The Bishop's Blog

Almighty God, scripture discloses that when your son returns in his glory, he will divide the nations as a shepherd separates sheep from goats, offering a place in your kingdom to those who welcomed...

Almighty God, whose blessed Son was led by the Spirit to be tempted by Satan: Come quickly to help us who are assaulted by many temptations; and, as you know the weaknesses of each of us, let each...

San Diego-raised Elizabeth Bonforte Gardner studied political science at University of California, Santa Barbara and spent time lobbying and consulting in Washington before becoming a priest. Former...

Merciful God, according to church tradition, St. Agatha of Sicily, whom your church remembers today, the victim of a Roman governor’s savage abuse of power, had no recourse to justice. We pray for...

Gracious God, when we’re tempted to give up something we love during Lent as a fetish of self-denial, help us remember the ancient Lenten discipline of forgoing a luxury to have resources to share...

Gracious God, guardian of all creation, when the innocent are at risk from war, injustice, or systems of which we are a part, may we always remember our abhorrence at the cruelty of Jesus’s...

Almighty God, whose church on this day invites your people to a season of repentance, fasting, and reflection on your Word: We give you thanks for our precious freedom in Christ — to behave toward...

On the brink of Ash Wednesday and Lent, churches in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles and all over the world hear the story of Jesus’s friends seeing him transfigured in heavenly light on the...

Grace Episcopal Church in Glendora is famous for its music and, these days, its multi-instrumentalist rector of 24 years, the Rev. Susan Scranton. Under choirmaster David Aldrete, the wonderful...

As the people of 138-year-old St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in San Pedro gathered on Sunday for their annual meeting and patronal feast (transferred from Jan. 18), we didn’t know if LVI would be the...

Several years ago at St Paul's/Shepherd of the Desert in Barstow, one of the northernmost communities in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles and the Pacifica Synod ELCA, members asked the then...

On a side street in Arcadia, in the San Gabriel Valley, the mission-style Episcopal Church of The Transfiguration stands in perfect proportion to its surroundings, set back modestly from the street,...