The Bishop's Blog
Visiting Camp Stevens with the Taiwan delegation
Taiwan is home to as many as 800,000 indigenous people, Austronesians who have lived on the island for 15,000 years. Originating from Taiwan, their forebears fanned all over the Asia-Pacific region....
Daily prayer: Take away our arrogance and hatred
O God, you made us in your own image and redeemed us through Jesus your Son: Look with compassion on the whole human family; take away the arrogance and hatred which infect our hearts; break down...
Briefing on Missions to the Taiwan delegation
Our visitors from the Episcopal Diocese of Taiwan and we share anxiety about political factors largely beyond our control. In varying degrees, Taiwan's people worry about threats from mainland...
Daily prayer: Gathering
Almighty God, you have given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplication to you; and you have promised through your well-beloved Son that when two or three are gathered...
Church of Our Saviour, San Gabriel, hosting the Taiwan delegation
When Fennie, Katherine, Thomas, and I visited the city of Taichung, on Taiwan’s west coast, during our visit last September, we got a morning tour of St. James Episcopal Church and School from its...
Daily prayer: To keep sight of the eternal
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...
Welcome dinner for the Taiwan delegation
When President Nixon began the process of normalizing relations with the Peoples Republic of China in 1972, he hoped we could continue to maintain our friendship with the people of Taiwan. Nowadays,...
Welcoming the Taiwan delegation
My scrapbook from the first hours of the 10-day pilgrimage of Hannah and the Rt. Rev. Lennon Yuan-rung Chang and their colleagues from the Episcopal Diocese of Taiwan, including two priests and...
Daily prayer: The people of the earth
O God, you have made of one blood all the peoples of the earth, and sent your blessed Son to preach peace to those who are far off and to those who are near: Grant that people everywhere may seek...
Be the Light
All in the Hacienda Heights area -- indeed all in Southern California and the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles -- are warmly welcomed to "Be the Light!", an evangelical outreach celebration...
Daily prayer: For relief action in Gaza
Almighty God, at whose feet the nations sit: Governments clothed with immense power can use it for good, or for ill. They can maximize their interests in every situation, or reserve a measure of...
Amy Bradley is Missing
The Rev. Jamie Barnett, vicar of The Church of the Epiphany in Oak Park, will tell you that the most lawless place in the world is 12 miles offshore. When something happens to vacationers in...