The Bishop's Blog
Daily prayer: For rest and preperation
Almighty God, who after the creation of the world rested from all your works and sanctified a day of rest for all your creatures: Grant that we, putting away all earthly anxieties, may be duly...
Amazing people at Christmas time
As Christmas approaches, you meet the most amazing people around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including clergy colleagues from in and around the Claremont and Upland corridor, aka deanery...
Daily prayer: To be of service
Almighty and merciful God, it is only by your gift that your faithful people offer you true and laudable service: Grant that we may run without stumbling to obtain your heavenly promises; through...
Scrooge’s Christmas epiphany
Greetings and blessings to you and yours this Christmastide. Wherever you are when you celebrate the Prince of Peace, whomever you are with, may it be a harbinger of a joyful new year in a world...
Daily prayer: For those who serve
Heavenly God, whose blessed Son came not to be served but to serve: Bless all who, following in his steps, give themselves to the service of others; that with wisdom, patience, and courage, they may...
Daily prayer: For peace
Eternal God, in whose perfect kingdom no sword is drawn but the sword of righteousness, no strength known but the strength of love: So mightily spread abroad your Spirit, that all peoples may be...
Daily prayer: Dorothy Sayers
Almighty God, who strengthened your servant Dorothy Sayers with eloquence to defend Christian teaching: Keep us, we pray, steadfast in your true religion, that in constancy and peace we may always...
Daily prayer: For companionship in the Lord
Almighty God, whose Son had nowhere to lay his head: Grant that those who live alone may not be lonely in their solitude, but that, following in his steps, they may find fulfillment in loving you...
Advent lessons, carols, and spirituals, at St. John’s
Star of “Dreamgirls” on Broadway, accompanying singer for Janet Jackson and Engelbert Humperdinck, Vanessa Townsell of the famed Episcopal Chorale Society, Inc. of the Episcopal Diocese of Los...
Daily prayer: For deliverance
Stir up your power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and, because we are sorely hindered by our sins, let your bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver us; through Jesus Christ...
Daily Prayer: St. John of the Cross
Judge eternal, throned in splendor, who gave John of the Cross strength of purpose and faith that sustained him even through the dark night of the soul: Shed your light on all who love you, in unity...
Daily prayer: To overcome the barriers between us
Grant, O God, that your holy and life-giving Spirit may so move every human heart, that barriers which divide us may crumble, suspicions disappear, and hatreds cease; that our divisions being...