The Bishop's Blog

Holy One, Help us, Spark hope; Seek peace; Defend justice; Fight oppression; Defeat hate; Foster holiness; Live love. Amen. — Bishop Deon K. Johnson of the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri

Heavenly God, in you we live and move and have our being: We humbly pray you so to guide and govern us by your Holy Spirit, that in all the cares and occupations of our life we may not forget you,...

Grant, O God, that, following the example of your servant James the Just, brother of our Lord, your Church may give itself continually to prayer and to the reconciliation of all who are at variance...

O heavenly God, who has filled the world with beauty: Open our eyes to behold your gracious hand in all your works; that, rejoicing in your whole creation, we may learn to serve you with gladness;...

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...

I rise in the spirit of the prophet Isaiah (45:1-7), to whom God proclaimed that he was sending Cyrus to subdue all the nations that stood in his way – to humble tyrants by stripping them of their...

Some grasping to explain or justify Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel, which killed 1,400, said that Palestinians had finally had enough of the agonies of occupation. This was nonsense. Hamas was at...

My scrapbook from a wonderful breakfast Camp Stevens hosted Thursday for Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles friends at Canon Kathy Hannigan O'Connor’s and my Pasadena home, aka your episcopal...

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...

For my birthday this year, coming up next week, I'm inviting friends to join me in offering donations (via Facebook) to HFS Adoption & Foster Care, an institution of the Episcopal Diocese of Los...

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...

The Rev. Canon Ginny Erwin, beloved 15-year rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Orange, an innovator in youth minsitry, who died in September, remembered sitting with her parents in their Lutheran...