Month: September 2025
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Poem of the Week: “Standing Deer” by Jane Hirshfield
Read More: Poem of the Week: “Standing Deer” by Jane HirshfieldSt. Stephen’s uses poetry in our worship every week. In these posts our rector, Karl Stevens, a poet himself who publishes as KPB Stevens, will reflect on the poems we use. The poems are chosen by our Canticle Club. If you are interested in joining the Canticle Club, send an email to Stuart Hobbs. Standing Deer By…
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Poem of the Week: “Heliophilia” by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Read More: Poem of the Week: “Heliophilia” by Aimee NezhukumatathilSt. Stephen’s uses poetry in our worship every week. In these posts our rector, Karl Stevens, a poet himself who publishes as KPB Stevens, will reflect on the poems we use. The poems are chosen by our Canticle Club. If you are interested in joining the Canticle Club, send an email to Stuart Hobbs. I woke up…
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Sun Day Columbus
Read More: Sun Day ColumbusSunday, September 21, 2025 2:30 PMCorban Commons3246 Corban Commons DriveColumbus, OH 43219 In honor of Sun Day, Third Act Ohio and Save Ohio Parks will co-host an information session and community celebration at Corban Commons, an affordable senior living center in Columbus that recently added a large rooftop and ground-mount solar array. The event will…
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Poem of the Week: “Amen” by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Read More: Poem of the Week: “Amen” by Rosemerry Wahtola TrommerSt. Stephen’s uses poetry in our worship every week. In these posts our rector, Karl Stevens, a poet himself who publishes as KPB Stevens, will reflect on the poems we use. The poems are chosen by our Canticle Club. If you are interested in joining the Canticle Club, send an email to Stuart Hobbs. Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer…
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New Art in the Sanctuary – Tom Kelly’s Mixed Media Paintings
Read More: New Art in the Sanctuary – Tom Kelly’s Mixed Media PaintingsTom Kelly is a self-taught mixed-media visual artist. His work has been shown regionally in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Kentucky as well as in the global Slideluck Potshow. Kelly cites ancient and contemporary poetry and lyric writing, the re-use of everyday objects, and ancient history as his primary inspirations for the visual content of his work.…
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Poem of the Week – III, 19 from Rilke’s Book of Hours
Read More: Poem of the Week – III, 19 from Rilke’s Book of HoursSt. Stephen’s uses poetry in our worship every week. In these posts our rector, Karl Stevens, a poet himself who publishes as KPB Stevens, will reflect on the poems we use. The poems are chosen by our Canticle Club. If you are interested in joining the Canticle Club, send an email to Stuart Hobbs. Translating poetry is…
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Join St. Stephen’s in Celebrating the Diocese’s 150th Anniversary
Read More: Join St. Stephen’s in Celebrating the Diocese’s 150th AnniversaryJoin Bishop White and Episcopalians across Southern Ohio and beyond as we celebrate 150 years of mission and ministry as a diocese on Saturday, September 27, at the Procter Center. Our time together will honor our legacy, foster connection, and speak truth about our shared history. During this day-long celebration, we’ll enjoy fun camp activities…
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The Trans Prophets Come to Bless Us
Read More: The Trans Prophets Come to Bless Uswritten for the LOVEBoldly Devotional by our Rector, The Rev. Karl Stevens. My trans friends are the most courageous prophets I’ve ever known. Again and again, they go and stand before the rulers of this earth and offer a vision of hope. They reveal this vision to representatives and governors, bishops and priests. They are…
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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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