Our Liturgy During Easter Season
We are happy to know that many people new to worship in the Episcopal Church come to St. Stephen’s, and we welcome you! This post is intended to help you…
A Covenant Formed of Questions
I write this on Good Friday. Throughout the night, different people have come and prayed in the Garden of Repose that we set-up in the sanctuary. Framed by trees and…
Carrying Covenant
Jesus tells us to bear each other's burdens, and it seems to me that this burden-bearing is part of the covenant we make with our neighbors. But I would like…
I didn’t even know I was lonely.
by Nicole Havelka [Editor's Note: This post was written by Nicole Havelka for her blog. Nicole is a member of the Interfaith Council at OSU and a brilliant spiritual leader who…
Before the Anointing, KPB Stevens, lino print on paper, 2022.
Do a New Thing and Lavish Oil
a homily preached by The Rev. Patricia Rose on April 3rd. About 15 years ago, I was at a long retreat in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. It…
Covenant in Jephthah’s Story: Judges 10:6 – 12:7
Artwork: Pat Berger, Jephthah's Daughter, 1991, oil & oil sticks on canvas. As I look through the lens of covenant to view my life and my faith, a question arises.…
Holy Week Schedule, Including Streaming Information
Holy Week falls between Palm Sunday and Easter. It contains the Triduum, the great three days in which the story of Jesus’s betrayal and death is told. It culminates on…
Covenantal Spirituality
Image: KPB Stevens, Moses & The Burning Bush, linocut on paper, 2022. A few months ago I reread Walter Brueggemann's The Covenanted Self, and realized that covenant is a profound…
BREAD Columbus Update
B.R.E.A.D. Environmental Justice Research Committee Work Update In preparation for our attendance at the Nehemiah Action on Tuesday May 10, the Environmental Justice Committee has focused and defined a specific…
Freedom a la Cart Sunday March 27th
Freedom a la Cart is a nonprofit social enterprise that empowers survivors of sex trafficking and exploitation to build lives of freedom and self-sufficiency. Through a social enterprise café +…