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; […]

The first day of the Lambeth Conference was a retreat for bishops in the hallowed halls of Canterbury Cathedral. That morning I sat jet-lagged in the cathedral, waiting for worship […]

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness […]

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of […]

On Monday, I will be departing for England for the pomp and pageantry of the Lambeth Conference. This conference is a meeting of the active bishops of the Anglican Communion […]

COVID-19 cases in our region are back on the upswing. San Diego, Imperial, and Yuma Counties have entered the high-risk category for COVID infections, according to the CDC (Riverside County […]

This year, General Convention began to redefine the Book of Common Prayer. I mentioned this development in my recap of General Convention on July 12. But exactly what happened, and […]