The Bishop's Blog

Support us, O Lord, with your gracious favor through the fast we have begun; that as we observe it by bodily self-denial, so we may fulfill it with inner sincerity of heart; through Jesus Christ our...

You meet the most amazing people around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including Ron Chatman, longtime senior warden of St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Compton, after our latest lunch at...

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,...

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...

If I shrive you, I hear your testimony, or your confession, and I offer understanding, or forgiveness. AI may try to tell you to shrive means to confess. It’s actually the other way around. It means...

It was all about the music on Sunday, when the family and friends of Marshall Rutter sang adieu at his and his spouse, Terry Knowles’, beloved All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena. Marshall was...

O God of unchangeable power and eternal light: Look favorably on your whole Church, that wonderful and sacred mystery; by the effectual working of your providence, carry out in tranquility the plan...

The Transfiguration is a story about the sudden awareness of the presence of God. Jesus took Peter, James, and John to the top of a mountain in Galilee and began to pray. Divine light shone from his...

O God, who before the passion of your only ­begotten Son revealed his glory upon the holy mountain: Grant to us that we, beholding by faith the light of his countenance, may be strengthened to bear...

Almighty God, who called your servant David to be a faithful and wise steward of your mysteries for the people of Wales: Mercifully grant that, following his purity of life and zeal for the Gospel...

Here’s a baseball note to brighten the day of fellow fans. I’ve known Andy Guilford, at left, since the nineties, before we were conscious co-religionists. He’s a retired federal judge and longtime...

God of all, who from the beginning of our days wanted your people to weave ourselves into tapestries that blend all the hues and types our faces and souls evince: We remember the riots, on this date...