The Bishop's Blog
Amazing people: Ecumenism, medical devices and Episcopal schools
You meet the most amazing people around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including Abp Hovnan Derderian of the Armenian Apostolic Church; I called on him at St. Leon - Ghevontiants Armenian...
Daily prayer 10-7-22
O God, who beholds all things and whose judgment is always mercy; by the example of your servant Birgitta of Sweden, give to us in this life the vision of your kingdom, where Jesus Christ is all and...
Daily prayer 10-6-22
Reveal to us your saving word, O God, that like your servant William Tyndale we might hear its call to repentance and new life. Plant in our hearts that same consuming passion to bring the...
Daily prayer 10-5-22
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...
Daily prayer 10-4-22
Most high, omnipotent, good Lord, grant your people grace to renounce gladly the vanities of this world; that, following the way of blessed Francis, we may, for love of you, delight in your whole...
Daily prayer 10-3-22
O God, the author of peace and lover of concord, to know you is eternal life and to serve you is perfect freedom: Defend us, your humble servants, in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely...
St. Barnabas’ Church, Pasadena
One day 113 years ago, when William Howard Taft was president, Pasadena Episcopalians of African descent gathered at Mrs. Gloria Weatherton’s house on South Fair Oaks to discuss starting a mission...
Daily prayer 10-2-22
Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we either desire or deserve: Pour upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those...
Daily prayer 10-1-22
Gracious Father, who called your servant Thérèse to a life of fervent prayer: Give to us that spirit of prayer and zeal for the ministry of the Gospel, that the love of Christ may be known...
The fate of the earth
In June 1962, with the late Tom Hayden as principal scribe, Students for a Democratic Society released the Port Huron Statement, which we correctly associate with the civil rights movement and its...
Daily prayer 9-30-22
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
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...