The Bishop's Blog
GLEAM Garden Party
My scrapbook from this afternoon’s GLEAM garden party at your episcopal residence in Pasadena, an annual celebration hosted by the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles’ Commission on LGBGT+ Ministry....
Commissioning of lay ministers
Pat Holt has attended St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Pomona since birth. She’s done everything around campus that a layperson can. In the seventies, her two eldest daughters attended the parish...
Baccalaureate at St. Margaret’s School, San Juan Capistrano
Before becoming head of school at St. Margaret's Episcopal School in San Juan Capistrano last year, Dr. Jeneen Graham had been a Tartan parent, trustee, academic dean, and upper school head. So she...
Supporting Jubilee Homes recovery ministry
During the early days of COVID, laid off as a restaurant worker, Justin was living with four other guys in a Jubilee Homes sober living house in Pasadena. One of their coping mechanisms was binging...
Daily prayer: Providence
O God, your never-failing providence sets in order all things both in heaven and earth: Put away from us, we entreat you, all hurtful things, and give us those things which are profitable for us;...
Daily prayer: Justin Martyr
O God, who has given your church wisdom and revealed to it deep and secret things: Grant that we, like your servant Justin and in union with his prayers, may find your Word an abiding refuge all the...
Siri gets her church on – or not
I join my colleague Susan Russell in worrying not so much about AI in view of Siri's continued difficulty when taking dictation. Here's my updated "As Siri gets her church on" anthology (leaving...
Amazing people at the end of May
You meet the most amazing people around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including deacon, lay, and priest colleagues from the center of our diocese, aka Deanery III, hosted for lunch on...
Daily prayer: The Visitation
God in heaven, by your grace the virgin mother of your incarnate Son was blessed in bearing him, but still more blessed in keeping your word: Grant us who honor the exaltation of her lowliness to...
Daily prayer: Morning prayer
O God, our eternal sovereign, 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...
Daily prayer: For defense from peril
Be our light in the darkness, O Lord, and in your great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of your only Son, our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. — Book of Common...
Daily prayer: Mechthild of Magdeburg
Draw the souls of your people into your love, O God, that like your servant Mechthild, we may yearn to be fully yours, for you know us better than we can know ourselves; through Jesus Christ our...