The Bishop's Blog
Thoughts and reflections from Bishop John Harvey Taylor
Daily prayer 9-30-22
Sep 30, 2022
O merciful God, who taught us in your holy Word that you would not willingly afflict us, look with pity upon the sorrows of all for whom our prayers are offered, especially those in Ian’s path....
Amazing people 9-29-22
Sep 29, 2022
You meet the most amazing people around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including members of the Bishop’s Commission on Climate Change, convened by the Rev. Canon Melissa McCarthy; they’re...
Daily prayer 9-29-22
Sep 29, 2022
Everlasting God, you have ordained and constituted in a wonderful order the ministries of angels and mortals: Mercifully grant that, as your holy angels always serve and worship you in heaven, so by...
Daily prayer 9-28-22
Sep 28, 2022
Almighty God, who hast promised to hear the petitions of those who ask in thy Son’s Name: We beseech thee mercifully to incline thine ear to us who have now made our prayers and supplications unto...
A fond farewell to Meghan Taylor of IRIS
Sep 27, 2022
Since its founding in 2004 by Bishop Jon Bruno, IRIS Interfaith Refugee & Immigration Service, Los Angeles, an agency of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, has provided resettlement, legal,...
Daily prayer 9-27-22
Sep 27, 2022
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...
The Bishop’s Blog: St. James’ Church, South Pasadena
Sep 26, 2022
When I visited St. James' Episcopal Church- South Pasadena, CA on Sunday to preach and preside, the wardens and vestry gave me the privilege and blessing of announcing that they had called the Rev....
The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 9-26-22
Sep 26, 2022
Perfect in us, Almighty God, whatever is lacking of your gifts: of faith, to increase it; of hope, to establish it; of love, to kindle it; that like your servant Lancelot Andrewes we may live in the...
The Bishop’s Blog St. Mark’s, Van Nuys
Sep 24, 2022
When Episcopalians began worshiping at St. Mark’s Mission in the San Fernando Valley a hundred years ago, Warren G. Harding was president, Stalin took power in the Soviet Union, and hyperinflation...
The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 9-24-22
Sep 24, 2022
Loving God, who called Anna Alexander as a deaconess in your church: Grant us the wisdom to teach the gospel of Christ to whomever we meet, by word and by example, that all may come to the...
The Bishop’s Blog: Episcopal Night at Dodger Stadium
Sep 23, 2022
With the NL West clinched, the Los Angeles Dodgers could afford tonight's 11-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. But it was a big win for over 800 members of Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles missions...
The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 9-23-22
Sep 23, 2022
Almighty God, whose Son Jesus Christ is the pioneer and perfecter of our faith: Grant that like your servant Philander Chase we might have the grace to minister in Christ’s name in every place, led...