The Bishop's Blog
Daily prayer: Ninian
O God, who by the preaching of your blessed servant and bishop Ninian caused the light of the Gospel to shine in the land of Britain: Grant, we pray, that having his life and labors in remembrance...
Partners in ministry: Filipino bishops visit Los Angeles
Six Philippine Independent Church bishops, including their newly elected obispo maximo, the Most Rev. Joel Porlares (second from left, front row), are visiting the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles...
Amazing people in September 2023
You meet the most amazing people around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including the Rt. Rev. Naudal Alves Gomes and the Rt. Rev. Chet Talton, retired primate of Brazil and bishop suffragan...
Daily prayer: Remembering Birmingham bomb victims
God, you made us in your own image and redeemed us through Jesus your Son: Look with compassion on the whole human family; take away the arrogance and hatred which infect our hearts; break down the...
Daily prayer: Holy Cross
Almighty God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ was lifted high upon the cross that he might draw the whole world to himself: Mercifully grant that we, who glory in the mystery of our redemption,...
Daily prayer: RIP Julie Dean Larsen
O God of grace and glory, we remember before you this day our sister Julie. We thank you for giving her to us, her family and friends, especially her husband Chris and their daughter Kallie, to know...
Daily prayer: John Henry Hobart
Revive your church, Lord God of hosts, whenever it falls into complacency and sloth, by raising up devoted leaders like your servant John Henry Hobart; and grant that their faith and vigor of mind...
A chaplains’ luncheon with the Rev. Jonathan Aitken
“Not you with your frightful blather again!” Using different words starting with the same consonants, that’s what a prisoner said when the Rev. Jonathan Aitken was announced as the homilist during...
Daily prayer: Remembering 9-11-2001
God of peace, justice, and righteousness, we pray today for the victims of the attacks of September 11, 2001, for the heroic people who rushed to save them, and for all who were injured in spirit...
Visiting St. John’s Cathedral
St. John's Cathedral in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles has been a generous host this year, inviting me for Easter and Pentecost days and, today, for a good, old-fashioned visitation. Its...
New music from an old friend
My high school classmate Bill Robinson is a brilliant composer and violinist who unveiled a new work, “Cubic Deviations from Brahms’ Variations on a Theme by Handel for Piano Quintet,” at Duke...
Daily prayer: 16th Sunday after Pentecost
Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our hearts; for, as you always resist the proud who confide in their own strength, so you never forsake those who make their boast of your mercy; through...