The Bishop's Blog
Thanksgiving
God of hearth and home, God of battlefield and detention center, God of hospital and shelter, God of our fears and dreams, our God in Christ: Our wellspring of thanksgiving is brimming today. For...
Daily prayer: Lift us
O God of peace, who has taught us that in returning and rest we shall be saved, in quietness and confidence shall be our strength: By the might of your Spirit lift us, we pray you, to your presence,...
Trinity Episcopal, Orange
Bishops in The Episcopal Church who are preparing to retire, as I will next year, talk about the poignancy of their valedictory round of congregational visits. One of the largest in the country, the...
Daily prayer: Elizabeth of Hungary
Almighty God, by your grace your servant Elizabeth of Hungary recognized and honored Jesus in the poor of this world: Grant that we, following her example, may with love and gladness serve those in...
Daily prayer: Hilda of Whitby
O God of peace, by whose grace the abbess Hilda was endowed with gifts of justice, prudence, and strength to rule as a wise mother over the nuns and monks of her household: Raise up these gifts in...
Synergies in San Bernardino
The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles has two venerable churches in San Bernardino, St. John's Episcopal Church, which is downtown, and St. Francis Episcopal Church, in a suburban neighborhood right...
Daily prayer: Divine life
O God, who wonderfully created, and yet more wonderfully restored, the dignity of human nature: Grant that we may share the divine life of him who humbled himself to share our humanity, your Son...
Visiting St. Cross, Hermosa Beach
St. Cross Episcopal Church in Hermosa Beach makes a special point of service to the wider Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles community. Its rector of 15 years, the Rev. Dr. Rachel Nyback, is a fabled...
Daily prayer: To embrace scripture
Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed...
The Rev. John Limo and the Rev. Ellen Hill, celebrations of life
From Apple Valley to Newport Beach this weekend, the people of God in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles bade an earthly farewell to gifted priests who leavened their gospel preaching and teaching...
Daily prayer: To purify ourselves
O God, whose blessed Son came into the world that he might destroy the works of the devil and make us children of God and heirs of eternal life: Grant that, having this hope, we may purify ourselves...
Philippe the Original on Veteran’s Day
People are fickle sometimes, yet other times the souls of constancy. Philippe the Original has been serving pretty much the same thing since 1908, when it claims to have invented the French dip...