The Bishop's Blog

My scrapbook from my conversation last Friday at St. John's Cathedral in Los Angeles with Jim Wallis, the leading progressive evangelical theologian and practitioner of our time, discussing his new...

I won’t say they saved the best for last during my Sunday visitation at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church - Covina, CA. It was a moment in keeping with a day that felt deeply holy from the moment I...

Gracious God, thank you for placing no greater burden on us than to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with our God. Grant that I may also fulfill my civic duties, pay my taxes, and still...

O God, whose blessed Son made himself known to his disciples in the breaking of bread: Open the eyes of our faith, that we may behold him in all his redeeming work; who lives and reigns with you, in...

Enrique Narvaiz, longtime caretaker of La Casa de Maria, Montecito’s legendary retreat center and former novitiate, owned by our St. Paul's Commons, Echo Park, partners the Immaculate Heart...

Almighty God, you have given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplication to you; and you have promised through your well-beloved Son that when two or three are gathered...

Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless the dying,...

O God, the King eternal, whose light divides the day from the night and turns the shadow of death into the morning: Drive far from us all wrong desires, incline our hearts to keep your law, and...

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...

Embolden our lives, O Lord, and inspire our faiths, that we, following the example of your servant Dietrich Bonhoeffer, might embrace your call with undivided hearts; through Jesus Christ our...

As a bishop in The Episcopal Church, I grieve the harsh language about our trans siblings contained in the Vatican’s new declaration entitled “Dignitas Infinita.” For their own sake, people should...

At celebrations of life this weekend, the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles bade farewell to two magnificent priests, the Rev. Dr. Ellen Wekall and the Rev. Norman Freeman. For Ellen, a psychologist...