The Bishop's Blog

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...