Month: March 2020

We will be live-streaming our 10:30 AM Sunday service on Facebook. We haven’t done this before, and things are changing every day, but as of this post (Saturday morning) we intend to have music, singing led by some of our choral scholars, a homily (of course), and the celebration of Holy Eucharist. In order to…

When I was training to become a spiritual director, I learned Eugene Gendlin’s focusing process, a way of unlocking all of the knowledge and wisdom that our bodies hold for us. Since then, my relationship to my body has changed. When my shoulders ache, or my stomach is upset, or my sciatica is acting up,…

We will use Zoom to hold our regularly scheduled Lenten Program tonight. We’ve been exploring Evelyn Underhill’s stages of the Christian mystical life, using poetry and art to help our understanding. This week we’ll consider her third stage, The Illumination of the Soul.” Below you’ll find instructions on how to join the group, and a…

I find myself wanting to be in conversation with people who have experienced similar grief to what I’m feeling now, who have seen their community ravished by disease, felt fury at inadequate political response, gone to battle advocating for compassionate changes to drug testing rules, and learned to grieve not just for individual friends, but…

The Diocese has created a means by which people can give online to any of our parishes. If you would like to make a gift to St. Stephen’s, you can click on this link. Make sure you select St. Stephen’s, Columbus in the dropdown menu. Being a campus parish, I am particularly concerned about the…

Yesterday during Midday Prayer we read together the Parable of the Unforgiving Debtor in Matthew’s gospel (18:21-35). The story Jesus tells goes like this. A king wants to settle his debts and he calls in his debtors. A man who owes him a large amount can’t pay, and the king threatens to sell this man,…

You can use the player below to listen to my homily. The Dan Bellm poem is beneath it. The Weight by Dan Bellm You must prepare to carry nothing where you walk, a God who cannot be seen, a name you cannot speak — therefore gather the most precious of what you have, and build…

During this Covid-19 outbreak, I’m writing daily reflections. I know that my own understanding of my faith, my community, and of God is growing during this time, and I feel a need to turn away from anxiety once a day (at least) and focus on the ways that Christian love grows in our lives during…

During this Covid-19 outbreak, St. Stephen’s is opening its doors to groups and agencies that are providing necessary services. With campus closed, Versiti, the non-profit that provides blood to the Wexner Medical Center, has moved its blood drives to St. Stephen’s. The first drive will take place this Thursday. Below you’ll find a flyer with…