The Bishop's Blog
The Rev. Betsy Hooper’s retirement
One day a kindergartner at St. Mark’s Episcopal School in Altadena stopped the church’s rector during these last 14 years, the Rev. Carri Grindon, in the schoolyard and asked, “Are you part of...
Daily prayer: Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
O Lord, make us have perpetual love and reverence for your holy Name, for you never fail to help and govern those whom you have set upon the sure foundation of your loving-kindness; through Jesus...
OC Pride Parade
My scrapbook from today's OC Pride parade and festival on the sunny streets of Santa Ana, where Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles missions and parishes were out in full force. Many thanks to GLEAM...
Daily prayer: John the Baptist
Almighty God, by whose providence your servant John the Baptist was wonderfully born, and sent to prepare the way of your Son our Savior by preaching repentance: Make us so to follow his teaching...
Daily prayer: Deanery V clericus
Almighty and everlasting God, from whom cometh every good and perfect gift: Send down upon our bishops, deacons, and priests, and upon the congregations committed to their charge, the healthful...
Strategizing at Church of the Epiphany, Los Angeles
Over a half century ago, The Church of the Epiphany in Lincoln Heights was the epicenter of the farmworker justice, Chicano rights, and antiwar movements in Los Angeles. Cesar Chavez and other...
Daily prayer: Those in peril on the sea
O Holy Spirit, who did brood Upon the waters dark and rude, And bid their angry tumult cease, And give for wild confusion peace; O hear us when we cry to Thee For those in peril on the sea.
Daily prayer: Light in darkness
Be our light in the darkness, O Lord, and in your great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of your only Son, our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. — Book of Common...
IRIS Open House and World Refugee Day
With U.S. funding for refugees again on the rise, IRIS Interfaith Refugee & Immigration Service, Los Angeles, a ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, is rolling up its institutional...
Daily prayer: For the human family
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...
Visiting St. John the Baptist Church, Corona
When I visited St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church, Corona, CA in March 2020, I proved to be the harbinger of doom. Two weeks later, we had to close every mission and parish in the Episcopal...
Daily prayer: Juneteenth
Almighty God, you rescued your people from slavery in Egypt, and throughout the ages you have never failed to hear the cries of the captives. We remember before you our siblings in Galveston, Texas...