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The Bishop’s Blog: Christmas Letter 2021
May all the joys and blessings of this sacred season be with you and those you love. Charles Dickens wrote this of Scrooge: “He carried his own low temperature always about with him. He iced his...
The Bishop’s Blog: Church of the Holy Nativity, Westchester (Los Angeles)
Luke is a high school freshman who enjoys math and English. Eugena is an art restorationist who has worked on Vermeers (of which 37 at most exist). Rita has been a civil rights attorney for over 30...
The Bishop’s Blog: ‘Messiah’ concert at St. Cross Church, Hermosa Beach
If it's Advent, it's time for Handel's "Messiah" at St. Cross Episcopal Church in Hermosa Beach -- the 11th nearly annual (we missed last year) installment since the Rev. Laurel Coote and Peter...
The Bishop’s Blog: St. Nicholas’ Church, Encino
When I arrived this morning at Saint Nicholas of Myra Church in Encino, the Rev. Michael Cooper, priest in charge and rector since 2010, showed me some of the treasures gathered by the founding...
The Bishop’s Blog: Trinity Church, Redlands
Here’s how Trinity Episcopal Church in Redlands spent the first Sunday in Advent. The magnificent St. Dunstan’s Choir, under the direction of Canon Jeffrey Ricard, director of music since 1971, was...
The Bishop’s Blog: All Saints’ Church, Beverly Hills
If it's the Tuesday night before Thanksgiving, then it's time for confirmations, receptions, and reaffirmations of baptismal vows – at least at All Saints', Beverly Hills, or so the Holy Spirit...
The Bishop’s Blog: All Saints’ Church, Riverside
Eighteen pilgrims celebrated Christ the King Sunday at All Saints Riverside today by standing up in the great congregation to be confirmed or received or to renew their baptismal vows. They did it,...
The Bishop’s Blog: St. Edmund’s Church, San Marino
The vestry and wardens of St. Edmund's Episcopal Church in San Marino wrote to their members on Feb. 22, 2020 that they’d called the Rev. Jenifer Chatfield to be their eighth rector. They had two...
The Bishop’s Blog: All Saints’ Church, Santa Barbara
We gathered over 200 strong outside All Saints by the Sea in Montecito at 10:30 a.m. Sunday in a shroud of central coast fog, which was unusual for November but not unwelcomed by those who remember...
The Bishop’s Blog: Desert Journeys, Joshua Tree
Born in Tucson, raised in New York, the Rev. Canon David Caffrey has had a heart for the desert for as long as he can remember. He’s served churches in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles...
The Bishop’s Blog: St. James’ Church, Los Angeles
As the neighborhood around 110-year-old St. James' in the City in the Wilshire District of Los Angeles has changed, so its manifestation of the face of God, with members representing many nations...
The Bishop’s Blog: St. John’s Church, La Verne
As a brand new vicar at Saint John's Episcopal Church in La Verne, the Rev. Elizabeth McQuitty had two Sundays in church with her folks in March 2020 before the lights went out. She and her...