The Bishop's Blog
Thoughts and reflections from Bishop John Harvey Taylor
Daily prayer: For unity and grace in the Fall Classic
Oct 23, 2024
Gracious God, may the fall classic pitting coastal elites against one another be a sacrament of unity in a nation starved for grace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (Photo: Along my shortcut...
Daily Prayer: For strength in faith
Oct 22, 2024
Gracious God, you see your children growing up in an unsteady and confusing world: Show them that your ways give more life than the ways of the world, and that following you is better than chasing...
Amazing People in late October
Oct 22, 2024
You meet the most amazing people around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including Dr. Anne Willoughby of New York, a candidate for taking vows with our St. Paul’s Commons neighbors the...
Dinner with friends, physics, and Costco
Oct 22, 2024
If you saw “Oppenheimer,” or know more about physics than I, you know that Enrico Fermi was the brilliant Italian physicist who’s said to have taken bets on whether the Trinity test in 1945 would...
Daily prayer: For rest in God’s presence
Oct 21, 2024
Be present, O merciful God, and protect us through the hours of this night, so that we who are wearied by the changes and chances of this life may rest in your eternal changelessness; through Jesus...
Visiting St. Joseph’s, Buena Park
Oct 20, 2024
We were about 35 strong this morning at St. Joseph's Episcopal Church, Buena Park. As usual, its gracious rector, the Rev. Dr. Cynthia Voien, had designed a beautiful liturgy and seen to every...
Daily prayer: For steadfast faith
Oct 20, 2024
Almighty and everlasting God, in Christ you have revealed your glory among the nations: Preserve the works of your mercy, that your Church throughout the world may persevere with steadfast faith in...
Daily prayer: Henry Martyn
Oct 19, 2024
O God of the nations, who gave to your servant Henry Martyn a longing to share your Gospel with all peoples; Inspire the church in our own day with that said desire, that we may be eager to commit...
Daily prayer: Ignatius of Antioch
Oct 17, 2024
Almighty God, we praise your Name for your bishop and martyr Ignatius of Antioch, who offered himself as grain to be ground by the teeth of wild beasts that he might present to you the pure bread of...
Amazing People in Mid-October
Oct 16, 2024
You meet the most amazing people around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including Randall Heyn-Lamb, for a hallway conversation about the war in Gaza and Lebanon and the deep suffering being...
Daily prayer: Hugh Latimer, Nicholas Ridley, and Thomas Cranmer
Oct 16, 2024
Keep us, O Lord, constant in faith and zealous in witness, that, like your servants Hugh Latimer, Nicholas Ridley, and Thomas Cranmer we may live in your fear, die in your favor, and rest in your...
Daily prayer: Teresa of Avila
Oct 15, 2024
O God, who by your Holy Spirit moved Teresa of Avila to manifest to your church the way of perfection: Grant us, we pray, to be nourished by her teaching, and enkindle within us a keen and...