The Bishop's Blog

Most priests baptize with a silver baptismal shell, a few delicate tablespoons per scoop. At La Iglesia de San Clemente in Huntington Park, the energetic longtime vicar, the Rev. Santos Flores,...

O God, you made us in your own image and redeemed us through Jesus your Son: Look with compassion on the whole human family; take away the arrogance and hatred which infect our hearts; break down...

One day in 1975, a hungry family visited Prince of Peace Episcopal Church in Woodland Hills and asked if they had any canned food. This is a famous story around the parish. I find myself wondering...

Gracious God, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him; who lives...

O God, you know us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that by reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot always stand upright: Grant us such strength and protection as may...

Grant us, O Lord our Strength, a true love of your holy Name; so that, trusting in your grace, we may fear no earthly evil, nor fix our hearts on earthly goods, but may rejoice in your full...

God of fair balls and fair play, as artful dodgers tease tigers in wild ravines, we lament the sin afflicting those who overlook angels sporting their white socks. Surely the Episcopal Diocese of...

Give ear to our prayers, O Lord, and direct the way of your servants in safety under your protection, that, amid all the changes of our earthly pilgrimage, we may be guarded by your mighty aid;...

My last scrapbook from the House of Bishops meeting at Camp McDowell, Alabama. This includes women bishops and bearded bishops. There was a judge’s ruling against a photo of bald bishops.

“We have to say something.” I heard this a few times in the early days the week-long spring meeting of the House of Bishops at Camp McDowell, outside Birmingham, Alabama, which ended Monday. Of...

Look upon the heart-felt desires of your humble servants, Almighty God, and stretch forth the right hand of your majesty to be our defense against all our enemies; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who...

Almighty God, you know that we have no power in ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all adversities which may...