Posts made in November, 2021

Canon Melissa McCarthy moderates an online discussion among COP26 delegates from The Episcopal Church and interested Episcopalians on Nov. 11. Photo: Screenshot [The Episcopal News] Los Angeles Canon to the Ordinary Melissa McCarthy spent a week meeting virtually with national leaders like John Kerry, former U.S. senator and current special presidential envoy for climate, and with global activists, as part of Episcopal Church...

Flanked by Deacons Margaret McCauley and Dominique Piper (at left) and Archdeacon Laura Siriani (at right), Bishop Diane Jardine Bruce blesses the congregation at the end of the convention Eucharist – her last as bishop suffragan of the Diocese of Los Angeles. Photo: Janet Kawamoto [The Episcopal News] As she prepares to take on a new role Dec. 1 as bishop provisional of the Diocese of West Missouri, Diane M. Jardine Bruce bid a...

The “triad” that has led the Diocese of Los Angeles since John Harvey Taylor (center) became bishop diocesan in December 2018 presides at convention for the last time as Bishop Diane M. Jardine Bruce (at right) prepares to take a new position as bishop provisional of the Kansas City-based Diocese of West Missouri. Canon to the Ordinary Melissa McCarthy is at left. Photo: Janet Kawamoto [The Episcopal News] Several hundred clergy and...

Questions about Convention? Need to speak to the Registrar? Join the Zoom here: https://zoom.us/s/89937852515 – password is 123 Our Bishop Diocesan, the Rt. Rev. John Harvey Taylor, has announced the theme of this year’s Convention is drawn from Paul’s letter to the church and the apostle’s admonition to speak the truth in love. “… [S]peaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body...

Jeff Bezos, left, speaks at Washington National Cathedral on Nov. 10, 2021. Photo: Jack Jenkins/Religion News Service [Religion News Service — Washington, D.C.] Jeff Bezos was a surprise guest at a Washington National Cathedral forum on “Our Future in Space” Wednesday evening (Nov. 10), giving an interviewer the chance to grill the Amazon founder and space flight entrepreneur about extraterrestrial colonies, alien life and his own...