All Recordings from The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer
Oct 17, 2023 |
Tuesday, October 17, 2023 Morning Prayer, Rite II
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
Tuesday, October 17, 2023 Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Tuesday, October 17, for online Morning Prayer led by the Rev.Philip DeVaul.
To assist you in following along you may use your Book of Common Prayer (BCP) beginning on page 80. If you do not have a BCP at home, use the buttons below to use the online version or download a pdf version.
Our worship services are all available here and in our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or ask Alexa, Google, or Siri to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship
To assist you in following along you may use your Book of Common Prayer (BCP) beginning on page 80. If you do not have a BCP at home, use the buttons below to use the online version or download a pdf version.
Our worship services are all available here and in our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or ask Alexa, Google, or Siri to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship
Oct 16, 2023 |
A Feast for All
| The Rev. Joanna Leiserson![The Rev. Joanna Leiserson](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/redeemer-cincy-joanna-leiserson-3_220_small.jpg)
A Feast for All
God's gift of abundant life is still out there on the
table for everyone who wants to be a guest at god's table. As Matthew put it,
good or bad. God's world is a world of abundance. In Moses time, God gave to
the Israelites the promise of abundance against the nightmare of Pharaoh's
world of scarcity.
The people wandered for 40 years following that promise of abundance. Today, in many ways, we still live in Pharaoh's nightmare of scarcity. We live our lives on the assumption that there's not enough to go around, not enough time, not enough jobs, not enough respect, not enough land.
It's a zero sum world. I win, you lose. You win, I lose. On the one hand. For some people, the prospect of losing, of being disrespected, of losing their status in society is unbearably threatening to their very being. On the other hand, for those who have already lost, who are oppressed, who are dispossessed, they can't see the way to abundance except by fighting for it.
People who are threatened feel like they need to defend themselves against their own extinction. So, there's fear. There's anger, there's resentment, hatred, and violence. Jesus knew about violence. Of course, the prince of peace lived and preached his lessons in a violent world in many ways, a lot like ours today.
The people wandered for 40 years following that promise of abundance. Today, in many ways, we still live in Pharaoh's nightmare of scarcity. We live our lives on the assumption that there's not enough to go around, not enough time, not enough jobs, not enough respect, not enough land.
It's a zero sum world. I win, you lose. You win, I lose. On the one hand. For some people, the prospect of losing, of being disrespected, of losing their status in society is unbearably threatening to their very being. On the other hand, for those who have already lost, who are oppressed, who are dispossessed, they can't see the way to abundance except by fighting for it.
People who are threatened feel like they need to defend themselves against their own extinction. So, there's fear. There's anger, there's resentment, hatred, and violence. Jesus knew about violence. Of course, the prince of peace lived and preached his lessons in a violent world in many ways, a lot like ours today.
Oct 15, 2023 |
Sunday, October 15, 2023 Rite II Holy Eucharist
| The Rev. Joanna Leiserson![The Rev. Joanna Leiserson](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/redeemer-cincy-joanna-leiserson-3_220_small.jpg)
Sunday, October 15, 2023 Rite II Holy Eucharist
Join us for worship this Sunday, October 15, Holy Eucharist, Rite II. The Rev. Philip DeVaul Celebrant and The Rev. Joanna Leiserson, Preacher.
Michael Delfin on the organ and piano and the Church of the Redeemer Choir.
This worship service is also available live at 9:00 am on Sunday, and as a video following that at https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/online-worship/
Michael Delfin on the organ and piano and the Church of the Redeemer Choir.
This worship service is also available live at 9:00 am on Sunday, and as a video following that at https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/online-worship/
Oct 13, 2023 |
Rector's Blog, Good Grief
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
Rector's Blog, Good Grief
I have lived a few places now: several rounds in Southern California – both in Orange County and Los Angeles, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, North Carolina, Virginia, and now Cincinnati Ohio. Most of these places have felt like home at one point or another. I am always happy to go back to any of these places to visit. At the same time, it’s just that: A visit. I need to consult Google maps to get places I used to know by memory. I imagine alternate realities where I never left California in the first place, or where I never left New England, or where I settled down in Charlotte. So many things I was, and so many I could’ve been. There’s beauty in that, and also some grief.
Grief is different than regret. I do not wish I had made different decisions, that my life was different. It’s not that. It’s just an acknowledgment of all the loss that life brings.
We have a desire to demonize grief, to minimize it or stifle it completely if possible. And when experiencing grief there is some part of us that feels guilty, like we should not be feeling this, like it’s maudlin or overly sensitive. Our goal seems to be to get through grief as quickly as we can. I wonder why that is. Christians can be particularly problematic. We will often try to short-circuit grief by pointing to God’s plan or the promise of Heaven. As if our belief that everything is going to be ok means that we should not experience grief.
But grief is not evil. Grief is a gift, because it is honest about the things that we have lost.
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Oct 12, 2023 |
Thursday, October 12, 2023 Morning Prayer, Rite II
| The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane![The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/melanie-slane_755_small.jpg)
Thursday, October 12, 2023 Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Thursday, October 12, for online Morning Prayer led by the Rev. Melanie Slane.
To assist you in following along you may use your Book of Common Prayer (BCP) beginning on page 80. If you do not have a BCP at home, use the buttons below to use the online version or download a pdf version.
Our worship services are all available here and in our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or ask Alexa, Google, or Siri to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship
To assist you in following along you may use your Book of Common Prayer (BCP) beginning on page 80. If you do not have a BCP at home, use the buttons below to use the online version or download a pdf version.
Our worship services are all available here and in our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or ask Alexa, Google, or Siri to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship
Oct 11, 2023 |
Wednesday, October 11, 2023 A Devotion for Early Evening
| The Rev. Gary Lubin![The Rev. Gary Lubin](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/dsc08258-edit-edit_242_small.jpg)
Wednesday, October 11, 2023 A Devotion for Early Evening
Join us today, Wednesday, October 11, for a Devotion for Early Evening, led by the Rev. Gary Lubin with special music.
This worship service is available here and through our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or simply ask your smart speaker to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship."
Oct 10, 2023 |
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 Morning Prayer, Rite II
| The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane![The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/melanie-slane_755_small.jpg)
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Tuesday, October 10, for online Morning Prayer led by the Rev. Melanie Slane.
To assist you in following along you may use your Book of Common Prayer (BCP) beginning on page 80. If you do not have a BCP at home, use the buttons below to use the online version or download a pdf version.
Our worship services are all available here and in our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or ask Alexa, Google, or Siri to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship
To assist you in following along you may use your Book of Common Prayer (BCP) beginning on page 80. If you do not have a BCP at home, use the buttons below to use the online version or download a pdf version.
Our worship services are all available here and in our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or ask Alexa, Google, or Siri to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship
Oct 08, 2023 |
Sunday, October 8, 2023 Rite II Holy Eucharist
| The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane![The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/melanie-slane_755_small.jpg)
Sunday, October 8, 2023 Rite II Holy Eucharist
Join us for worship this Sunday, October 8, Holy Eucharist, Rite II. The Rev. Joyce Keeshin Celebrant and The Rev. Melanie Slane, Preacher.
Michael Delfin on the organ and piano and the Church of the Redeemer Choir.
This worship service is also available live at 9:00 am on Sunday, and as a video following that at https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/online-worship/
Michael Delfin on the organ and piano and the Church of the Redeemer Choir.
This worship service is also available live at 9:00 am on Sunday, and as a video following that at https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/online-worship/
Oct 06, 2023 |
Rector's Blog, Got To Get You Into My Life
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
Rector's Blog, Got To Get You Into My Life
I remember recently witnessing a friend of mine being painfully misunderstood, and I remember thinking if only the people who misunderstood her really knew her, they would love her too. How could they not?
It's interesting though, this idea that loving someone is meant as a compliment. Love as seal of approval. As if the love we give someone is a sign that they are worth loving, that they have earned it, that their character has somehow merited our love. Even though that’s almost never been our experience of love. People may earn our trust. People may earn our respect, our esteem, our appreciation. But our love works differently and we know it. It wasn’t my trust the Beatles won over that day in the booth of that vaguely Hawaiian-themed restaurant.
The phrase is to know them is to love them. But I think I’ve begun to believe the opposite. I think I believe now that to love someone is to know them.
It is the Christian belief that God is love.
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It's interesting though, this idea that loving someone is meant as a compliment. Love as seal of approval. As if the love we give someone is a sign that they are worth loving, that they have earned it, that their character has somehow merited our love. Even though that’s almost never been our experience of love. People may earn our trust. People may earn our respect, our esteem, our appreciation. But our love works differently and we know it. It wasn’t my trust the Beatles won over that day in the booth of that vaguely Hawaiian-themed restaurant.
The phrase is to know them is to love them. But I think I’ve begun to believe the opposite. I think I believe now that to love someone is to know them.
It is the Christian belief that God is love.
Give Here
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Oct 05, 2023 |
Thursday, October 5, 2023 Morning Prayer, Rite II
| The Rev. Joanna Leiserson![The Rev. Joanna Leiserson](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/redeemer-cincy-joanna-leiserson-3_220_small.jpg)
Thursday, October 5, 2023 Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Thursday, October 5, for online Morning Prayer led by the Rev. Joanna Leiserson.
To assist you in following along you may use your Book of Common Prayer (BCP) beginning on page 80. If you do not have a BCP at home, use the buttons below to use the online version or download a pdf version.
Our worship services are all available here and in our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or ask Alexa, Google, or Siri to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship
To assist you in following along you may use your Book of Common Prayer (BCP) beginning on page 80. If you do not have a BCP at home, use the buttons below to use the online version or download a pdf version.
Our worship services are all available here and in our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or ask Alexa, Google, or Siri to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship
Oct 04, 2023 |
Wednesday, October 4, 2023 A Devotion for Early Evening
| The Rev. Gary Lubin![The Rev. Gary Lubin](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/dsc08258-edit-edit_242_small.jpg)
Wednesday, October 4, 2023 A Devotion for Early Evening
Join us today, Wednesday, October 4, for a Devotion for Early Evening, led by the Rev. Gary Lubin with special music.
This worship service is available here and through our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or simply ask your smart speaker to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship."
Oct 04, 2023 |
Whose Authority
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
Whose Authority
We recognize authority. We place our trust in the people that
we recognize are actually doing the work of love in our lives. Think for a
moment about those you actually trust. The people in whom you put your trust.
Is it the people with all the best words? Or is it the people that you have
seen, time and again, show up for you in love and care.
We place authority in others based on what we see in them. We place our trust in people based on if we believe, after watching them in our lives, that we can trust them, that they will care for us, that they will love us the way we love them. The sad and painful thing that we see today in this story is that the chief priests and the elders who are the people who are responsible for the faith life of the community don't recognize the power and presence of God when it is right in front of them.
They have not lived their lives in such a way that they can recognize God's work when it's happening right in front of them. They don't see God's authority in the love and the power and the miracle and teaching of Jesus because they have not constructed their lives in such a way that they place authority and trust in God's love.
We place authority in others based on what we see in them. We place our trust in people based on if we believe, after watching them in our lives, that we can trust them, that they will care for us, that they will love us the way we love them. The sad and painful thing that we see today in this story is that the chief priests and the elders who are the people who are responsible for the faith life of the community don't recognize the power and presence of God when it is right in front of them.
They have not lived their lives in such a way that they can recognize God's work when it's happening right in front of them. They don't see God's authority in the love and the power and the miracle and teaching of Jesus because they have not constructed their lives in such a way that they place authority and trust in God's love.
Oct 03, 2023 |
Tuesday, October 3, 2023 Morning Prayer, Rite II
| The Rev. Joanna Leiserson![The Rev. Joanna Leiserson](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/redeemer-cincy-joanna-leiserson-3_220_small.jpg)
Tuesday, October 3, 2023 Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Tuesday, October 3, for online Morning Prayer led by the Rev. Joanna Leiserson.
To assist you in following along you may use your Book of Common Prayer (BCP) beginning on page 80. If you do not have a BCP at home, use the buttons below to use the online version or download a pdf version.
Our worship services are all available here and in our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or ask Alexa, Google, or Siri to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship
To assist you in following along you may use your Book of Common Prayer (BCP) beginning on page 80. If you do not have a BCP at home, use the buttons below to use the online version or download a pdf version.
Our worship services are all available here and in our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or ask Alexa, Google, or Siri to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship
Oct 01, 2023 |
Sunday, October 1, 2023 Rite II Holy Eucharist
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
Sunday, October 1, 2023 Rite II Holy Eucharist
Join us for worship this Sunday, October 1, Holy Eucharist, Rite II. The Rev. Melanie Slane Celebrant and The Rev. Philip DeVaul, Preacher.
Michael Delfin on the organ and piano and the Church of the Redeemer Choir.
This worship service is also available live at 9:00 am on Sunday, and as a video following that at https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/online-worship/
Michael Delfin on the organ and piano and the Church of the Redeemer Choir.
This worship service is also available live at 9:00 am on Sunday, and as a video following that at https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/online-worship/
Sep 29, 2023 |
Rector's Blog, Becoming a Runner
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
Rector's Blog, Becoming a Runner
I was a runner once about 12 years ago. I don’t just mean that I ran once. I mean I became a runner. I had jogged now and again growing up, but was never a runner. Then one day I thought to myself, I’m gonna run a half-marathon. I cannot tell you exactly why, other than I was 31 and at the beginning of my marriage and the beginning of my career, and was about to have a child and was still very much of the mindset that I had something to prove. Is there such a thing as a 1/3rd life crisis?
I’m not so sure I don’t still have something to prove.
Anyway, I decided to run a half-marathon because I wanted to prove I could. That was it. Can a short stubby out-of-shape guy in his 30’s run a long way very slowly? It turns out I could. I had a friend who was a runner, and I asked her to train me. And she did. I trained. I followed her schedule. I got running shorts, and running shoes, and BodyGlide – which is what they call an anti-chafing balm, and a little water bottle I could attach to my hand. I ran long distances and listened to podcasts and took ice baths. I ran two half-marathons before a combination of shin splints and a new baby sidelined my burgeoning career and I hung up my Brooks sneakers.
But here’s my question: When did I become a runner?
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I’m not so sure I don’t still have something to prove.
Anyway, I decided to run a half-marathon because I wanted to prove I could. That was it. Can a short stubby out-of-shape guy in his 30’s run a long way very slowly? It turns out I could. I had a friend who was a runner, and I asked her to train me. And she did. I trained. I followed her schedule. I got running shorts, and running shoes, and BodyGlide – which is what they call an anti-chafing balm, and a little water bottle I could attach to my hand. I ran long distances and listened to podcasts and took ice baths. I ran two half-marathons before a combination of shin splints and a new baby sidelined my burgeoning career and I hung up my Brooks sneakers.
But here’s my question: When did I become a runner?
Give Here
or if you can't access the link, see it here:https://redeemercincy.tpsdb.com/Give/podcast
Sep 28, 2023 |
Thursday, September 28, 2023 Morning Prayer Rite II
| Anny Stevens-Gleason![Anny Stevens-Gleason](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/dsc01363-edit-edit-edit_660_small.jpg)
Thursday, September 28, 2023 Morning Prayer Rite II
Join us this morning, Thursday, September 28, for online Morning Prayer led by Anny Stevens-Gleason.
To assist you in following along you may use your Book of Common Prayer (BCP) beginning on page 80. If you do not have a BCP at home, use the buttons below to use the online version or download a pdf version.
Our worship services are all available here and in our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or ask Alexa, Google, or Siri to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship
To assist you in following along you may use your Book of Common Prayer (BCP) beginning on page 80. If you do not have a BCP at home, use the buttons below to use the online version or download a pdf version.
Our worship services are all available here and in our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or ask Alexa, Google, or Siri to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship
Sep 27, 2023 |
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 A Devotion for Early Evening
| The Rev. Gary Lubin![The Rev. Gary Lubin](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/dsc08258-edit-edit_242_small.jpg)
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 A Devotion for Early Evening
Join us today, Wednesday, September 27, for a Devotion for Early Evening, led by the Rev. Gary Lubin with special music.
This worship service is available here and through our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or simply ask your smart speaker to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship."
Sep 26, 2023 |
Boundless Love
| The Rev. Joanna Leiserson![The Rev. Joanna Leiserson](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/redeemer-cincy-joanna-leiserson-3_220_small.jpg)
Boundless Love
...probably like the Ninevites in the Jonah story, we were discriminating about which prophet to listen to. So, if somebody, say, Jonah, comes in straight from the San Francisco Bay, he has seaweed hanging from his hair, he has sand stuck to his skin, and he smells a little bit like whale spit, we usually didn't listen to him.
But the Ninevites listened to Jonah. And they all dressed in sackcloth as repentance for their wickedness. They dressed their cows and chickens, they dressed the doctors and cooks and teachers and children, and yes, even the politicians in sackcloth. So what's the story of Jonah really about? A lot of people think it's about a prophet who disobeys God.
You can't disobey God without suffering severe consequences, like Jonah did with his whale and being humiliated in front of the Ninevites and, and the comeuppance. But that's not the point. We all disobey God at some point, and we don't get swallowed by a whale and spit up in North Korea. So, the point is that Jonah was wrong.
That's the point. Jonah thought he was supposed to preach doom to a bad city, but that's not true. He was there to preach the opposite to bring God to a hurting city.
But the Ninevites listened to Jonah. And they all dressed in sackcloth as repentance for their wickedness. They dressed their cows and chickens, they dressed the doctors and cooks and teachers and children, and yes, even the politicians in sackcloth. So what's the story of Jonah really about? A lot of people think it's about a prophet who disobeys God.
You can't disobey God without suffering severe consequences, like Jonah did with his whale and being humiliated in front of the Ninevites and, and the comeuppance. But that's not the point. We all disobey God at some point, and we don't get swallowed by a whale and spit up in North Korea. So, the point is that Jonah was wrong.
That's the point. Jonah thought he was supposed to preach doom to a bad city, but that's not true. He was there to preach the opposite to bring God to a hurting city.
Sep 26, 2023 |
Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Morning Prayer Rite II
| Anny Stevens-Gleason![Anny Stevens-Gleason](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/dsc01363-edit-edit-edit_660_small.jpg)
Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Morning Prayer Rite II
Join us this morning, Tuesday, September 26, for online Morning Prayer led by Anny Stevens-Gleason.
To assist you in following along you may use your Book of Common Prayer (BCP) beginning on page 80. If you do not have a BCP at home, use the buttons below to use the online version or download a pdf version.
Our worship services are all available here and in our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or ask Alexa, Google, or Siri to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship
To assist you in following along you may use your Book of Common Prayer (BCP) beginning on page 80. If you do not have a BCP at home, use the buttons below to use the online version or download a pdf version.
Our worship services are all available here and in our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or ask Alexa, Google, or Siri to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship
Sep 24, 2023 |
Sunday, September 24, 2023 Rite II Holy Eucharist
| The Rev. Joanna Leiserson![The Rev. Joanna Leiserson](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/redeemer-cincy-joanna-leiserson-3_220_small.jpg)
Sunday, September 24, 2023 Rite II Holy Eucharist
Join us for worship this Sunday, September 24, Holy Eucharist, Rite II. The Rev. Melanie Slane Celebrant and The Rev. Joanna Leiserson, Preacher.
Michael Delfin on the organ and piano and the Church of the Redeemer Choir.
This worship service is also available live at 9:00 am on Sunday, and as a video following that at https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/online-worship/
Michael Delfin on the organ and piano and the Church of the Redeemer Choir.
This worship service is also available live at 9:00 am on Sunday, and as a video following that at https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/online-worship/