The Bishop's Blog

Almighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole body of your faithful people is governed and sanctified: Receive our supplications and prayers which we offer before you for all members of...

My scrapbook from what was, unless I’ve forgotten missing one, my 19th commencement ceremony Wednesday evening at St. John's Episcopal School in Rancho Santa Margarita, where I used to serve as...

Pour out your Holy Spirit, O God, upon your church in every land, that like your servant Boniface we might proclaim the Gospel to all nations, that your kingdom might be enlarged and that your holy...

God of all truth and peace, who raised up your bishop John to be servant of the servants of God and bestowed on him wisdom to call for the work of renewing your church: Grant that, following his...

O God, by whose providence the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church: Grant that we who remember before you the blessed martyrs of Uganda, may, like them, be steadfast in our faith in Jesus...

My scrapbook from this afternoon’s GLEAM garden party at your episcopal residence in Pasadena, an annual celebration hosted by the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles’ Commission on LGBGT+ Ministry....

Pat Holt has attended St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Pomona since birth. She’s done everything around campus that a layperson can. In the seventies, her two eldest daughters attended the parish...

Before becoming head of school at St. Margaret's Episcopal School in San Juan Capistrano last year, Dr. Jeneen Graham had been a Tartan parent, trustee, academic dean, and upper school head. So she...

During the early days of COVID, laid off as a restaurant worker, Justin was living with four other guys in a Jubilee Homes sober living house in Pasadena. One of their coping mechanisms was binging...

O God, your never-failing providence sets in order all things both in heaven and earth: Put away from us, we entreat you, all hurtful things, and give us those things which are profitable for us;...

O God, who has given your church wisdom and revealed to it deep and secret things: Grant that we, like your servant Justin and in union with his prayers, may find your Word an abiding refuge all the...

I join my colleague Susan Russell in worrying not so much about AI in view of Siri's continued difficulty when taking dictation. Here's my updated "As Siri gets her church on" anthology (leaving...