The Bishop's Blog
Juneteenth Celebration at St. John’s Cathedral
When a Union general proclaimed in Galveston 159 years ago today that the enslaved people of Texas were at last to be considered free people, the Civil War was over. The so-called confederacy had...
Amazing people in mid-June
You meet the most amazing people around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including former Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides, now a House candidate, at a candidates' forum hosted for Santa...
Daily prayer: For children
Gracious God, you see your children growing up in an unsteady and confusing world: Show them that your ways give more life than the ways of the world, and that following you is better than chasing...
Daily prayer: For inspiration and guidance
O God, from whom all good proceeds: Grant that by your inspiration we may think those things that are right, and by your merciful guiding may do them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and...
Daily prayer: For graduates and their teachers
Gracious one, the Campbell Hall class of 2024 and those who love them are calling us to lean in. In this world, we’re tempted to back away, look before we leap, verify before we trust, and conserve...
Daily prayer: Barnabas
Grant, O God, that we may follow the example of your faithful servant Barnabas, who, seeking not his own renown but the wellbeing of your Church, gave generously of his life and substance for the...
Daily prayer: Ephrem the Syrian
Pour out upon us, O Lord, that same Spirit by which your deacon Ephrem declared the mysteries of faith in sacred song; that, with gladdened hearts, we too might proclaim the riches of your glory;...
Los Angeles Pride Parade
If every person encloses a universe, behold the multiverse of today’s LA Pride parade route in Hollywood. A hundred thousand came to the 54th annual parade, organizers predicted. LGBTQIA+? PFLAG?...
Daily prayer: Third Sunday after Pentecost
O God, from whom all good proceeds: Grant that by your inspiration we may think those things that are right, and by your merciful guiding may do them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and...
Ex cathedra
Peripatetic me — it took me almost five years to take my seat. An episcopal seat is called a cathedra. Ours in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, used by every bishop since Joseph Horsfall...
Ordination of deacons
My scrapbook from this morning’s glorious ordination service at St. John's Cathedral in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles.
Daily prayer: For the ordinands
Almighty God, the giver of all good gifts, in your divine providence you have appointed various orders in your Church: Give your grace, we humbly pray, to those being ordained or received in the...