The Bishop's Blog
Daily prayer: For Presiding Bishop Michael Curry
Gracious God, who holds all whom you have made close to your heart: We join the global Episcopal and Anglican community in offering prayers for Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry, who had again been...
A healthy jolt and a coming summit on climate change
Priests in charge of Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles churches in Ojai, Ventura, and Oxnard report a healthy jolt from the earthquake but, so far, no serious issues. Thanks be to God. KNBC is...
Daily prayer: Weathering the storm
Gracious God, who promises shelter from the storm, as Hilary bears down, extend your wings of protection over all those living out of doors around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles as well as...
Daily prayer: Hilary precautions and a Climate Change Summit
You and all your people are in our prayers as we prepare for Hilary this weekend. As you make decisions about Sunday worship, please feel no hesitation about relying on the expertise we gained...
Navigating California’s Employment Development Department
During COVID, the State of California Employment Development Department was in the news for gargantuan wait times and backlogs. Those calling in never got through. By which I mean never. This May...
Daily prayer: Morning
O God, eternal sovereign, whose light divides the day from the night and turns the shadow of death into the morning: Drive far from us all wrong desires, incline our hearts to keep your law, and...
Daily prayer: Cities of the earth
Almighty God, in your Word you have given us a vision of that holy City to which the nations of the world bring their glory: Behold and visit, we pray, the cities of the earth. Renew the ties of...
Help for Hawai’i
As is usually the case in the immediate aftermath of disasters, monetary gifts remain among the Episcopal Diocese of Hawai'i's most urgent needs – second only to your prayers for those who are have...
Daily prayer: the blessed Virgin Mary
O God, you have taken to yourself the blessed Virgin Mary, mother of your incarnate Son: Grant that we, who have been redeemed by his blood, may share with her the glory of your eternal kingdom;...
Daily prayer: Jonathan Myrick Daniels
O God of justice and compassion, who puts down the proud and mighty from their place, and lifts up the poor and the afflicted: We give you thanks for your faithful witness Jonathan Myrick Daniels,...
Daily prayer: Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Grant to us, Lord, we pray, the spirit to think and do always those things that are right, that we, who cannot exist without you, may by you be enabled to live according to your will; through Jesus...
Daily prayer: A collect for Sabbath rest
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...