The Bishop's Blog

O God of love, we bless you for calling and equipping the deaconesses of The Episcopal Church, who, before the Church had faced up to the historic injustices of gender and identification inequity,...

We thank you, heavenly God, for the witness of your apostle and evangelist Matthew to the Gospel of your Son our Savior; and we pray that, after his example, we may with ready wills and hearts obey...

Almighty and everlasting God, you made the universe with all its marvelous order, its atoms, worlds, and galaxies, and the infinite complexity of living creatures: Grant that, as we probe the...

Almighty God, who gave your servant Theodore of Tarsus gifts of grace and wisdom to establish unity where there had been division and order where there had been chaos: Create in your church, by the...

My scrapbook from Sunday afternoon’s installation service for our colleague the Rt. Rev. Gerry Engnan of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente’s (PIC) Diocese of the Western U.S., Canada, and the...

The Rev. Jerry Sather, the former U.S. Air Force chaplain who serves as gracious interim priest in charge at St John Chrysostom Church in Rancho Santa Margarita, welcomed Canon Kathy Hannigan...

Grant, O God, that in all time of our testing we may know your presence and obey your will; that, following the example of your servant Edward Bouverie Pusey, we may with integrity and courage...

St. Patrick's Episcopal Day School in Thousand Oaks enrolled its first students, all kindergarteners, in September 1963. President Kennedy was assassinated two months later. Though they were too...

O God, because without you we are not able to please you, mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns...

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...

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...

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...