The Bishop's Blog
Daily prayer: For God’s co-creators
Almighty God, you are the author of all that was and shall be; and we, all your people, knowingly or not, are co-creators of all the moments of our times. It is in our power to protect and assist...
Daily prayer: For reconciliation
O God, whose Son commanded us to love our enemies: Lead them and us from prejudice to truth; deliver them and us from hatred, cruelty, and revenge; and in your good time enable us all to stand...
Daily prayer: Edith Cavell
Living God, the source of all healing and wholeness: we bless you for the compassionate witness of your servant Edith Cavell. Inspire us to be agents of peace and reconciliation in a world beset by...
Daily prayer: Philip the Evangelist
O God, who has made of one blood all the peoples of the earth and sent your Son to preach peace to those who are far off and to those who are near: Grant that we, following the example of your...
Amazing people in early October
You meet the most amazing people around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including the Rt. Rev. Silvestre Romero, who just finished his time as bishop of Guatemala, and his spouse, Eva, for a...
Daily prayer: Vida Dutton Scudder
Most gracious God, you sent your beloved Son to preach peace to those who are far off and to those who are near: Raise up in your church witnesses who, after the example of your servant Vida Dutton...
The Episcopal Chorale celebrates 40 years of music
When he was 11, native Angeleno Canon Dr. Chas Cheatham asked to join the youth choir at the Presbyterian church his grandmother attended. It was obviously in his blood. He'd actually conducted a...
Visiting St. Cross Church, Hermosa Beach
At St. Cross Episcopal Church in Hermosa Beach on Sunday, where I visited to celebrate and preach, attendance was about 200 at two services. The Holy Spirit came along with the morning fog and...
A time to lower our voices and pray
For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the people of Judah are his pleasant planting; he expected justice, but saw bloodshed; righteousness, but heard a cry! — Isaiah 5:7...
Daily prayer: Indigenous Peoples Day
Creator, you bent the earth like a bow until was one, round, shining planet. At your word the land was drawn into mountains and deserts, forests, and plains; the waters were gathered together into...
Daily prayer: 17th Sunday after Pentecost
Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we either desire or deserve: Pour upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those...
Remembering Canon Julie Dean Larsen
My scrapbook from today’s celebration of life for Canon Julie Dean Larsen, who died last month after a brave and graceful struggle against a long, debilitating illness. Her home parish, St Margaret...