The Bishop's Blog
Visiting St. Andrew & St. Charles Church, Granada Hills, at the end of an era
Massachusetts-born, Red Sox-rooting rector of St. Andrew & St. Charles Episcopal Church in Granada Hills for 32 years, which is to say nearly two generations, which means he now baptizes the...
Daily prayer: Marina the Monk
Give us grace, Lord God, to refrain from judgments about the sins of others; that, like your servant Marina the Monk, we may hold fast to the path of discipleship in the midst of unjust judgments;...
A reminiscence on Fathers Day
My most vivid memory of my father, Harvey, is him driving around the block three times on the way home after taking me for a haircut. I was nine or ten. We lived in Detroit, on the east side. My...
Daily prayer: Father’s Day
Keep, O Lord, your household the Church in your steadfast faith and love, that through your grace we (and especially, this day, we fathers) may proclaim your truth with boldness, and minister your...
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...
EfM Graduation
My scrapbook from today’s EfM Education for Ministry graduation ceremony at St. Paul's Commons, Echo Park. We honored 21 students from ten Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles missions and parishes,...
Juneteenth Celebration at St. John’s Cathedral
When a Union general proclaimed in Galveston 159 years ago today that the enslaved people of Texas were at last to be considered free people, the Civil War was over. The so-called confederacy had...
Amazing people in mid-June
You meet the most amazing people around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including former Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides, now a House candidate, at a candidates' forum hosted for Santa...
Daily prayer: For children
Gracious God, you see your children growing up in an unsteady and confusing world: Show them that your ways give more life than the ways of the world, and that following you is better than chasing...
Daily prayer: For inspiration and guidance
O God, from whom all good proceeds: Grant that by your inspiration we may think those things that are right, and by your merciful guiding may do them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and...
Daily prayer: For graduates and their teachers
Gracious one, the Campbell Hall class of 2024 and those who love them are calling us to lean in. In this world, we’re tempted to back away, look before we leap, verify before we trust, and conserve...
Daily prayer: Barnabas
Grant, O God, that we may follow the example of your faithful servant Barnabas, who, seeking not his own renown but the wellbeing of your Church, gave generously of his life and substance for the...