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Rector's Blog, What, me worry?
posted on Jun 17, 2022 This blog post is also available as a podcast
I grew up with money. We weren't the wealthiest people I knew, but we had a big, beautiful house with a big , beautiful yard at the end of a cul-de-sac and a large swimming pool. We li...
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CoR Portal Launch
posted on Jun 15, 2022 A few months ago Church of the Redeemer embarked on a project to implement a more current information system. All current parishioner giving and contact records have now been migrated to the new system and we are ready for our initial launch.
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Rector's Blog, Conversion
posted on Jun 10, 2022 This blog is also available as a podcast
I remember my final year of seminary when I found out where my first job was going to be. I called up one of my mentor s, a priest who had overseen my work at a local church , and I said, "I k...
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Rector's Blog, Pride Series: You Are A Blessing
posted on Jun 3, 2022 This blog is also available as a podcast
Hey, friends, I am still recovering from COVID, and am in need of rest, so I do not have a new blog/podcast for you this week. That being said, we are at the beginning of Pride month, and I did no...
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Rector's Blog: Bury The Rag Deep
posted on May 27, 2022 This blog is also available as a podcast
William Zantzinger killed poor Hattie Carroll. This is the first line of a song Bob Dylan wrote when he was 22 years old. The song is called The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll, and in it, Dyl...
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Rector's Blog: We Don't Talk About Abortion
posted on May 20, 2022 This blog is also available as a podcast
The prevailing narrative in our country is that Christianity and abortion rights are incompatible with each other. This narrative exists despite the fact that , outside of White evangelical pro...
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Rector's Blog: Learning what I Believe
posted on May 13, 2022 This blog is also available as a podcast.
I have not always believed in someone's right to have an abortion. In fact, my change in belief is fairly recent . I grew up in a religious tradition that taught me in no uncertain term...
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Rector's Blog: We Believe
posted on May 6, 2022 This blog post is also available as a podcast
Friends, in the weeks to come, I will be devoting my blog(podcast) to the conversation about reproductive rights, and especially abortion. It is a difficult topic. The Christian co...
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Rector's Blog: Magnificent and Complicated
posted on Apr 29, 2022 The blog post is also available as a podcast.
I was at a wedding once back in my mid-20's where both the bride and the groom had lost a parent - both their fathers had died. I remember this for two reasons: First, because my own fath...
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Rector's Blog Throwback Series, Hoping for Peace
posted on Apr 22, 2022 Editor's note: This blog is part of our Throwback Series and was originally posted on December 17, 2021. The blog post is also available as a podcast. "This year I resolve to be more sexist." It was New Year's Eve ten years ago and we were s...
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