Worship on Sunday, August 1st
We are back to worshipping in person as well as online. If you are fully vaccinated, you don't need to wear a mask while in worship, except when we are…
Special Event at All Saints in New Albany: Christianity as an Earth-Honoring Faith
In honor of Earth Day and Rogation Days, the Creation Care Task Force of the Diocese of Southern Ohio offers a webinar, Christianity as an Earth-Honoring Faith: A Call to Public…
Mutual Ministry Review Process to Begin on March 20th
From now until Pentecost (May 23), the vestry will be leading St. Stephen's in a Mutual Ministry Review. This review is a requirement of the Letter of Agreement that I…
KPB Stevens, Watercolor and Gouache on paper.
The Plan for Holy Week
Last Saturday a very lovely and dedicated group of parishioners met to help me think through Holy Week. We were well aware that this is the second year in which…
Regathering as the Pandemic Slows and Approaches an End
On February 12th the Diocese of Southern Ohio issued new guidelines for worship during the Covid-19 pandemic. These guidelines made it clear that we could reopen, in a very limited…
Living Well, Dying Well: Religion, Health, and Healing
Our friends as OSU sent us this invitation to a really interesting looking symposium. Use this link to register: religion.osu.edu/events/edwards-moultrie
A Cross Project for Lent
One of our wonderful parishioners, Claire, suggests that we spend Lent making and decorating crosses, which we can then use as part of our Good Friday liturgy. Her idea is…
This Week’s Painting
Jesus in the Wilderness, KPB Stevens, gouache on paper, 2021 This painting is a gloss, of sorts, on Stanley Spencer's Jesus in the Wilderness series, which I'll be preaching on…
Interfaith Memorial for Those Lost to Police Brutality
The Ohio State University is holding a memorial for those lost to police brutality. The Interfaith Council, which St. Stephen's is a proud member of, has been deeply involved in…