The Bishop's Blog
Visiting St. Martin’s Church, Winnetka
The Rev. Gabri Ferrer said he’d be vicar of St. Martin in-the-Fields, Winnetka for just two years, at the invitation of the late Bishop Jon Bruno. As usual, the Holy Spirit had something else in...
Daily prayer: Holy Scriptures and Rosalynn Carter
Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed...
Daily prayer: Saturday
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...
Annual Appeal for the end of the year
It's time for year-end gifts to the One Body & One Spirit Annual Appeal at the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, which has raised over $315,000 since Ash Wednesday 2022, with every dollar going...
Artificial cluelessness
It turns out AI is just like people. It has a hard time saying IDK. I found this out from asking the cloud a question about “Salt,” a 2010 thriller starring Angelina Jolie and Liev Schreiber. Jolie...
Daily prayer: Hugh of Lincoln
Holy God, who endowed your servant Hugh of Lincoln with wise and cheerful boldness, and taught him to commend the discipline of holy life to kings and princes: Grant that we also, rejoicing in the...
Vaya con Dios to the Rev. Eduardo Bresciani Undurraga
On the Rev. Eduardo Bresciani Undurraga’s father’s side, ancestors fought for Italian unity with Giuseppe Garibaldi’s forces. On his mother’s side were heroes of Chilean independence. Such stories...
Daily prayer: Herman of Alaska
Almighty God, who raised up your servant Herman to be a light in the world, and to preach the Gospel to the people of Alaska: Illuminate our hearts, that we also in our own generation may show forth...
Daily prayer: The episcopate
We give you thanks, O Lord our God, for your goodness in bestowing upon this church the gift of the episcopate; and we pray that, joined together in unity with our bishops and nourished by your holy...
‘The Holdovers’
A scene showing a New England prep school chapel in the early seventies, filled with distracted boys in their coats and ties? Been there, done that. Alexander Payne’s wonderful movie “The Holdovers”...
Daily prayer: Awake!
Awake from your slumber! Arise from your sleep! A new day is dawning for all those who weep The people in darkness have seen a great light The Lord of our longing has conquered the night Let us...
Daily prayer: 24th Sunday after Pentecost
O God, whose blessed Son came into the world that he might destroy the works of the devil and make us children of God and heirs of eternal life: Grant that, having this hope, we may purify ourselves...