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Hoping for Peace
posted on Dec 17, 2021 This blog 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 standing in my kitchen. It was just my friend Rebecca and me - our spouses were in the other room, a...
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Hoping for Company
posted on Dec 10, 2021 This blog is also available as a podcast
We have family coming for Christmas, and I'm pretty excited about it. One of the hardest things about moving to Cincinnati has been not having family nearby. And, of course, ...
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Stephen Ministry at Church of the Redeemer
Call for Stephen Ministry 2023
posted on Dec 8, 2021 Might you be called to be a Stephen Minister ? We are experiencing a growing need for Stephen Ministers within the congregation. M ost of our current Stephen Ministers are matched with care-receivers. Our Pastoral Care team continues to be ...
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Hoping for Normal
posted on Dec 3, 2021 This blog is also available as a podcast
I was a workaholic before the pandemic.
I used to think being a workaholic meant someone who worked 80 hour weeks or never took days off. I took days...
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The Gratitude in the Grief
posted on Nov 24, 2021 This blog is also available as a podcast
When my family sits around the table to eat, one of the children usually presides over the pre-dinner prayer. This prayer sometimes becomes a rambling litany of thanksgivings. Other times i...
Read MoreAdvent Wreaths Updates
posted on Nov 22, 2021 Our Advent Wreath kits available now and have been placed under the portico in the parking lot at the back of the church. They will remain under the portico until Sunday, December 5 or until they all get picked up. Please feel free to sto...
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The Whelming Flood
posted on Nov 18, 2021 This blog is also available as a podcast
"In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of ...
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Fall Throwback Series, Loneliness and Belonging
posted on Nov 11, 2021 This blog is also available as a podcast.
This past Sunday the Church of the Redeemer held in-person worship for the first time in 7 months. I have to tell you it was absolutely wonderful. In the truest sense of the word: filled wi...
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Fall Throwback Series, Where is Jesus in your Spending
posted on Nov 5, 2021 This blog is also available as a podcast.
Editor's note: As part of our When Love Shows Up Fall Throwback Series we are re-posting this blog post which was originally posted on July 22, 2020.
Where is Jesus in your spending? I asked y...
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The Gift and the Work that Follows
posted on Oct 28, 2021 This blog is also available as a podcast
If you've been around the Church of the Redeemer the last few months, you've likely noticed that our grounds have never looked better. This was no accident, and in fact there's a be...
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