The Bishop's Blog

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...

Almighty and everlasting God, from whom cometh every good and perfect gift: Send down upon our bishops, deacons, and priests, and upon the congregations committed to their charge, the healthful...

Over a half century ago, The Church of the Epiphany in Lincoln Heights was the epicenter of the farmworker justice, Chicano rights, and antiwar movements in Los Angeles. Cesar Chavez and other...

O Holy Spirit, who did brood Upon the waters dark and rude, And bid their angry tumult cease, And give for wild confusion peace; O hear us when we cry to Thee For those in peril on the sea.