Month: February 2022
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“Always Prodigal, Always Coming Home”: An Exhibit for Lent
Read More: “Always Prodigal, Always Coming Home”: An Exhibit for LentWorks 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 the last six years, using different mediums and methods as I worked. Making them was a form of prayer for me. During those same years,…
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An invitation to a Lenten Practice of Morning Prayer in the Episcopal Tradition
Read More: An invitation to a Lenten Practice of Morning Prayer in the Episcopal TraditionDuring 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 Brice Patterson and Priest Karl Stevens as they observe this Lenten discipline. Prayer will follow the Morning Office in the Book of Common Prayer and should not…
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Lenten Film Club, 2022
Read More: Lenten Film Club, 2022Lenten Film Club: Films in the Wilderness | Wednesdays at 7pm on Zoom The Lenten Film Club is a six-week series pairing a movie of the week with the coming Sunday’s gospel lesson. Each movie is available for streaming on all major platforms. Trinity will join with St. Stephen’s on Zoom for this hour long discussion,…
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Ash Wednesday
Read More: Ash WednesdayMarch 2Services at Noon and 7:00 PM Lent begins with a service of penitence. We gather for prayer, and for the imposition of ashes. We are reminded to seek balance in our lives by setting aside practices and behaviors that are in danger of becoming compulsive, and we humbly recognize that we are not the…
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Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper
Read More: Shrove Tuesday Pancake SupperMarch 1st 6:00pmHobson Hall Lent is a penitential season, a time to strip away some of the glut of our lives and concentrate on what really matters. Traditionally, Christians have prepared for this season by cleaning house and getting rid of all of the rich foods, sweets, drinks, and luxuries that prevent people from truly…
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Kenyon College Chamber Singers Recital on March 6
Read More: Kenyon College Chamber Singers Recital on March 6The Kenyon College Chamber Singers, conducted by Dr. Benjamin Locke, will be performing on Sunday, March 6, 2022, at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 30 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, at 2:00 p.m. The Chamber Singers, consisting of forty-nine undergraduates chosen by competitive audition, is Kenyon’s premier touring ensemble. The group is noted for its versatility…
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Lobby Your Representative and Your Community
Read More: Lobby Your Representative and Your CommunityPerhaps you’ve written a letter to a bank by now. What’s the next step? Getting political. In the Columbus area we have three congresspersons, two senators, one president, 14 state representatives, six state senators, and one governor, plus cabinet officers, directors of agencies, AND a local newspaper. All of these persons (and the newspaper) have…
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Help Save the Earth – Change Your Bank
Read More: Help Save the Earth – Change Your BankLast week I wrote about how some banks, including those doing business in Columbus, are major investors in fossil fuel development. I suggested ways you might take action to express your disapproval. But suppose you are so unhappy with the way your bank is contributing to global heating that you are looking for an alternative?…
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From Prayer to Mission
Read More: From Prayer to MissionNow that we’ve begun to follow Jesus in praying for the good of creation, the next step is to follow Jesus in action. For Jesus did not use prayer as an escape from engaging in mission, but as a “fuel” for his mission in caring for others. Fuel, in fact, is a target for prophetic…
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Learn About the Use of Liturgical Colors
Read More: Learn About the Use of Liturgical ColorsJoe Rutter shared this very informative article about the use of liturgical colors on the website Know Tea. Some of you are not familiar with the use of color in liturgical worship, and others have grown up with these colors but don’t know why we use certain colors on certain days. First: color shapes our…
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Moses in the Sapphire Cloud
Apophatic and Cataphatic Prayer and the Sinai Theophany He was on the mountain for forty days, and what were those days like? Alone, the sky dense around him, the earth occasionally rumbling, and when he saw a glimpse of the divine, it was as if he was looking through stained glass, stained a deep sapphire.…
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The Mixture of the Multitude: Liberation Readings of Scripture
We gathered on Wednesday evenings throughout July and August, sitting around the ubiquitous plastic folding tables that are known to every church. Sunlight slanted in through the wall of glass windows, and the smells of the parish kitchen— old coffee, musty sponges, cleaning product— filled the room. We were there to study Queer Theology, a…
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St. Francis Feast Day Pet Blessing on Sunday, October 4
Saint Francis’s Feast Day is on October 4th. We will hold our annual pet blessing in the midst of the service. Bring your pet or a photo of your pet to church! If you’re more of a plant person, bring a plant! St. Francis’s care for creation extends to all living things.
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