As religious leaders in San Diego and Imperial Counties, we have witnessed the beauty and the depth of the Jewish and Muslim communities and the faith which animates them. We […]

Dear Friends, On Tuesday, it was reported that the Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza had been destroyed by a missile strike, with hundreds feared dead. There are varying reports about […]

Dear Friends, Over the weekend, the world was shocked and grief-stricken to see the attacks in Israel on unarmed civilians, resulting in many deaths and numerous hostages. Here in the […]

Dear Friends in Christ, Last week, the President of the Episcopal Church’s House of Deputies, Ms. Julia Ayala Harris, wrote a letter to deputies, informing them that she had been […]

I am filled with gratitude and joy as we commemorate a significant milestone in our journey toward equity and love. June 26 marks the 10th anniversary of marriage equality in […]

Three years ago, the world was shocked when churches, schools, and most other public spaces in our country were closed indefinitely because of a pandemic that most of us thought […]

Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return. The creation story in Genesis 2 begins with dust. God forms a little earth-creature out of the dust of […]

Dear California State Senate,  We are six Episcopal Bishops, whose dioceses cover the state of California. Our dioceses include 370 congregations serving 98,345 members. We write in support of Senate […]

Dear Friends in Christ,  Today, we woke up to news of the third mass shooting in California in 2023. On January 16, a shooting in the Central Valley killed six […]

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: Build houses and live in them; […]