The Bishop's Blog
A new ministry at St. George’s, Riverside
Born in Claremont, raised outside any tradition of faith, the Rev. Dr. Karri Backer, when she was in early twenties, worked in a coffee house in Rancho Cucamonga and had lots of friends who tried to...
Daily prayer: Pope Fabian
Grant, Almighty God, that in all times of trial and persecution, we might remain steadfast in faith and endurance, according to the example of your servant Fabian, who was faithful even unto death....
The Rev. Jim Friedrich, itinerant religious engineer
For the first quarter century of his ordained ministry, until a season as priest in charge at Christ Church in Ontario in the nineties, the Rev. Jim Friedrich managed to avoid attending a vestry...
Daily prayer: for Norma and Michael
Gracious and loving God, who holds close all you have made, we offer prayers of thanksgiving this morning that Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry is resting at home after a successful procedure...
Daily prayer: Simon Peter
Almighty God, who inspired Simon Peter, first among the apostles, to confess Jesus as Messiah and Son of the living God: Keep your Church steadfast upon the rock of this faith, so that in unity and...
Daily prayer: Anthony the Great
O God, as you by your Holy Spirit enabled your servant Anthony to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil; so give us grace to follow you with pure hearts and minds, through...
Daily prayer: For guidance
O God, by whom the meek are guided in judgment, and light rises up in darkness for the godly: Grant us, in all our doubts and uncertainties, the grace to ask what you would have us to do, that the...
Amazing people in mid-January
You meet the most amazing people around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including Kathy Hannigan O'Connor's and my friends from our days at St John Chrysostom Church in Rancho Santa Margarita,...
Daily prayer: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Almighty God, by the hand of Moses your servant you led your people out of slavery, and made them free at last: Grant that your church, following the example of your prophet Martin Luther King, may...
Civic faith, gospel faith, and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King
A few days before he was assassinated, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave a sermon at Washington National Cathedral that he called “Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution.” Fresh, urgent,...
Martin Luther King celebration
My scrapbook from the festive two-hour-plus Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles service Sunday afternoon and evening commemorating the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at Christ...
Daily prayer: Light of the world
Almighty God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ is the light of the world: Grant that your people, illumined by your Word and Sacraments, may shine with the radiance of Christ's glory, that he may...