The Bishop's Blog
Thoughts and reflections from Bishop John Harvey Taylor
Daily prayer: For guidance
Jan 30, 2024
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...
60th anniversary celebration for St. Paul’s Church, Tustin
Jan 29, 2024
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Tustin, CA celebrated 60 years of worship with a gala celebration on Sunday — nearly 200 in church, 12 confirmations or receptions, and four baptisms, plus the...
Daily prayer: 4th Sunday after the Epiphany
Jan 28, 2024
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
Jan 27, 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
Jan 27, 2024
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
Jan 26, 2024
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
Jan 25, 2024
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
Jan 24, 2024
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
Jan 24, 2024
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
Jan 23, 2024
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
Jan 23, 2024
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’
Jan 23, 2024
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...