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The Bishop's Blog

Thoughts and reflections from Bishop John Harvey Taylor

Daily prayer: For guidance

Daily prayer: For guidance

Holy One, When the way is clouded, point us to the light. When the night is shadowed, show us the stars. When the wait is long, give us inner calm. When the journey is impossible, grant us hope. All...

Daily prayer: 4th Sunday after the Epiphany

Daily prayer: 4th Sunday after the Epiphany

Almighty and everlasting God, you govern all things both in heaven and on earth: Mercifully hear the supplications of your people, and in our time grant us your peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord,...

Amazing people, late January 2024

Amazing people, late January 2024

You meet the most amazing people around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including the Rev. Michael S. Bell and Dante during our weekly three-way conversation about our 25% affordable housing...

Daily prayer: John Chrysostom

Daily prayer: John Chrysostom

O God, who gave your servant John Chrysostom grace eloquently to proclaim your righteousness in the great congregation, and fearlessly to bear reproach for the honor of your Name: Mercifully grant...

Daily prayer: An execution in Alabama

Daily prayer: An execution in Alabama

Gracious God, on Thursday in Alabama, one of 27 states in the United States that still execute people, Kenneth Smith, who had committed a horrific crime and deserved a life sentence, was asphyxiated...

Daily prayer: The conversion of Paul

Daily prayer: The conversion of Paul

O God, by the preaching of your apostle Paul you have caused the light of the Gospel to shine throughout the world: Grant, we pray, that we, having his wonderful conversion in remembrance, may show...

Daily prayer: Florence Li Tim-Oi

Daily prayer: Florence Li Tim-Oi

Almighty God, who pours out your Spirit upon your sons and daughters: Grant that we, following the example of your servant Florence Li Tim-Oi, chosen priest in your church, may with faithfulness,...

20 years a priest

20 years a priest

Twenty years a priest today, ordained by Bishop Chet Talton with Laura Queen, Robert Moon, Carol Wade, and Julie Wakelee. I arrived that morning at St. John’s Episcopal Church on W. Adams in Los...

‘A Case for Love’: Join the challenge

‘A Case for Love’: Join the challenge

Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry and newsman Al Roker, two of the world's most famous Episcopalians, are pictured in the introduction to “A Case for Love,” a feature-length film taking the audience...

Of greeting cards and Dollar Tree

Of greeting cards and Dollar Tree

I buy greeting cards at drug stores and supermarkets and confess to not paying much attention to price increases over the years. The little 0199 on the back of the typical Hallmark or American...

Daily prayer: ‘A Case for Love’

Daily prayer: ‘A Case for Love’

God of love, the love, as Fritz Bauerschmidt writes, that is God, we give you thanks for the life and ministry of Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry and for the healing and wholeness he is...