The Bishop's Blog

Almighty and everlasting God, mercifully increase in us your gifts of holy discipline, in almsgiving, prayer, and fasting; that our lives may be directed to the fulfilling of your most gracious...

You meet the most amazing people around St. Paul's Commons, Echo Park in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including Archbishop Hovnan Derderian of the Armenian Apostolic Church, for a...

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...

Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless the dying,...

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...

A year or two ago, walking on Rosemead Blvd. near our home in east Pasadena, I came across a man lying on the sidewalk and behaving badly. Rushing past, I stopped a half-block along, knowing I had...

Direct us, O Lord, in all our doings with your most gracious favor, and further us with your continual help; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in you, we may glorify your holy Name,...

Bridges between soul and the wider world, my sight and hearing are threatening to return to dust ahead of the rest of the package. In my 70th year, my eyes are dimming a bit. Glaucoma runs in the...

Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing you have made and forgive the sins of all who are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our sins and...

Almighty God, we entrust all who are dear to us to your never-failing care and love, for this life and the life to come, knowing that you are doing for them better things than we can desire or pray...

Set us free, heavenly God, from every bond of prejudice and fear; that, honoring the steadfast courage of your servant Absalom Jones, we may show forth in our lives the reconciling love and true...

In The Episcopal Church, deacons lead by example, and here’s one. When its beloved longtime rector left five years ago, and St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Los Angeles, its extraordinary diversity by...