Food, Clothing, and Toiletries Drives to Help Our Community
At Saint Stephen's, we do a lot for our community! Currently we are collecting goods for four separate agencies that help our neighbors. Use the handy chart below to figure…
40 ways a church can go green
Light bulbs, bike racks, solar panels, and moreby Anna Woofenden, The Christian Century Aug 10, 2022 issue Compost your food scraps and coffee grounds.Use rechargeable batteries in your wireless mics.Switch…
There Is Some Good News about Our Plastic Crisis
This is the last week of Plastic Free July. I hope you have taken a few more steps this past month to reduce the amount of single use plastic in…
The Creation Care Blog is on vacation, but . . .
You can keep up with environmental news by subscribing to these newsletters and advocacy organizations. These are the ones I like the most: Ecowatch A daily survey of environmental news…
The One Who Helps Us to Mature
This is a continuation of the discussion started in the post titled The One Who Walks in the Garden. There are, of course, other ways to look at the second…
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…
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…
“Always Prodigal, Always Coming Home”: An Exhibit for Lent
Works by KPB Stevens. This exhibition will be available to view in St. Stephen's sanctuary during the Season of Lent, March 2 - April 16. I created these works over…
An invitation to a Lenten Practice of Morning Prayer in the Episcopal Tradition
During the season of Lent, we will be offering morning prayer every Tuesday and Thursday at 8:00 am. All members of the campus community are invited to join soon-to-be Deacon…
Into Light All Things Must Fall: An Exhibit for Epiphany
Paintings by Stuart D. Hobbs. This exhibition will be available to view in St. Stephen's sanctuary during the Season After Epiphany, January 6 - March 1. Artist’s Introduction Sunlight shines…