Month: May 2024
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Art in the Sanctuary: Stuart Hobbs’ “Brilliant Sky”
Read More: Art in the Sanctuary: Stuart Hobbs’ “Brilliant Sky”We’re thrilled to have Stuart offer a new show that will be on display for the next two months! Stop by to view his work, or take some time during coffee hour on Sunday mornings to enjoy the paintings. Artist’s Statement When novelist and essayist Frederick Buechner wrote about art, this is what he said:…
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Interfaith Pride Service on June 11
Read More: Interfaith Pride Service on June 11The theme of Columbus Pride this year is Live Out Loud! For LGBTQIA+ living out loud and living authentically includes every part of our lives including our faith. Sponsored by Stonewall Columbus and LOVEboldly, the Pride Interfaith Prayer Service brings together LGBTQIA+ people and their allies from multiple faith traditions as well as secular lifestances…
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The Art of Detachment
Read More: The Art of DetachmentRichard Rohr encourages us to develop a spiritual practice to get out of the way & practice the presence of God. Centering Prayer is such a practice. Contact Jamie Massa if you would like to learn more about Centering Prayer. We are expanding the times of centering prayer groups to include more parishioners. Richard Rohr…
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Statement About the Unrest on Campus
Read More: Statement About the Unrest on CampusAt St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church and University Center, we place a high value on freedom of speech, the right to protest, and freedom of religion because we believe that God loves all and that all are created in God’s image. While the members and leadership of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church hold a diversity of views…
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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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