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Rector's Blog: Older
posted on Jul 21, 2023 This blog is also available as a podcast
I remember how big my e lementary s chool seemed to me when I was growing up. I remember the high ceilings of the hallways, the endless playground, and those big front steps where ...
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Energy Efficiency Upgrade Grant
posted on Jul 19, 2023 Did you know, the Church of the Redeemer has been awarded a grant for an Energy Efficiency upgrade from the Energy Efficiency Grant Program of the Diocese of Southern Ohio?
"The Creation Care and Environmental Justice Commission along with t...
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Rector's Blog: Accepting Blessing
posted on Jun 30, 2023 This blog is also available as a podcast
My Dad told me he was gay when I was 13 years old and I made the decision in that moment to accept him for who he was . That is not to say I actually did accept him for who he was immed...
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Rector's Blog: The Political Church
posted on Jun 23, 2023 This blog is also available as a podcast
I really hate the idea of combining politics and religion. I have spent most of my priesthood trying to avoid it. I have said before that I came from a tradition where, if you weren't a conserv...
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Did You Know, We're Composting?
posted on Jun 21, 2023 Did you know that 1/3 of food in the US is thrown out? And when that food waste is in a landfill, it generates 170 million tons of greenhouse gas pollution like CO2 and methane (aka "natural gas"). What can we do about that? Compost! Those kit...
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Rector's Blog: Growing in Understanding
posted on Jun 16, 2023 This blog is also available as a podcast The first trans person I knew I met in high school. It was 1996 and I had never heard the term transgender. At this point in my circles, we used the terms gay, straight, and bisexual to describe ...
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Pride Month and LGBTQ + Inclusion Training
posted on Jun 14, 2023 Over the past 6 months, Redeemer Church and Preschool staff had the privilege of receiving 8 hours of LGBTQ+ inclusion training with Tristan Vaught, a sought-after local expert, activist, and educator. Tristan helped us to grow our understandin...
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Rector's Blog: My Daughter's Sign
posted on May 26, 2023 This blog is also available as a podcast
My Black Lives Matter sign is getting old. It's starting to fray at the top and fade a bit. It's looking a little shabby. We got the sign about two and a half years ago, in the Fall of 2020. It was ...
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Notices / Family Ministry
College Ministry Update!
posted on May 25, 2023 As high school graduations are upon us, CoR Family Ministry wanted to remind everyone about our ministry specific to college students. Our college students are an important part of the Redeemer community. If you have any college students in your ...
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Rector's Blog: Inspired
posted on May 19, 2023 This blog is also available as a podcast
Jack Nicholson showed up in public again last week. It had been several years since he took his seat courtside for a game of his beloved Lakers. He's 86 now and he was certainly moving a lit...
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