The Bishop's Blog
Thoughts and reflections from Bishop John Harvey Taylor
Daily prayer: To answer readily
Jan 26, 2025
Give us grace, O Lord, to answer readily the call of our Savior Jesus Christ and proclaim to all people the Good News of his salvation, that we and the whole world may perceive the glory of his...
Daily prayer: A Holy Saturday between loss and rebuilding
Jan 25, 2025
Holy and ever-present God, during Holy Week, on Holy Saturday, followers of Jesus Christ sometimes experience a sensation between Easter exultation and the unconsolable loss of Good Friday. Around...
Hope in the aftermath of the Eaton Fire
Jan 25, 2025
Even as skies lowered, promising rain and threatening mudslides, hope arose this holy Saturday in the aftermath of the Eaton fire. In conjunction with nearby Vintage Church, All Saints Episcopal...
Caring for everyone amid catastrophe
Jan 24, 2025
With all that’s been going on, I felt a little more worried than usual when Kathy left Friday for a couple of days on grandma duty in San Diego. What if something happened during her drive? It’s...
Daily prayer: To make no peace with oppression
Jan 24, 2025
Almighty God, who created us in your image: Grant us grace fearlessly to contend against evil and to make no peace with oppression; and, that we may reverently use our freedom, help us to employ it...
Daily prayer: Comfort and protection for those in need
Jan 23, 2025
Gracious and loving God, we beseech you to continue to comfort those around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles still reeling from the Eaton and Palisades fires; to throw a blanket of protection...
‘Here am I; send me!’ A pastoral letter from Bishop Taylor on the fires and our times
Jan 21, 2025
God said, ‘Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness.' Gen. 1:26a When you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. Isaiah 43:2 And this is...
The Rev. Dick Belliss
Jan 20, 2025
The Rev. Dick Belliss, his friend the Rev. Canon John Saville said Sunday in a lovely homily at his celebration of life, was a “marathon man” — in for the duration as a life-long runner but also as...
Daily prayer: Martin Luther King
Jan 20, 2025
Almighty God, by the hand of Moses your servant you led your people out of slavery, and made them free at last: Grant that your church, following the example of your prophet Martin Luther King, may...
Daily prayer: For illumination
Jan 19, 2025
Almighty God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ is the light of the world: Grant that your people, illumined by your Word and Sacraments, may shine with the radiance of Christ's glory, that he may...
New ministry for the Rev. Dr. Greg Kimura
Jan 18, 2025
My scrapbook from this morning’s celebration of new ministry for the Rev. Dr. Greg Kimura, the ninth rector of St. James' Episcopal Church- South Pasadena, CA, succeeding priest in charge the Rev....
Daily prayer: New ministry and care for wildfire evacuees at St. James, South Pasadena
Jan 18, 2025
Gracious God, we give thanks today as the people of St. James' Episcopal Church- South Pasadena, CA gather to celebrate the new ministry of their rector, the Rev. Dr. Greg Kimura. Comfort the six...