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Holy Week at Church of the Redeemer - Part 3
posted on Mar 15, 2023 Good Friday often feels ironically named to us, as it is the most solemn and painful day of the Christian year. What is good about the day we killed Jesus? But in the observance of Jesus Christ's Crucifixion, we truly and fully see the goodness o...
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Rector's Blog: Conversions - Pt. 2
posted on Mar 10, 2023 This blog is also available as a podcast I was 41, standing in my kitchen with my hand in a bowl full of flour and water and salt, and I did not hear God talk to me. I didn't hear much of anything, other than the same Ella Fitzgerald album ...
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Holy Week at Church of the Redeemer - Part 2
posted on Mar 8, 2023 From Monday in Holy Week through Thursday, we will have Eucharist at 7am, 12 noon, and 7pm. The 7pm services will include music from the breadth of the musical offerings we have here at Redeemer. We will worship with the Celtic musicians on Monda...
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Rector's Blog: Conversions - Pt. 1
posted on Mar 3, 2023 This blog is also available as a podcast
I was 20 years old, walking a trail on the side of a hill in Northwestern Italy when I heard God speak to me. I was by myself, having walked far ahead of my traveling companions, and I was stuck i...
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Holy Week at Church of the Redeemer - Part 1
posted on Mar 1, 2023 Holy Week From early times, Christians have observed the week before Easter as a time of special prayer and devotion. As the pilgrim Egeria recorded in the late fourth century, numerous pilgrims to the holy city of Jerusalem followed the path ...
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Rector's Blog: Better Not Easier
posted on Feb 24, 2023 We were standing at the graveside of a man who had recently died. The casket had not been lowered down into its resting place yet. In fact, the family had not yet arrived. There were three of us priests in attendance - two too many, honestly ,...
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Episcopal Youth Event 2023
posted on Feb 21, 2023 Looking for an Episcopal conference experience with other high school students? Episcopal Youth Event (EYE) is it!
EYE is a gathering of youth ages 15-19 from around the world who assemble on a college campus to learn, laugh, and worship toge...
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Rector's Blog: All The Things We Do Not See
posted on Feb 17, 2023 This blog is also available as a podcast
I sure had a lot of opinions about homeless people before I began working directly with people who were experiencing homelessness . That is not to say I had a lot of negative opinions. ...
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Rector's Blog: Just Words
posted on Feb 10, 2023 Thib blog is also available as a podcast When I was a bully, I didn't think of myself as a bully. I was just a kid. I was not tall or physically imposing. I did not threaten the boy in any traditional sense. I did not touch his things or steal...
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Rector's Blog: That God of the Old Testament
posted on Feb 3, 2023 This blog is also available as a podcast
Today I want to talk about the Old Testament God. Or rather, I want to talk about how there's no such thing as the Old Testament God . Christians will often talk about the "Old Testament" in ...
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