The Bishop's Blog

In one endearing Elton John anecdote during tonight's Dodger Stadium show (thank you, Disney+), my life passed before my ears. He was talking about the last concert of my fellow Detroiter, Aretha...

After my visitation this morning at St. James Episcopal Church Newport Beach, I lingered in Orange County for lunch with my old St John Chrysostom Church, Rancho Santa Margarita friends trumpeter...

Almighty God, who after the creation of the world rested from all your works and sanctified a day of rest for all your creatures: Grant that we, putting away all earthly anxieties, may be duly...

A joyous and wide-ranging pre-Thanksgiving lunch in Pasadena with Kathy Hannigan O'Connor and attorneys Molly Munger and Stephen English, partners in life and service, including as co-founders of...

O God of peace, by whose grace the abbess Hilda was endowed with gifts of justice, prudence, and strength to rule as a wise mother over the nuns and monks of her household: Raise up these gifts in...

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...

O God, who called your servant Margaret to an earthly throne that she might advance your heavenly kingdom, and gave her zeal for your church and love for your people: Mercifully grant that we also...

Almighty God, who raised up your servant Herman to be a light in the world, and to preach the Gospel to the people of Alaska: Illuminate our hearts, that we also in our own generation may show forth...

To defray maintenance expenses at the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles' episcopal residence, aka Kathy Hannigan O'Connor's and my house in the Chapman Woods neighborhood of east Pasadena, Kathy has...

Nearly 16 years ago, Cindy Michaels Drennan, beloved former church administrator at St John Chrysostom Church, had what may have been the weirdest job interview in the history of The Episcopal...

Continuing their busy weekend in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, Rafa and Archbishop Hosam Rafa Naoum of The Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem were guests of honor Sunday night at The Church of...

We give you thanks, O Lord our God, for your goodness in bestowing upon this church the gift of the episcopate; and we pray that, joined together in unity with our bishops and nourished by your holy...