The Bishop's Blog
Seventh day of Christmas 2022
On the seventh day of ChristmasIt's a blessing to recallSeven tots a-toilingSix great GranadiansFive Lambeth friends!Four priests a-partyingThree mitered angelsTwo cuddling canonsAnd wedging prayers...
Friends in the desert
Wonderful lunch and conversation in their beautiful home in Indio with Deb Griffith and Sam Griffith, friends from St John Chrysostom Church days. They’re members of the local St John's Episcopal...
Daily prayer 12-30-22
O God, our strength and our salvation, you called your servant Thomas Becket to be a shepherd of your people and a defender of your church; Keep your household from all evil and raise up faithful...
Sixth day of Christmas 2022
On the sixth day of ChristmasIt's a blessing to recallSix great GranadiansFive Lambeth friends!Four priests a-partyingThree mitered angelsTwo cuddling canonsAnd wedging prayers into the Western Wall.
At Sunnylands, remembering Walter Annenberg
Diplomat, publisher, art collector, and philanthropist Walter Annenberg was both generous and thrifty. He gave $500 million in matching grants to the nation’s public schools and bequeathed...
Fifth day of Christmas 2022
On the fifth day of ChristmasIt's a blessing to recallFive Lambeth friends!Four priests a-partyingThree mitered angelsTwo cuddling canonsAnd wedging prayers into the Western Wall.
Daily prayer 12-29-22
O God, the King eternal, whose light divides the day from the night and turns the shadow of death into the morning: Drive far from us all wrong desires, incline our hearts to keep your law, and...
Daily prayer 12-28-22
We remember today, O God, the slaughter of the holy innocents of Bethlehem by King Herod. Receive, we pray, into the arms of your mercy all innocent victims; and by your great might frustrate the...
Fourth day of Christmas 2022
On the fourth day of ChristmasIt's a blessing to recallFour priests a-partyingThree mitered angelsTwo cuddling canonsAnd wedging prayers into the Western Wall.
Jesus: prince of peace, not god of vengeance
In a song called “Mary Mild” on “The Last Month Of The Year,” the Kingston Trio’s 1960 Christmas album, three boys of noble birth won’t play with Jesus because he was “but a poor maid’s child, born...
An abundant future for St. Luke’s Outreach Ministry Center in Fontana
On the third day of Christmas, a three-person summit in Fontana to begin to plan an abundant future for St. Luke's Outreach Ministry Center, where San Marino-born the Rev. Jim Maronde has been...
Third day of Christmas 2022
On the third day of ChristmasIt's a blessing to recallThree mitered angelsTwo cuddling canonsAnd wedging prayers into the Western Wall.