The Bishop's Blog
The Order of St. John
I’m pretty sure that the only event in Pasadena on Saturday afternoon displaying a portrait of Charles III was the spring reception for local members of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of...
Daily prayer: Mother’s Day
Most gracious God, from your heart you gave birth to all creation, and through your Son, Jesus Christ, you gather up all your children under the shadow of your wings: Through maternal love may we...
Confirmation at St. John’s Cathedral
My album from today’s Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles confirmation service at St. John's Cathedral, where 30 folks from nine missions and parishes were either confirmed or received. Our host was...
Daily prayer: Diocese-wide Confirmation
Gracious God, we give you thanks for the 30 pilgrims from eight Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles missions and parishes journeying this morning with their family members and friends to St. John's...
Daily prayer: For the children
Gracious God, you see your children growing up in an unsteady and confusing world: Show them that your ways give more life than the ways of the world, and that following you is better than chasing...
Daily prayer: Ascension Day at Desert Journeys Retreat Center
Grant, we pray, Almighty God, that as we believe your only-begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ to have ascended into heaven, so we may also in heart and mind there ascend, and with him continually...
Daily prayer: Julian of Norwich
Triune God, Father and Mother to us all, who showed your servant Julian revelations of your nurturing and sustaining love: Move our hearts, like hers, to seek you above all things, for in giving us...
Clergy Conference sermon: Julian of Norwich
You may remember it from our conversation yesterday, when Dr. Kathy Wilder was helping us with conflict management. Jamie, vicar of The Church of the Epiphany in Oak Park, stood up and talked about...
Clergy Conference, Day 3
My album from the third and closing day of Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles clergy conference.
Daily prayer: Clergy Conference, Day 2
Gracious God, amid the paradoxes and perplexities of leadership in an anxious age, as the bishops, deacons, and priests of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles continue our annual clergy conference,...
Clergy Conference, Day 1
My album from the first day of clergy conference in Riverside.
The Mother’s Union at St. Mark’s, Van Nuys
At the Ugandan Community Church in Van Nuys, the Mothers Union is a pillar of extended church family. Founded in 1908 in British-colonized Uganda, at the UCC, part of the rich ministry of Saint...