The Bishop's Blog
Thoughts and reflections from Bishop John Harvey Taylor
Subspace Rhapsody: Musical theater on ‘Star Trek’
Aug 4, 2023
This week Star Trek went where it’s never gone before these nearly 60 years — excellence in musical theater. In “Subspace Rhapsody,” Thursday’s new episode of "Strange New Worlds,” a pre-Captain...
Daily prayer: For social justice
Aug 4, 2023
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...
Amazing people
Aug 3, 2023
,You meet the most amazing people around St. Paul's Commons, Echo Park, including the beloved longtime manager of the Episcopal Community Federal Credit Union, Urla Gomes, finally retiring (or just...
Daily prayer: Joanna, Mary and Salome
Aug 3, 2023
Almighty God, who revealed the resurrection of your Son to Joanna, Mary, and Salome as they faithfully came bearing myrrh to his tomb: Grant that we too may perceive the presence of the risen Lord...
Daily prayer: A prayer for mission
Aug 2, 2023
O God of all, whom the whole heavens adore: Let the whole earth also worship you, all nations obey you, all tongues confess and bless you, and people everywhere love you and serve you in peace;...
Daily prayer: Joseph of Arimathea
Aug 1, 2023
Merciful God, whose servant Joseph of Arimathea with reverence and godly fear prepared the body of our Lord and Savior for burial and laid it in his own tomb: Grant to us, your faithful people,...
Ron Chatman, senior warden at St. Timothy’s Church, Compton
Jul 31, 2023
Ron Chatman can’t say off the top of his head how long he’s been senior warden at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church in Compton. Would forever work for you? But Phil Trani, legendary owner of the Long...
Family baptisms at St. Margaret’s, San Juan Capistrano
Jul 31, 2023
Canon Kathy Hannigan O'Connor and I have granddaughters Harriet and Frannie, four and going on six, living in Yorba Linda and San Diego. Amid the complexities of modern family life — these little...
Daily prayer: Ignatius of Loyola
Jul 31, 2023
Almighty God, who called Ignatius of Loyola to the service of your Divine Majesty and to seek you in all things; Give us also the grace to labor without counting the cost and to seek no reward other...
Daily prayer: Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
Jul 30, 2023
O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us your mercy; that, with you as our ruler and guide, we may so pass through...
Palestinian Christians in Israel
Jul 29, 2023
“It’s time to solve the crisis instead of managing it, as the United States and Israel usually do,” the Rev. Dr. Fadi Diab said today. “Because 76 years of military occupation is enough.” Rector of...
Daily prayer: Mary and Martha of Bethany
Jul 29, 2023
O God, your Son Jesus Christ enjoyed rest and refreshment in the home of Mary and Martha of Bethany: Give us the will to love you, open our hearts to hear you, and strengthen our hands to serve you...