All Recordings from The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer
Jul 06, 2022 |
Wednesday, July 6, A Devotion for Early Evening
| The Rev. Gary LubinWednesday, July 6, A Devotion for Early Evening
Join us today, Wednesday, July 6, for a Devotion for Early Evening, led by the Rev. Gary Lubin with special music.
Music from Scott Bailey on the Organ and Piano and,vocalist Greg Miller
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."
Jul 05, 2022 |
Tuesday, July 5, Morning Prayer, Rite II
| The Rev. Melanie W. J. SlaneTuesday, July 5, Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Tuesday, July 5, 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
Jul 03, 2022 |
God like Math
| The Rev. Melanie W. J. SlaneGod like Math
In case it's been a little while, since you were in math
class, remember that geometry is the study of shapes and forms. Some simple and
some very complex, some flat and some multidimensional. And calculus on the
other side is the study of the rate of change made complicated by instantaneous
rates that lead to integral movements toward an infinite answer.
I wish someone would have told me a long, long time ago that math is actually just a lot like God. Maybe then I would have liked it a little bit better or understood it a little bit better. Maybe if you love math, you're thinking, now I understand God.
We observe God like math in many forms, many shapes from many angles while the world around us is constantly changing. And as Christians, we are constantly making instantaneous decisions about how to observe and perpetuate God's divine nature in the world. Our decisive actions say something true about her integral, whole self. Geometry, the study of shapes and calculus the study of change, are actually a lot like God. Algebra then is the human side of the equation, because algebra deals deeply in generalizations and assumptions about how it all adds up. That's why we usually start with algebra. that's why we usually start with prejudice and fear, safety, and security. We usually start with the less complicated side of God, just like we start with the least complicated side of math.
I wish someone would have told me a long, long time ago that math is actually just a lot like God. Maybe then I would have liked it a little bit better or understood it a little bit better. Maybe if you love math, you're thinking, now I understand God.
We observe God like math in many forms, many shapes from many angles while the world around us is constantly changing. And as Christians, we are constantly making instantaneous decisions about how to observe and perpetuate God's divine nature in the world. Our decisive actions say something true about her integral, whole self. Geometry, the study of shapes and calculus the study of change, are actually a lot like God. Algebra then is the human side of the equation, because algebra deals deeply in generalizations and assumptions about how it all adds up. That's why we usually start with algebra. that's why we usually start with prejudice and fear, safety, and security. We usually start with the less complicated side of God, just like we start with the least complicated side of math.
Jul 03, 2022 |
Sunday, July 3, 2022 Rite II Holy Eucharist
| The Rev. Melanie W. J. SlaneSunday, July 3, 2022 Rite II Holy Eucharist
Join us for worship this Sunday, July 3, Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music with The Rev. Joyce Keeshin, Celebrant, and The Rev. Melanie Slane, Preacher.
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/
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/
Jul 01, 2022 |
Rector's Blog Throwback Series: We Don't Talk About Abortion
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulRector's Blog Throwback Series: We Don't Talk About Abortion
Editor's note: As part of our When Love Shows Up Throwback Series we are re-posting this blog post which was originally posted on May 20, 2022.
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 protestants, the majority of Christians in America support a person’s right to terminate a pregnancy. This also despite the fact that the majority of people who terminate a pregnancy identify as Christian. But the narrative persists that Christians oppose abortion. And it persists so strongly that many Christians who believe in reproductive rights end up thinking that their beliefs are inherently at odds with their religion – even when they are not. And there’s a reason this false narrative continues.
We don’t talk about abortion.
We Christians who support reproductive rights are mostly silent. We may not be silent individually. Some of us may work at Planned Parenthood. Some of us may vote for candidates and resolutions in favor of reproductive rights. Some of us may attend rallies. But as Christian communities, we are mostly silent. Some of us may stand up and speak out for abortion rights, but we don’t do it in Jesus’ name.
And we should.
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 protestants, the majority of Christians in America support a person’s right to terminate a pregnancy. This also despite the fact that the majority of people who terminate a pregnancy identify as Christian. But the narrative persists that Christians oppose abortion. And it persists so strongly that many Christians who believe in reproductive rights end up thinking that their beliefs are inherently at odds with their religion – even when they are not. And there’s a reason this false narrative continues.
We don’t talk about abortion.
We Christians who support reproductive rights are mostly silent. We may not be silent individually. Some of us may work at Planned Parenthood. Some of us may vote for candidates and resolutions in favor of reproductive rights. Some of us may attend rallies. But as Christian communities, we are mostly silent. Some of us may stand up and speak out for abortion rights, but we don’t do it in Jesus’ name.
And we should.
Jun 30, 2022 |
Thursday, June 30, Morning Prayer, Rite II
| The Rev. Joyce KeeshinThursday, June 30, Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Thursday, June 30, for online Morning Prayer led by the Rev. Joyce Keeshin.
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
Jun 29, 2022 |
Wednesday, June 29, A Devotion for Early Evening
| The Rev. Gary LubinWednesday, June 29, A Devotion for Early Evening
Join us today, Wednesday, June 29, for a Devotion for Early Evening, led by the Rev. Gary Lubin with special music.
Music, Kyrie Eleison, John Crouch
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."
Jun 28, 2022 |
Tuesday, June 28, Morning Prayer, Rite II
| The Rev. Joyce KeeshinTuesday, June 28, Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Tuesday, June 28, for online Morning Prayer led by the Rev. Joyce Keeshin
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
Jun 26, 2022 |
Let Go of Your Footprints
| Guest SpeakerLet Go of Your Footprints
In the Bible in Daniel, Jobs, Zacharia, Chronicles, Isaiah, Proverbs, Psalms, all over the place, they talk about God as a refiner, purifying, cleansing, and making things new. But to be transformed, to change, you have to be willing to let go of your footprints to let them fade here, so you can make new ones there. Or maybe let go of the beautiful image in your mind of the footprints you're going to leave on some beautiful road, in order to let your feet sink a little deeper in your place.
Either way what you're doing is letting go of your expectations for your life to follow your call. And we know it's never easy. You're going to have to go through a little fire. So, when those would-be disciples from our story today, tell Jesus that they are in, that they are ready to follow, but just have one little thing, one little thing to take care of over here.
Essentially what they are saying is that that part of their life, is separate from their act of following Jesus.
Either way what you're doing is letting go of your expectations for your life to follow your call. And we know it's never easy. You're going to have to go through a little fire. So, when those would-be disciples from our story today, tell Jesus that they are in, that they are ready to follow, but just have one little thing, one little thing to take care of over here.
Essentially what they are saying is that that part of their life, is separate from their act of following Jesus.
Jun 26, 2022 |
Sunday, June 26, 2022 Rite II Holy Eucharist
| Guest SpeakerSunday, June 26, 2022 Rite II Holy Eucharist
Join us for worship this Sunday, June 26, Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music with The Rev. Melanie Slane, Celebrant, and guest, Seminarian Brad Gough, Preacher.
Connie Golden on the organ.
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/
Connie Golden on the organ.
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/
Jun 24, 2022 |
Rector's Blog Throwback Series: We're Taking a Break
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulRector's Blog Throwback Series: We're Taking a Break
Editor's note: As part of our When Love Shows Up Throwback Series we are re-posting this blog post which was originally posted on November 18, 2020.
Since Biblical times, when we find ourselves in a culture that seeks for us anything other than the Love for which we were made, resistance to that is an act of faithful obedience to God. Tempted as we are in our current paradigm to demonize those with whom we disagree, seeking to love our enemies is an act of resistance. Entrenched as we are in a zero-sum mindset that celebrates winners and mocks so-called losers, the decision to seek and serve Christ in all persons is an act of resistance. Saturated as we are by a climate of racial and economic inequality, the decision to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly is an act of resistance.
Likewise, we take an honest look at our culture and realize that we are conditioned to believe that rest is something to be earned. This is counter to the commandment of God. God literally commands that we build regular rest into our lives, not as a reward for work well done, but as a source of strength and centering on God’s presence. And “earned” rest is counter to the Gospel that our belovedness and belonging are a gift from God, given with grace and adoration. Our decision to rest is an act of faithful resistance against the temptation to believe our worth is found in our work.
Jun 23, 2022 |
Thursday, June 23, Morning Prayer, Rite II
| The Rev. Melanie W. J. SlaneThursday, June 23, Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Thursday, June 23, 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
Jun 22, 2022 |
Wednesday, June 22, A Devotion for Early Evening
| The Rev. Gary LubinWednesday, June 22, A Devotion for Early Evening
Join us today, Wednesday, June 22, for a Devotion for Early Evening, led by the Rev. Gary Lubin with special music.
Music, Lament for Owen Wingrave, Celtic Ensemble
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."
Jun 21, 2022 |
Tuesday, June 21, Morning Prayer, Rite II
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulTuesday, June 21, Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Tuesday, June 21, 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
Jun 19, 2022 |
Oppression is a Legion
| The Rev. Melanie W. J. SlaneOppression is a Legion
The drowning of the pigs is not good news to everyone, as it
turns out, it is certainly not good news to the swine herders, the farmers who
owned these pigs, the people whose economic livelihood depended on these
creatures of God that they have come to possess. This upheaval and subversion
of the system is not welcomed by these and not welcomed by those who have
benefited long from a system that was happy to keep the freed man in chains
rather than look for a collective salvation...
What I didn't know when I was a little child that I'm glad I know now is that demons cannot live in the waters of baptism. And we, as God's people, have the blessing and the great responsibility to exercise them from our hearts and our souls, from our homes and our communities, from our nation and from our world.
What, I didn't know when I was a little child that I'm glad I know now, is that slavery is not that long ago, and not that far away. It is present in our labor market and our prison system, in our economy and in our schools, it is present in our wage gap and in our healthcare system. Oppression is a Legion, but we are a force to be reckoned with.
READ THE TRANSCRIPT HERE
What I didn't know when I was a little child that I'm glad I know now is that demons cannot live in the waters of baptism. And we, as God's people, have the blessing and the great responsibility to exercise them from our hearts and our souls, from our homes and our communities, from our nation and from our world.
What, I didn't know when I was a little child that I'm glad I know now, is that slavery is not that long ago, and not that far away. It is present in our labor market and our prison system, in our economy and in our schools, it is present in our wage gap and in our healthcare system. Oppression is a Legion, but we are a force to be reckoned with.
READ THE TRANSCRIPT HERE
Jun 19, 2022 |
Sunday, June 19, 2021 Rite II Holy Eucharist
| The Rev. Melanie W. J. SlaneSunday, June 19, 2021 Rite II Holy Eucharist
Join us for worship this Sunday, June 19, Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music. with The Rev. Philip DeVaul, Celebrant and The Rev. Melanie Slane, Preacher.
Connie Golden on the organ 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/
Connie Golden on the organ 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/
Jun 17, 2022 |
Rector's Blog: What, Me Worry?
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulRector's Blog: What, Me Worry?
I have experienced both financial stability and instability. But you never really get over the instability. I’m in a stable place now, but I’ve seen the bottom fall out before. You get what I mean. Security doesn’t linger in my psyche quite the way insecurity does. I have experienced both, and of course I strongly prefer stability and security – however tenuous it can feel. That being said, it occurs to me that when I am in a state of financial insecurity, when I am wondering if I’ll be ok next month, I am much closer to the experience of the vast majority of humans past and present on this planet. My childhood was the outlier.
Of all the teachings of Jesus, there is one that is the most challenging, the most perplexing, and the most tempting to reject. It is not the command to love your enemies, or to turn the other cheek. It is not when he tells lustful men to pluck out their eyes. It’s not even when he tells people to eat his body and drink his blood: No, the most difficult, impossible lesson in Jesus’ repertoire is, “Do not worry.”
“Do not worry,” Jesus says, and I nod my head out of respect and deference and all the while I don’t believe him. Or at least I find myself tempted to think Jesus is just being idealistic or simplistic or impossible. But this is Jesus talking, so I keep listening anyway. Here’s what he says.
He says, “I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
Jun 16, 2022 |
Thursday, June 16, Morning Prayer, Rite II
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulThursday, June 16, Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Thursday, June 16, 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
Jun 15, 2022 |
Wednesday, June 15, A Devotion for Early Evening
| The Rev. Gary LubinWednesday, June 15, A Devotion for Early Evening
Join us today, Wednesday, June 15, for a Devotion for Early Evening, led by the Rev. Gary Lubin with special music.
Music, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Mary Southworth Shaffer
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."
Jun 14, 2022 |
Tuesday, June 14, Morning Prayer, Rite II
| The Rev. Joyce KeeshinTuesday, June 14, Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Tuesday, June 14, for online Morning Prayer led by the Rev. Joyce Keeshin.
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