The Bishop's Blog
Thoughts and reflections from Bishop John Harvey Taylor
The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 3-28-22
Mar 28, 2022
God of all, on Saturday in Poland, Ukrainian children asked Joe Biden to pray for family members who had stayed behind to defend their country. Hear our prayers as well, including for Russian...
The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 3-27-22
Mar 27, 2022
Gracious God, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him; who lives...
The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 3-25-22
Mar 25, 2022
Almighty God, on this day your Church remembers the angel’s promise to a young woman in Nazareth that her child would be great. In your mercy, hear the prayers of all the mothers, in Ukraine and...
The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 3-24-22
Mar 24, 2022
Almighty God, you called your servant Óscar Romero to be a voice for the voiceless poor, and to give his life as a seed of freedom and a sign of hope: Grant that we, inspired by his sacrifice and...
The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 3-23-22
Mar 23, 2022
Almighty God, who made light shine in the dome of the sky and saw that it was good: In the course of our day, we gaze at tranquil skies as fire and death rain from Ukraine skies. May this violation...
The Bishop’s Blog: Back from the House of Bishops
Mar 22, 2022
The Episcopal Church extends from Taiwan, 100 miles from mainland China, to Tbilisi, Georgia, 500 yards from Russian occupation troops. When we 133 bishops met March 14-21 in the piney woods of Camp...
The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 3-22-22
Mar 22, 2022
Almighty God, as we pray for justice and peace in Ukraine and wherever the innocent are victims of injustice and aggression, may we remember our obligation and opportunity to be models and mediators...
The Bishop’s Blog: Daily Prayer 3-21-22
Mar 21, 2022
Holy God, you made all things for your purposes and lose nothing you have made. Our hope is in you and the Risen One as we pray daily for peace and justice, for the relief of suffering and...
The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 3-20-22
Mar 20, 2022
Almighty God, you know that we have no power in ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all adversities which may...
The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 3-19-22
Mar 19, 2022
Almighty God, your servant St. Joseph, whom the church remembers this day, watched over and made a home for your son and his mother: In all our networks of dependence and interdependence, keep us...
The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 3-18-22
Mar 18, 2022
Almighty God, creator of worlds: Humanity has new cause to repent of our sin of creating the means of destroying ourselves. Without nuclear weapons, his armies outgunned and outmanned, Putin would...
The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 3-17-22
Mar 17, 2022
Almighty God , in whom on the last day, under the mighty wing of Christ, war will cease and no tears will be shed: Beholding a world on the brink of a catastrophic war and grieving the cold war of...











