The Bishop's Blog

"There are some upon this earth of yours who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill-will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name, who are as strange to us...

With the Rev. Anthony Keller, musician, composer, and beloved deacon in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, and his spouse, Felix, Holy Communion this morning, plus a great conversation about the...

O God, you made us in your own image and redeemed us through Jesus your Son: Look with compassion on the whole human family; take away the arrogance and hatred which infect our hearts; break down...

Almighty God, especially during this season, we commend to your gracious care and keeping all the members of our armed forces at home and abroad. Defend them day by day with your heavenly grace;...

By the end of November, 1,400 unhoused people had died in Los Angeles County. Tonight, the longest night of the year, at an interfaith-ecumenical service at Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in...

Everliving God, who strengthened your apostle Thomas with firm and certain faith in your Son's resurrection: Grant us so perfectly and without doubt to believe in Jesus Christ, our Lord and our God,...

Bonds of fellowship and mutual trust painstakingly built up all year long at St. Paul's Commons, Echo Park were quickly shattered today at our annual staff lunch and gift grab. Canon Serena Evans...

Heavenly God, in you we live and move and have our being: We humbly pray you so to guide and govern us by your Holy Spirit, that in all the cares and occupations of our life we may not forget you,...

Gracious God, whose Church's calendar is on AST (Advent Saving Time) this year, we give you thanks for an extra week of eager expectation as well as for busy lay and ordained leaders all over the...

On behalf of all of us at St. Paul's Commons, Echo Park; from Kathy Hannigan O'Connor’s and my home to yours; in our companionship along the broad Anglican way, seeking God’s righteousness, justice,...

One hears the same thing over and over about St. Gregory's Episcopal Church, Long Beach, CA. Once people visit, they tend to stay. They’re right. Just today, I visited, and I had trouble tearing...

Ukrainian composer Vasyl Barvinsky, who died in 1963, was jailed by Stalin for ten years, for imaginary political crimes of the type that paranoid tyrants make up. He founded a secondary school in...