The Bishop's Blog

Gracious God, from the words of your prophets, we hear your commandment to the nations to lay down the weapons of war, cease their acts of aggression, and become warriors of peace and executors of...

O God of unsearchable wisdom, you gave your servant Clement grace to understand and teach the truth as it is in Jesus Christ, the source of all truth: Grant to your church the same grace to discern...

Confirm our minds, O Lord, in the mysteries of the true faith, set forth with power by your servant John of Damascus; that we, with him, confessing Jesus to be true God and true Man, and singing the...

I love all our amazing Episcopalians. But it’s not every Sunday, during lunch after church, when one meets the cofounder of a city and great university in one person. When I visited St Philip's...

Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility;...

You meet the most amazing people around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including the Rt. Rev. Daniel G. P. Gutiérrez, bishop of Pennsylvania, who stopped by St. Paul's Commons, Echo Park with...

The Rev. Dr. John Phalen, who died in October, had two doctorates and multiple vocations — priest, Air Force chaplain, executive director of one of Los Angeles’ largest resettlement agencies,...

O God, who in your providence called Channing Moore Williams to the ministry of this church and gave him the gifts and the perseverance to preach the Gospel in new lands: Inspire us, by his example...

Lord God, make us worthy of your perfect love; that, with your deacon Nicholas Ferrar and his household, we may rule ourselves according to your Word, and serve you with our whole heart; through...

I join with a full and grateful heart in the tributes to Episcopalian Sandra Day O’Connor. A knowledgeable friend told me today she wouldn’t admit that her seminary training at Yale informed her...

Almighty God, who gave such grace to your apostle Andrew that he readily obeyed the call of your Son Jesus Christ, and brought his brother with him: Give us, who are called by your Holy Word, grace...

Negotiating with Henry Kissinger in April 1994, I understood how his North Vietnamese counterpart Lê Đức Thọ may have felt at the Paris peace talks. As director of the Nixon library, I was working...