The Bishop's Blog
The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 5-20-22
Gracious God, the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles gives thanks for the combined 34 years of abundant pastoral, prophetic, institution-building ministry of Mark Kowalewski and Daniel Ade as co-deans...
The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 5-19-22
Direct your Church, O Lord, into the beauty of holiness, that, following the good example of your servant Dunstan, we may honor your Son Jesus Christ with our lips and in our lives; to the glory of...
A Word to the Church: Political Violence and Christian Citizenship
By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. — John 13:35 My siblings in Christ: Acts of gun violence, one of them in our own diocese, weighed on our...
The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 5-18-22
Almighty and everlasting God, you made the universe with all its marvelous order, its atoms, worlds, and galaxies, and the infinite complexity of living creatures: Grant that, as we probe the...
The Bishop’s Blog: Of hummingbirds, crows and civilization
Kathy Hannigan O'Connor saw a crow in the backyard a few weeks ago, perched on the edge of the water feature with a hummingbird in its beak. After squirrels invaded our hummingbird feeder, Kathy...
The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 5-17-22
Eternal and ever-gracious God, who blessed your servant Thurgood Marshall with grace and courage to discern and speak the truth: Grant that, following his example, we may know you and recognize that...
The Bishop’s Blog: Christ the King Church, Santa Barbara
At the Rev. Israel Anchan’s lively, long-delayed institution service yesterday afternoon at Christ the King Episcopal Church in Santa Barbara, “e” was for evangelism. Even during the pandemic, he...
The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 5-16-22
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...
The Bishop’s Blog: St. Michael’s University Church, Isla Vista
At St. Michael's University Church in Isla Vista this morning, we coped as best as we could with the paradox of proclaiming the Resurrection of Christ even as entombing shadows reached all the way...
The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 5-15-22
Almighty God, whom truly to know is everlasting life: Grant us so perfectly to know your Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life, that we may steadfastly follow his steps in the way...
The Bishop’s Blog: Bishops United Against Gun Violence
As we mourn those lost in today's hate crime in Buffalo, when racism (says the FBI) and easy access to weapons of war yet again formed a grim nexus, Bishops-Episcopalians United Against Gun Violence...
The Bishop’s Blog: Bloy House Graduation 2022
Bloy House, The Episcopal Theological School at Los Angeles commencement ceremonies were live and in person today for the first time since 2019 and the first time ever at our new digs at the...