The Bishop's Blog
Daily prayer: The conversion of Paul
O God, by the preaching of your apostle Paul you have caused the light of the Gospel to shine throughout the world: Grant, we pray, that we, having his wonderful conversion in remembrance, may show...
Daily prayer: Florence Li Tim-Oi
Almighty God, who pours out your Spirit upon your sons and daughters: Grant that we, following the example of your servant Florence Li Tim-Oi, chosen priest in your church, may with faithfulness,...
20 years a priest
Twenty years a priest today, ordained by Bishop Chet Talton with Laura Queen, Robert Moon, Carol Wade, and Julie Wakelee. I arrived that morning at St. John’s Episcopal Church on W. Adams in Los...
‘A Case for Love’: Join the challenge
Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry and newsman Al Roker, two of the world's most famous Episcopalians, are pictured in the introduction to “A Case for Love,” a feature-length film taking the audience...
Of greeting cards and Dollar Tree
I buy greeting cards at drug stores and supermarkets and confess to not paying much attention to price increases over the years. The little 0199 on the back of the typical Hallmark or American...
Daily prayer: ‘A Case for Love’
God of love, the love, as Fritz Bauerschmidt writes, that is God, we give you thanks for the life and ministry of Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry and for the healing and wholeness he is...
Daily prayer: Vincent of Saragossa
Almighty God, whose deacon Vincent, upheld by you, was neither terrified by threats nor overcome by torments: Strengthen us to endure all adversity with invincible and steadfast faith; through Jesus...
Visiting St. John’s Church, La Verne
As the Holy Spirit would have it, my visit today to Saint John's La Verne came a week after its vicar, the Rev. Elizabeth Kronenberg, announced that she’d been called to join the staff of Christ...
Daily prayer: Third Sunday after the Epiphany
Give us grace, O Lord, to answer readily the call of our Savior Jesus Christ and proclaim to all people the Good News of his salvation, that we and the whole world may perceive the glory of his...
A new ministry at St. George’s, Riverside
Born in Claremont, raised outside any tradition of faith, the Rev. Dr. Karri Backer, when she was in early twenties, worked in a coffee house in Rancho Cucamonga and had lots of friends who tried to...
Daily prayer: Pope Fabian
Grant, Almighty God, that in all times of trial and persecution, we might remain steadfast in faith and endurance, according to the example of your servant Fabian, who was faithful even unto death....
The Rev. Jim Friedrich, itinerant religious engineer
For the first quarter century of his ordained ministry, until a season as priest in charge at Christ Church in Ontario in the nineties, the Rev. Jim Friedrich managed to avoid attending a vestry...