The Bishop's Blog
Thoughts and reflections from Bishop John Harvey Taylor
The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 7-31-22
Jul 31, 2022
Let your continual mercy, O Lord, cleanse and defend your Church; and, because it cannot continue in safety without your help, protect and govern it always by your goodness; through Jesus Christ our...
The Bishop’s Blog: Lambeth Conference Day 4
Jul 30, 2022
The Rt. Rev. Richard Cheetham, bishop of Kingston, England, trained as a physicist before being ordained, believes the 21st century church will evangelize more effectively if we show spiritually...
The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 7-30-22
Jul 30, 2022
Let your continual mercy, O Lord, kindle in your Church the never-failing gift of love; that, following the example of your servant William Wilberforce, we may have grace to defend the poor, and...
The Bishop’s Blog: Lambeth Conference Day 3
Jul 29, 2022
The Rt. Rev. Richard Cheetham, bishop of Kingston, England, trained as a physicist before being ordained, believes the 21st century church will evangelize more effectively if we show spiritually...
The Bishop’s Blog: Lambeth worship, music and encounters
Jul 28, 2022
The music presaged the majesty of which the 15th Lambeth conference is capable — as long as we follow the teaching of 1 Peter, our text for this meeting of global Anglicans, and are “holy as [God]...
The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 7-28-22
Jul 28, 2022
O God, whose parental care reaches to the uttermost parts of the earth: We humbly beseech you graciously to behold and bless whom we love, now absent from us. Defend them from all dangers of soul...
The Bishop’s Blog: Lambeth Day 2
Jul 28, 2022
It’s Thursday morning at the University of Kent, and the Lambeth conference will be in retreat today, with separate programs for bishops and those spouses who have been invited (same-gender spouses...
The Bishop’s Blog: Visiting Canterbury Cathedral, St. Dunstan’s Church
Jul 27, 2022
The hallowed place of Thomas Becket’s martyrdom in Canterbury Cathedral, after he displeased Henry II, and the crypt in St. Dunstan’s Church, where Sir Thomas More’s head ended up after he...
The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 7-26-22
Jul 26, 2022
Gracious and loving God, we beseech your blessing on the 2,000 people gathering in Canterbury and at the University of Kent through Sunday, Aug. 7 for the 15th Lambeth conference, especially those...
The Bishop’s Blog: Landing at Lambeth
Jul 26, 2022
Before I’d even located my suitcase this afternoon at the University of Kent, headquarters for the 15th Lambeth Conference, I’d already met three bishops from the Province of the Episcopal Church in...
The Bishop’s Blog: Heading for Lambeth
Jul 25, 2022
Beginning this week until Sunday, Aug. 7, most of the bishops of The Episcopal Church, including me, will be with Anglican colleagues around the world at the Lambeth conference in England, hosted by...
The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 7-25-22
Jul 25, 2022
O gracious God, we remember before you today your servant and apostle James, first among the Twelve to suffer martyrdom for the Name of Jesus Christ; and we pray that you will pour out upon the...











