The Bishop's Blog

When Episcopalians began worshiping at St. Mark’s Mission in the San Fernando Valley a hundred years ago, Warren G. Harding was president, Stalin took power in the Soviet Union, and hyperinflation...

Loving God, who called Anna Alexander as a deaconess in your church: Grant us the wisdom to teach the gospel of Christ to whomever we meet, by word and by example, that all may come to the...

With the NL West clinched, the Los Angeles Dodgers could afford tonight's 11-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. But it was a big win for over 800 members of Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles missions...

Almighty God, whose Son Jesus Christ is the pioneer and perfecter of our faith: Grant that like your servant Philander Chase we might have the grace to minister in Christ’s name in every place, led...

Almighty God, whose Son Jesus Christ is the pioneer and perfecter of our faith: Grant that like your servant Philander Chase we might have the grace to minister in Christ’s name in every place, led...

We thank you, heavenly God, for the witness of your apostle and evangelist Matthew to the Gospel of your Son our Savior; and we pray that, after his example, we may with ready wills and hearts obey...

Almighty God, who called your faithful servant John Coleridge Patteson and his companions to witness to the gospel, and by their labors and sufferings raised up a people for your own possession:...

My album from last night’s moving requiem mass for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth at St. Thomas the Apostle Hollywood, capping a day of thanksgiving and remembrance that began at 2 a.m. for those who...

During the dark days of economic downturn in 2008, the Rev.John Dongjin Kim, a priest at St. James' in the City Episcopal Church, realized that more and more of the Korean people coming to the...

Almighty God, who gave your servant Theodore of Tarsus gifts of grace and wisdom to establish unity where there had been division and order where there had been chaos: Create in your church, by the...

Grant us, Lord, not to be anxious about earthly things, but to love things heavenly; and even now, while we are placed among things that are passing away, to hold fast to those that shall endure;...

My album from this morning’s ordination and consecration of the Rt. Rev. Phyllis Spiegel as 12th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah