The Bishop's Blog

O Lord, who in a time of turmoil and confusion raised up your servant William White to lead your church into ways of stability and peace; Hear our prayer, and give us wise and faithful leaders,...

Dave Alvin, cofounder of the Blasters and now a legendary roadhouse rocker, reflecting recently to a journalist about the ethnic and racial diversity of his home town of Downey, called it a...

O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call upon you, and grant that they may know and understand what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to...

Merciful God, we pray for all those at risk as a result of extreme weather, especially our neighbors throughout the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles​ during the impending heat wave, when the...

You meet the most amazing people around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including the Rev. Canons Melissa McCarthy and Susan Russell along with peerless lay leaders and friends from my St....

Almighty God, who gave your servant Argula von Grumbach a spirit of wisdom and power to love your Word and to boldly draw others to its truth: Pour out that same spirit upon us, that we, knowing and...

Merciful God, we pray for all those at risk as a result of extreme weather, especially our neighbors throughout the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles​ during the impending heat wave, when the...

Almighty and eternal God, so draw our hearts to you, so guide our minds, so fill our imaginations, so control our wills, that we may be wholly yours, utterly dedicated unto you; and then use us, we...

The first two courses of my week around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles: On Monday, breakfast with the Rev. Jeffrey Stoller Thornberg, rector of The Church of Our Saviour in San Gabriel, and...

Nearly 70 people made time on Sunday afternoon to gather in the great hall of St. Paul's Commons, Echo Park for an Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles mini-conference on white Christian nationalism,...

Gracious God, whose service is perfect freedom and in whose commandments there is nothing harsh nor burdensome: Grant that we, with your servant Benedict, may listen with attentive minds, pray with...

O God, whom saints and angels delight to worship in heaven: Be ever present with your servants who seek through art and music to perfect the praises offered by your people on earth; and grant to...