The Bishop's Blog
Remembering Canon Julie Dean Larsen
My scrapbook from today’s celebration of life for Canon Julie Dean Larsen, who died last month after a brave and graceful struggle against a long, debilitating illness. Her home parish, St Margaret...
Daily prayer: For the people of Israel and Palestine
God of peace and lover of justice, we lament Hamas' brutal surprise attack on Israel and all the lives that have been lost; and we lament every lost opportunity for peace with justice, year after...
Daily Prayer: Walking the Way of the Cross
Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucified: Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross, may...
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry released from the hospital
Praise God! This just in from The Episcopal Church: "Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s medical team released him from the hospital today following his Sept. 20 surgery and post-operative recovery. He...
Daily Prayer: Feast Day of St. Francis
Lord, make us instruments of your peace. Where there is hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is discord, union; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair,...
Daily Prayer: John Raleigh Mott
Everlasting God, who leads your people’s feet into the ways of peace; Raise up heralds and evangelists of your kingdom like your servant John Mott, that your church may make known to all the world...
Daily Prayer: A Collect of Peace
O God, the author of peace and lover of concord, to know you is eternal life and to serve you is perfect freedom: Defend us, your humble servants, in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely...
Christ Church & St. Andrew’s: Episcopal Parishes Walking Together
For the last six years, two Episcopal parishes in the South Bay have been walking together — Christ Church in Redondo Beach and St. Andrew’s in Torrance. (Find them together and living on Facebook...
The Rev. Antonio Gallardo at St. Luke’s, Long Beach
When the Rev. Dr. Antonio Gallardo was 25, he left his native Venezuela to study and work in Japan, whose government had identified him as an incipient global business leader. It turned out to be...
Daily prayer: 16th Sunday after Pentecost
O God, you declare your almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity: Grant us the fullness of your grace, that we, running to obtain your promises, may become partakers of your heavenly...
Amazing people in late September
You meet the most amazing people around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including Dolores DeAngelis of St. Athanasius Episcopal Church, Echo Park, telling our monthly St. Paul's Commons, Echo...
Los Angeles faith leaders and the Clinton Foundation
President Bill Clinton’s voice was heard welcoming guests Thursday afternoon at St. Paul's Commons, Echo Park — on video, of course. It was the kickoff of the Clinton Foundation’s eight-month summit...