When Love Shows Up
A Weekly Blog
Welcome to the hub of our series, When Love Shows Up, a weekly blog by the Rev. Philip DeVaul. Here, you’ll find inspiring messages with weekly reflections that offer insight and encouragement.

WLSU – Proclaiming the Blessing You See
I believe that LGBTQ+ people are a blessing to this world. The church community I serve, the Church of the Redeemer, affirms this belief, as

WLSU – You Are A Blessing
Hey friends, I don’t have a new podcast for you this week and I did not want to let this week go by without stating

WLSU – Loving My Political Enemy – Part 2
Last week I wrote about why I believe in loving my enemies even if it is difficult and distasteful and uncomfortable and unpopular to do

WLSU: Loving My Political Enemy – Part 1
What does love look like in real time? That is to say, when you strip away all the idealism and romantic notions, all the hypotheticals

WLSU: Love in Real Time – Part 1
I talk about love a lot. I believe it’s my job. When you talk about love as often as I do, people either change the

WLSU: Christmas is Over
We took down our Christmas tree last night. We are not an organized people, the DeVauls, so there are still plenty of decorations up, waiting

WLSU: What I Learned in 2024
This blog is also available as a podcast I want to do something I don’t normally do. I want to look back on this past

WLSU: Useless Christmas
This blog is also available as a podcast Usually this time of year, as we prepare for Christmas I try to write something about how

WLSU: After The Thing
This blog is also available as a podcast I wonder what happened the next time Lazarus got a bad cough. You remember Lazarus. He was

WLSU: Don’t Let Go
This blog is also available as a podcast 11 years ago my family and I walked into a theater and watched what would become one

WLSU: Work Hard. Be Kind
This blog is also available as a podcast For the last few years I’ve had the privilege of driving my daughter to school most days.

WLSU: The Days After
This blog is also available as a podcast Well, this is the last blog I will publish before the election. I am aware that nothing