All Recordings from The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer
Jun 12, 2022 |
A Trinity for All
| The Rev. Joyce KeeshinA Trinity for All
The message of the Holy Spirit was being sent to all. It was accessible to all because God is seeking a relationship with all. Today is called Trinity Sunday and it celebrates the three expressions of the Trinity that we address in our prayers throughout our services, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Our tradition has tended to be steeped in masculine language. And that has been an obstacle for many to relate to God. This Trinity is also frequently described as, Creator, Redeemer, Sanctifier and there are other descriptions as well, but it's an attempt to express these three different aspects of God.
I find that human words really struggle in trying to describe God. But the focus on Trinity Sunday is to acknowledge those three in the unity of God. As our opening collect expresses, Almighty and everlasting God, you have given to us your servant's grace by the confession of a true faith to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity and in the power of your divine majesty to worship the unity... God expresses through scripture, this deep longing to be in relationship with us. And that is no easy task...
Our God wants to be in relationship with all of God's people. Our Gospels are filled with expressions of God's love for God's people. Expressed in the very being of Jesus, his teaching, his healings, his embrace of all, his outreach to all, his sacrifice for all, his sending of his disciples to the ends of the earth, that all might receive the saving message of love. That all might be one.
Jun 12, 2022 |
Sunday, June 12, 2022 Rite II Holy Eucharist
| The Rev. Joyce KeeshinSunday, June 12, 2022 Rite II Holy Eucharist
Join us for worship this Sunday, June 12, Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music. with The Rev. Philip DeVaul, Celebrant and The Rev. Joyce Keeshin, 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 10, 2022 |
Rector's Blog: Conversion
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulRector's Blog: Conversion
Understanding that conversion is ongoing is a game changer. It undercuts any unspoken belief in an easy answer, a quick fix, instant solution. You and I were born to love and be loved. And at the same time, our lives are filled with obstacles and barriers – things that keep us from living into that beloved reality. So we yearn for a moment, an instant, a blink of an eye where the obstacles just disappear. Many Christians have been sold the snake oil that if we just believe the right thing, pray the right prayer, act the right way – if we just “convert” or “get saved” – the barriers to belovedness will be banished.
This is not real. And when we acknowledge that our conversion - the opening of our hearts to the presence saving love of God in the world – is a lifelong process, we begin to embrace the reality of Christianity as a practice rather than a set of magical escapist beliefs.
When I got to this church, there was an old man here named Chet. Many of you knew him well. He was a leader, a rabble rouser, a prayer warrior, a seeker, a smart-ass, and a true patriarch of our community. I loved him instantly, and I was not alone in that. One Sunday, when I walked into the room for our Adult Education hour, he barked, “Hey, there’s that guy who talks about love all the time!” I said, “That’s me!”
“When are you gonna talk about something else?” Chet asked, and I said, “When you all actually start believing that you’re loved no matter what, I will start talking about something else.”
Jun 09, 2022 |
Thursday, June 9, Morning Prayer, Rite II
| The Rev. Joyce KeeshinThursday, June 9, Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Thursday, June 9, 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 08, 2022 |
Wednesday, June 8, A Devotion for Early Evening
| The Rev. Gary LubinWednesday, June 8, A Devotion for Early Evening
Join us today, Wednesday, June 8, for a Devotion for Early Evening, led by the Rev. Gary Lubin with special music.
Music, Be Thou My Vision, Kathryn Albertson
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 07, 2022 |
Tuesday, June 7, Morning Prayer, Rite II
| The Rev. Melanie W. J. SlaneTuesday, June 7, Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Tuesday, June 7, 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 05, 2022 |
What Language Will You Learn?
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulWhat Language Will You Learn?
All of a sudden, the disciples are speaking. All the
disciples, by the way. Their first language is probably Hebrew or Aramaic,
which is a dialect of Hebrew. And instead of speaking the Gospel in their own
language, they're now speaking the language in whatever language, the people
around them speak. The first thing the Holy Spirit does to make people church,
is turn them outward and give them a language to speak love to others in
whatever way they will understand.
Please notice that the Holy Spirit does not make it so everyone else in the room understands the disciples when they speak in their native language. It is historically culturally the custom of a lot of churches to try to make the world look more like us and speak more like us and learn our language.
But in the story we have today, the birth of the church happens when the people who love God are turned outward and learn how to speak other people's language. This is a super Supreme act of vulnerability, by the way, learning to speak someone else's language. Have you ever tried to learn another language?
READ THE SERMON TRANSCRIPT
Please notice that the Holy Spirit does not make it so everyone else in the room understands the disciples when they speak in their native language. It is historically culturally the custom of a lot of churches to try to make the world look more like us and speak more like us and learn our language.
But in the story we have today, the birth of the church happens when the people who love God are turned outward and learn how to speak other people's language. This is a super Supreme act of vulnerability, by the way, learning to speak someone else's language. Have you ever tried to learn another language?
READ THE SERMON TRANSCRIPT
Jun 05, 2022 |
Sunday, June 5, 2022 Baptism + Rite II Holy Eucharist
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulSunday, June 5, 2022 Baptism + Rite II Holy Eucharist
Join us for worship this Sunday, June 5, Holy Eucharist, Rite II + Baptism with music. with The Rev. Melanie Slane, Celebrant and The Rev. Philip DeVaul, 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 03, 2022 |
Rector's Blog Pride Series: You Are a Blessing
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulRector's Blog Pride Series: You Are a Blessing
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 not want to let this
week go by without stating clearly and unequivocally that the Episcopal Church
of the Redeemer – its clergy, staff, and lay leaders – stand in full support,
love, and affirmation of LGBTQ+ persons, all of whom are made beautifully and
powerfully in God’s image. This week I am re-running the first in a series of
blog/podcasts I wrote/recorded on Pride in 2019, and on the
blog page you will find a link to the Pride series for your continued reading/listening.
I invite you this month to support your local Pride festivities, and then to do your part in Jesus’ name to make sure that LGBTQ+ persons are more fully loved, heard, empowered, supported, and cared for in your community. Each of us has a part to play in making our world truly inclusive, and this work is central to our understanding of the Gospel of God’s love in Jesus Christ.
"We believe that the God that created you made you as you are on purpose. You are not a mistake. Your sexuality is not a mistake, a sin, or something to be cured, fixed, or healed. You are a blessing. Your journey to self-understanding is essential to the healing of this world. You matter tremendously to God and to the people around you. Your expression of love is even now teaching this world a deeper understanding of what love really is. When you are part of the Church community, the church is more of who God means it to be. When you are empowered, the Spirit is revealed. When you lead, we see Jesus."
I invite you this month to support your local Pride festivities, and then to do your part in Jesus’ name to make sure that LGBTQ+ persons are more fully loved, heard, empowered, supported, and cared for in your community. Each of us has a part to play in making our world truly inclusive, and this work is central to our understanding of the Gospel of God’s love in Jesus Christ.
"We believe that the God that created you made you as you are on purpose. You are not a mistake. Your sexuality is not a mistake, a sin, or something to be cured, fixed, or healed. You are a blessing. Your journey to self-understanding is essential to the healing of this world. You matter tremendously to God and to the people around you. Your expression of love is even now teaching this world a deeper understanding of what love really is. When you are part of the Church community, the church is more of who God means it to be. When you are empowered, the Spirit is revealed. When you lead, we see Jesus."
Jun 02, 2022 |
Thursday, June 2, Morning Prayer, Rite II
| The Rev. Melanie W. J. SlaneThursday, June 2, Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Thursday, June 2 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 01, 2022 |
Wednesday, June 1, A Devotion for Early Evening
| The Rev. Gary LubinWednesday, June 1, A Devotion for Early Evening
Join us today, Wednesday, June 1, for a Devotion for Early Evening, led by the Rev. Gary Lubin with special music.
Music, Gentle Light, 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."
May 29, 2022 |
What Will Shake Us?
| The Rev. Melanie W. J. SlaneWhat Will Shake Us?
Every morning at my son's Montessori school in the
Cincinnati public school district, they take two minutes to center themselves
to begin a new day. A chance to embrace their school motto, peace, love, and
PRM. Every child is given the opportunity to pray in their own way at school and
no one is excluded from this time of daily reflection, I decided to stay with
the teachers there in that place of prayer and together we begged God, “Please
do not let this be their last day.”...
My seven-year-old son, and your seven-year-old son, and your seven-year-old grandson, and your seven-year-old niece, and your seven-year-old neighbor. They are currently being taught. They are learning from our society that if they want to be saved, that they need to turn off the lights, get low, barricade the doors, stay silent. And sacrifice themselves so that gun manufacturers can continue to make tons of money off of people's anxious fears of home invasion or worse, the pleasure at the sport of murder.
What must we do to be saved? What will shake us? What is our foundation? And will we believe on the Lord Jesus who came that we might have life and might have it more abundantly?...
My seven-year-old son, and your seven-year-old son, and your seven-year-old grandson, and your seven-year-old niece, and your seven-year-old neighbor. They are currently being taught. They are learning from our society that if they want to be saved, that they need to turn off the lights, get low, barricade the doors, stay silent. And sacrifice themselves so that gun manufacturers can continue to make tons of money off of people's anxious fears of home invasion or worse, the pleasure at the sport of murder.
What must we do to be saved? What will shake us? What is our foundation? And will we believe on the Lord Jesus who came that we might have life and might have it more abundantly?...
May 29, 2022 |
Sunday, May 29, 2022, Rite II Holy Eucharist
| The Rev. Melanie W. J. SlaneSunday, May 29, 2022, Rite II Holy Eucharist
Join us for worship this Sunday, May 29, Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music. with The Rev. Joyce Keeshin, 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/
READ THE TRANSCRIPT
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/
READ THE TRANSCRIPT
May 27, 2022 |
Rector's Blog: Bury The Rag Deep
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulRector's Blog: Bury The Rag Deep
This blog is about Buffalo, New York. This blog is about Uvalde, Texas.
Each event on its own is catastrophically tragic. Taken together, along with the countless mass shootings about which we’ve already forgotten, we can no longer call them unthinkable. They are not unthinkable, inconceivable, or unexplainable. They are every day. They are a part of us. When we bury the rag deep in our face, it is not for one isolated incident, however awful it may be. The tears we shed are a collection of years of sorrow and rage brought on by our complete unwillingness to be transformed. We want these shootings to stop. We want to change nothing about our lives, our culture, our laws in order to make them stop. We throw up our hands. What can be done? This is who we are.
There is a tendency for us to treat Jesus’ crucifixion as if it is uniquely gruesome. But the stripping and beating and hanging of Jesus is no more gruesome than the endless AR-15 slaughter of innocents that makes up the fabric of modern American life. How is Golgotha worse than Uvalde? How is Calvary different from Buffalo?
May 26, 2022 |
Thursday, May 26, Morning Prayer, Rite II
| The Rev. Melanie W. J. SlaneThursday, May 26, Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Thursday, May 26 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
May 25, 2022 |
Wednesday, May 25, A Devotion for Early Evening
| The Rev. Gary LubinWednesday, May 25, A Devotion for Early Evening
Join us today, Wednesday, May 25, for a Devotion for Early Evening, led by the Rev. Gary Lubin with special music.
Music, And Can It Be, Phil Smith
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."
May 24, 2022 |
Tuesday, May 24, Morning Prayer, Rite II
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulTuesday, May 24, Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Tuesday, May 24, 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
May 22, 2022 |
What Kind of Christians Are We?
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulWhat Kind of Christians Are We?
What kind of Christians are we? Throughout Easter we've been focusing on these readings from the Book of Acts. We've been preaching from that space and we've been listening to these stories of the early church and the first believers and how they became the church.
And it's been a little bit uncomfortable for us, Episcopalians, because we're hearing stories of people going out and sharing their faith lives openly and actively with other people. And if there's any kind of Christians, we aren't, it's often those kinds of Christians. The kinds who are going out and making believers.
And I do get that, I'm one of us. I like to tease our people and myself even, but I get that. I get why we try to distance ourselves from that kind of evangelism. Because many of us have been raised up in a place where we were taught that a Christian's job is to believe exactly the right things and act exactly the right way so that we go to heaven when we die, instead of going to hell and burning eternally forever.
And therefore, when we see people who aren't part of the thing that we're a part of, we are taught to worry about them. They're not like us and that's a cause of concern for us, and for them. We're taught to hold people who believe things differently at a distance, to fear. And if we're charitable and loving in Christ's name, to work really hard to change their minds. We like to get people to believe what we believe and call that a conversion experience. This is what we're taught, not Episcopalians, Christians, like so many of us are taught to be like this.
This is a deeply unhealthy way of experiencing other people...
And it's been a little bit uncomfortable for us, Episcopalians, because we're hearing stories of people going out and sharing their faith lives openly and actively with other people. And if there's any kind of Christians, we aren't, it's often those kinds of Christians. The kinds who are going out and making believers.
And I do get that, I'm one of us. I like to tease our people and myself even, but I get that. I get why we try to distance ourselves from that kind of evangelism. Because many of us have been raised up in a place where we were taught that a Christian's job is to believe exactly the right things and act exactly the right way so that we go to heaven when we die, instead of going to hell and burning eternally forever.
And therefore, when we see people who aren't part of the thing that we're a part of, we are taught to worry about them. They're not like us and that's a cause of concern for us, and for them. We're taught to hold people who believe things differently at a distance, to fear. And if we're charitable and loving in Christ's name, to work really hard to change their minds. We like to get people to believe what we believe and call that a conversion experience. This is what we're taught, not Episcopalians, Christians, like so many of us are taught to be like this.
This is a deeply unhealthy way of experiencing other people...
May 22, 2022 |
Sunday, May 22, 2022 Rite II Holy Eucharist
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulSunday, May 22, 2022 Rite II Holy Eucharist
Join us for worship this Sunday, May 22, Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music. with The Rev. Melanie Slane, Celebrant and The Rev. Philip DeVaul, 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/
May 20, 2022 |
Rector's Blog: We Don't Talk About Abortion
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulRector's Blog: 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. We who belong to Christian communities and support abortion rights should be speaking up in Jesus’ name.
But instead, we choose not to talk about abortion. In part, this is because of how you felt when you read(heard) the word abortion on a church blog(podcast) just now. Many of us try to avoid making people feel that way. We often steer clear of hot button topics, and there is no hotter button in American culture than abortion.
During particularly polarizing times such as these, there is something attractive about creating spaces that do not broach sensitive topics. Having a church that doesn’t talk about controversial issues gives some of us a sense of respite from the endless cacophony of opinion out there in the real world. Some of us may think to ourselves that we need a community that acts as a timeout, an escape from those things that keep us up at night.