverly Hills and Placentia. All Saints' Beverly Hills bid au revoir to its...

Fr. Vazken Movsesian, an innovative priest in the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church, who dropped by this morning for coffee and conversation at St. Paul's Commons, Echo Park, received his...

Last week was the first anniversary of the Eaton and Palisades fires — the events themselves, and the commencement of grueling seasons of recovery and healing. I was along Sunday morning with the...

After he and his mission team visited St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church in Monterey Park last summer, the bishop of Taiwan, the Rt. Rev. Lennon Yuan-rung Chang, generously offered to continue our...

My album from today's ordination and consecration as a priest of the Rev. Payton Walker Høegh. During a festive service at St. John's Cathedral, the three-legged stool of Payton's emotional and...

Renee Nicole Good walks among the stars with Viola Liuzzo, the civil rights worker from Detroit whom the KKK murdered in 1965 during the march on Selma. As a reporter for the Detroit Free Press, my...