The Bishop's Blog

I'll tell my grandkids I saw a World Series doubleheader in one game, a seven-inning slugfest preceding 11 nearly scoreless innings, which ought to quiet complaints about the Dodgers bullpen. I'll...

O God, by your grace you have called us in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles to a goodly fellowship of faith. As the year’s round of deanery assemblies gets underway today, on our way to diocesan...

O God, whose Son forgave his enemies while he was suffering shame and death: Strengthen those who suffer for the sake of conscience; when they are accused, save them from speaking in hate; when they...

Almighty and everlasting God, increase in us the gifts of faith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain what you promise, make us love what you command; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives...

Almighty God, you have built your Church upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone: Grant us so to be joined together in unity of spirit by...

Grant, O God, that, following the example of your servant James the Just, brother of our Lord, your Church may give itself continually to prayer and to the reconciliation of all who are at variance...

O heavenly God, in whom we live and move and have our being: We humbly pray you so to guide and govern us by your Holy Spirit, that in all the cares and occupations of our life we may not forget...

O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us your mercy; that, with you as our ruler and guide, we may so pass through...

On Friday, the Very Rev. Canon Ian Elliott Davies, rector of Saint Thomas the Apostle, Hollywood, told me about a book by Paul Avis called “Becoming a Bishop: A Theological Handbook of Episcopal...

For my third and likely final visitation at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Monrovia, as it celebrated the feast day of St. Luke, purportedly a physician, I thought about all that our doctors do, if...

You meet the most amazing people around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including Head of School Laura D. Ross and President Rick Commons of Harvard Westlake School, on whose board I sit (and...

Around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles on Saturday, the love and justice proclaimed in the gospel of Jesus Christ radiated from three communities as they celebrated the ministry of a new...