The Bishop's Blog

Let your continual mercy, O Lord, kindle in your Church the never-failing gift of love; that, following the example of your servant William Wilberforce, we may have grace to defend the poor, and...

Inviting friends for a Lenten Bible study at his Los Angeles home 20 years ago, Canon Randolph Kimmler, a gifted Christian educator and deeply intuitive lay leader, probably thought it was a...

Almighty God, whose blessed apostles Peter and Paul glorified you by their martyrdom: Grant that your Church, instructed by their teaching and example, and knit together in unity by your Spirit, may...

There's nothing more invigorating and inspiring than a chat with the Rev. Canon Anthony Guillen (shown this morning at St. Paul's Commons, Echo Park with the Rev. Canon Thomas Quijada-Discavage, at...

Almighty God, who strengthened your servant Irenaeus to defend thy truth against every blast of vain doctrine: Keep us, we pray, steadfast in your true religion, that in constancy and peace we may...

Almighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole body of your faithful people is governed and sanctified: Receive our supplications and prayers which we offer before you for all members of...

St. Aidan's Episcopal Church - Malibu nestles unobtrusively on a hillside with a magnificent sea view it shares with its tenant, Wagon Wheel School. An outreach mission of St. Augustine’s Episcopal...

Teach your divided church, O God, so to follow the example of your servant Isabel Florence Hapgood that we might look upon one another with a holy envy, to honor whatever is good and right in our...

One day a kindergartner at St. Mark’s Episcopal School in Altadena stopped the church’s rector during these last 14 years, the Rev. Carri Grindon, in the schoolyard and asked, “Are you part of...

O Lord, make us have perpetual love and reverence for your holy Name, for you never fail to help and govern those whom you have set upon the sure foundation of your loving-kindness; through Jesus...

My scrapbook from today's OC Pride parade and festival on the sunny streets of Santa Ana, where Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles missions and parishes were out in full force. Many thanks to GLEAM...

Almighty God, by whose providence your servant John the Baptist was wonderfully born, and sent to prepare the way of your Son our Savior by preaching repentance: Make us so to follow his teaching...