The Bishop's Blog
Amazing people at St. Paul’s Commons
You meet the most amazing people around St. Paul's Commons, Echo Park and the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including the Rev. Joshua Ng, for a rich conversation about ministry to people of...
Daily prayer: A contrite and humble spirit
Holy God, who dwells with those have a contrite and humble spirit; Revive our spirits; purify us from deceitful desires; and cloth us in righteousness and true holiness; though Jesus Christ our...
Daily prayer: The banner of peace
Eternal God, in whose perfect kingdom no sword is drawn but the sword of righteousness, no strength known but the strength of love: So mightily spread abroad your Spirit, that all peoples may be...
Peafowl in Pasadena
Neighbors who share their yards with peafowl on a daily basis do not always lift their voices and squawk with joy when I sing my Eastertide song celebrating the cycle of life in our yard in East...
Daily prayer: Julian of Norwich
Triune God, Father and Mother to us all, who showed your servant Julian revelations of your nurturing and sustaining love: Move our hearts, like hers, to seek you above all things, for in giving us...
Bishops-Episcopalians United Against Gun Violence
In the wake of Saturday night's gun violence murders of at least eight in Allen, TX, thoughts and prayers come together at Bishops-Episcopalians United Against Gun Violence, which offers prayer and...
Daily prayer: everlasting life
Almighty God, whom truly to know is everlasting life: Grant us so perfectly to know your Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life, that we may steadfastly follow his steps in the way...
A victory over hate at All Saints, Pasadena
The darkness will never overcome the light. By our faith and God’s grace, hate never wins. So this Sunday in Eastertide, a bomb threat against All Saints Episcopal Church Pasadena, and a homophobic...
A magical evening at Church of Our Saviour, San Gabriel
The Rev. Jeffrey Stoller Thornberg genially presided over a magical evening today at the The Church of Our Saviour in San Gabriel. One may even briefly suspend one’s pessimism about the thriving of...
Lunch with the Rev. Canon George F. Woodward III
What a kind, wise priest the Holy Spirit made in the Rev. Canon George F. Woodward III, former rector of St. Edmund's Episcopal Church in San Marino, now incumbent in the same office at St. Paul's...
Diocesan Confirmation service
My scrapbook from this morning's annual springtime Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles confirmation service at St. John's Cathedral in Los Angeles, designed for missions and parishes that don't want...
Daily prayer: Day of rest
Almighty God, who after the creation of the world rested from all your works and sanctified a day of rest for all your creatures: Grant that we, putting away all earthly anxieties, may be duly...