The Bishop's Blog
Daily prayer: To abhor sin
O God, you willed to redeem us from all iniquity by your Son: Deliver us when we are tempted to regard sin without abhorrence, and let the virtue of his passion come between us and our mortal enemy;...
Daily prayer: For repentance
Let your Spirit, O Lord, come into the midst of us to wash us with the pure water of repentance, and prepare us to be always a living sacrifice to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and...
Amazing People
You meet the most amazing people around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including the people of Saint Mark's Episcopal Church in Altadena, now worshiping of a Sunday at St. Barnabas Eagle Rock...
Daily prayer: For grace when we stray
O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from your ways, and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the...
Daily prayer: For reconciliation
O God, by your Word you marvelously carry out the work of reconciliation: Grant that in our Lenten fast we may be devoted to you with all our hearts, and united with one another in prayer and holy...
Daily prayer: To offer fellowship in suffering
Lord Christ, our eternal Redeemer, grant us such fellowship in your sufferings, that, filled with your Holy Spirit, we may subdue the flesh to the spirit, and the spirit to you, and at the last...
Daily prayer: Strengthen us
Strengthen us, O Lord, by your grace, that in your might we may overcome all spiritual enemies, and with pure hearts serve you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the...
The grand opening of Orchard View Gardens at St. Joseph’s, Buena Park
In this beautiful audience of housing justice prophets sits a born and bred son of New York City, the former Episcopal bishop of Northern Indiana, but forever a child of this diocese and region, my...
Daily prayer: Purify us
Bless us, O God, in this holy season, in which our hearts seek your help and healing; and so purify us by your discipline that we may grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus...
Two months since the wildfires
Two months after the Los Angeles wildfires, they were fresh on everyone’s minds this morning as interfaith and ecumenical leaders met with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass at St. Paul's Commons, Echo...
Daily prayer: To withstand temptations
Grant to your people, Lord, grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil, and with pure hearts and minds to follow you, the only true God; through Jesus Christ your Son...
Christians in Iraq, Palestine, and Syria: A Contemporary Perspective
My scrapbook from Sunday afternoon and evening, where nearly 100 were present at St. Paul's Commons, Echo Park for “Christians in Iraq, Palestine, and Syria: A Contemporary Perspective,” a panel...