The Bishop's Blog

When he was 11, native Angeleno Canon Dr. Chas Cheatham asked to join the youth choir at the Presbyterian church his grandmother attended. It was obviously in his blood. He'd actually conducted a...

At St. Cross Episcopal Church in Hermosa Beach on Sunday, where I visited to celebrate and preach, attendance was about 200 at two services. The Holy Spirit came along with the morning fog and...

For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the people of Judah are his pleasant planting; he expected justice, but saw bloodshed; righteousness, but heard a cry!  — Isaiah 5:7...

Creator, you bent the earth like a bow until was one, round, shining planet. At your word the land was drawn into mountains and deserts, forests, and plains; the waters were gathered together into...

Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we either desire or deserve: Pour upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those...

My scrapbook from today’s celebration of life for Canon Julie Dean Larsen, who died last month after a brave and graceful struggle against a long, debilitating illness. Her home parish, St Margaret...

God of peace and lover of justice, we lament Hamas' brutal surprise attack on Israel and all the lives that have been lost; and we lament every lost opportunity for peace with justice, year after...

Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucified: Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross, may...

Praise God! This just in from The Episcopal Church: "Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s medical team released him from the hospital today following his Sept. 20 surgery and post-operative recovery. He...

Lord, make us instruments of your peace. Where there is hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is discord, union; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair,...

Everlasting God, who leads your people’s feet into the ways of peace; Raise up heralds and evangelists of your kingdom like your servant John Mott, that your church may make known to all the world...

O God, the author of peace and lover of concord, to know you is eternal life and to serve you is perfect freedom: Defend us, your humble servants, in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely...