The Bishop's Blog
Daily prayer: Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call upon you, and grant that they may know and understand what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to...
Daily prayer: Extreme weather
Merciful God, we pray for all those at risk as a result of extreme weather, especially our neighbors throughout the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles during the impending heat wave, when the...
Amazing people around the diocese
You meet the most amazing people around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including the Rev. Canons Melissa McCarthy and Susan Russell along with peerless lay leaders and friends from my St....
Daily prayer: Argula von Grumbach
Almighty God, who gave your servant Argula von Grumbach a spirit of wisdom and power to love your Word and to boldly draw others to its truth: Pour out that same spirit upon us, that we, knowing and...
Daily prayer: Heat wave
Merciful God, we pray for all those at risk as a result of extreme weather, especially our neighbors throughout the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles during the impending heat wave, when the...
Daily prayer: A prayer of self-dedication
Almighty and eternal God, so draw our hearts to you, so guide our minds, so fill our imaginations, so control our wills, that we may be wholly yours, utterly dedicated unto you; and then use us, we...
Amazing Episcopalians: Jeffrey Thornberg and Fernando Valdez
The first two courses of my week around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles: On Monday, breakfast with the Rev. Jeffrey Stoller Thornberg, rector of The Church of Our Saviour in San Gabriel, and...
Conference on White Christian Nationalism
Nearly 70 people made time on Sunday afternoon to gather in the great hall of St. Paul's Commons, Echo Park for an Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles mini-conference on white Christian nationalism,...
Daily prayer: Benedict of Nursia
Gracious God, whose service is perfect freedom and in whose commandments there is nothing harsh nor burdensome: Grant that we, with your servant Benedict, may listen with attentive minds, pray with...
Daily prayer: For artists and musicians
O God, whom saints and angels delight to worship in heaven: Be ever present with your servants who seek through art and music to perfect the praises offered by your people on earth; and grant to...
Daily prayer: Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
O God, you have taught us to keep all your commandments by loving you and our neighbor: Grant us the grace of your Holy Spirit, that we may be devoted to you with our whole heart, and united to one...
Imago dei
With many United Methodist Church conferences and parishes in the U.S. defying the worldwide church's anti-queer stance, so-called orthodox, conservative parishes are leaving and forming their own...