The Bishop's Blog

O God of searing truth and surpassing beauty, we give you thanks for Clive Staples Lewis, whose sanctified imagination lit fires of faith in young and old alike. Surprise us also with your joy and...

O God, whose glory fills the whole creation, and whose presence we find wherever we go: Preserve those who travel this Thanksgiving week; surround them with your loving care; protect them from every...

After services at St. James Episcopal Church Newport Beach on Sunday, I met Iryna Sobianina, who fled Putin’s ruthless war against her native Ukraine with her 13-year-old daughter, Bogdana....

In one endearing Elton John anecdote during tonight's Dodger Stadium show (thank you, Disney+), my life passed before my ears. He was talking about the last concert of my fellow Detroiter, Aretha...

After my visitation this morning at St. James Episcopal Church Newport Beach, I lingered in Orange County for lunch with my old St John Chrysostom Church, Rancho Santa Margarita friends trumpeter...

Almighty God, who after the creation of the world rested from all your works and sanctified a day of rest for all your creatures: Grant that we, putting away all earthly anxieties, may be duly...

A joyous and wide-ranging pre-Thanksgiving lunch in Pasadena with Kathy Hannigan O'Connor and attorneys Molly Munger and Stephen English, partners in life and service, including as co-founders of...

O God of peace, by whose grace the abbess Hilda was endowed with gifts of justice, prudence, and strength to rule as a wise mother over the nuns and monks of her household: Raise up these gifts in...

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...

O God, who called your servant Margaret to an earthly throne that she might advance your heavenly kingdom, and gave her zeal for your church and love for your people: Mercifully grant that we also...

Almighty God, who raised up your servant Herman to be a light in the world, and to preach the Gospel to the people of Alaska: Illuminate our hearts, that we also in our own generation may show forth...

To defray maintenance expenses at the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles' episcopal residence, aka Kathy Hannigan O'Connor's and my house in the Chapman Woods neighborhood of east Pasadena, Kathy has...