All Recordings from The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer
Jan 27, 2022 |
Thursday, January 27, Morning Prayer, Rite II
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
Thursday, January 27, Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Thursday, January 27, 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.
Jan 26, 2022 |
Wednesday, January 26, 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, January 26, A Devotion for Early Evening
Join us today, Wednesday, January 26, for a Devotion for Early Evening, led by the Rev. Gary Lubin with special music.
Pulling Bracken by the Celtic Ensemble featuring John Calhoun, vocals.
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."
Jan 25, 2022 |
Tuesday, January 24, 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, January 24, Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Tuesday, January 24, 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
Jan 23, 2022 |
Crisis and Belonging
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
Crisis and Belonging
"The truth of the Gospel as expressed by Paul is that God is already present and working and active in our lives. And the way that we act as if that's true, is by acknowledging our belonging and the belonging of those around us. We belong to each other. What's the most important piece in a puzzle?
A lot of us have been doing puzzles during the pandemic. I've been doing a lot of them. What's the most important piece? The one that's missing, right? Isn’t that it? It doesn't matter if it's on the edge, or in the center, or over here, or an eye or a flower. It doesn't matter if you've got the whole puzzle going and a piece is missing how do you feel? Infuriated, incomplete, frustrated. This isn't right! We belong to each other completely and totally."
A lot of us have been doing puzzles during the pandemic. I've been doing a lot of them. What's the most important piece? The one that's missing, right? Isn’t that it? It doesn't matter if it's on the edge, or in the center, or over here, or an eye or a flower. It doesn't matter if you've got the whole puzzle going and a piece is missing how do you feel? Infuriated, incomplete, frustrated. This isn't right! We belong to each other completely and totally."
Jan 23, 2022 |
Sunday, January 23 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, January 23 Rite II Holy Eucharist
Join us for worship this Sunday, January 23, Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music. The Rev. Joyce Keeshin, Celebrant, and The Rev. Philip DeVaul preacher.
Connie Golden on the organ and piano and solo vocalist Isiah Maxey.
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 piano and solo vocalist Isiah Maxey.
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/
Jan 21, 2022 |
Jesus is a Jew
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
Jesus is a Jew
"I have learned that I have not listened to marginalized voices enough. I have learned that I have been conditioned to decide what racism is rather than deferring to People of Color on the matter, that I have been conditioned to decide what sexism is, rather than deferring to women on the matter, and so on. I am learning to listen, to defer to the expertise of others, to allow myself to be transformed by listening.
For the non-Jew, this kind of listening absolutely must extend to our Jewish siblings. We have to listen to them. They are telling us they experience antisemitism with stunning regularity. They are telling us they are scared simply to be themselves. They are telling us they don’t enter a synagogue without searching out the nearest exit just in case. They are telling us they feel the need to defend their very right to exist."
Jan 20, 2022 |
Thursday, January 20, Morning Prayer, Rite II
| The Rev. Joyce Keeshin![The Rev. Joyce Keeshin](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/joyce-keeshin_250_small.jpg)
Thursday, January 20, Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Thursday, January 20, 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
Jan 19, 2022 |
Wednesday, January 19, 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, January 19, A Devotion for Early Evening
Join us today, Wednesday, January 19, for a Devotion for Early Evening, led by the Rev. Gary Lubin with special music.
Music by John and Elizabeth Grover, Water Shore Sound.
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."
Jan 18, 2022 |
Tuesday, January 17, 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, January 17, Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Tuesday, January 17, 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
Jan 16, 2022 |
Spiritual Gifts
| The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane![The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/melanie-slane_755_small.jpg)
Spiritual Gifts
"Why do I feel so restless in the world? Why do I feel like I
need to know everything? Who's that soup for anyways? Why do I feel called to
preach the gospel of love to God's gathered people week after week? Some Sunday
mornings I think I'd like to just sit and do a jigsaw puzzle and drink coffee,
not worry about things, not worry about kids who don't have a place to call
home, or the woman I met outside in the cold yesterday whose belly was empty.
Sometimes I really want not to care so much. I want not to hunger and thirst for righteousness, but that's not who God made me to be. That's not who I am. God made me to be the kind of person who asks for a cup of soup, not one who's content with its contents being left to spoil. For better or for worse, the holy spirit gives us each a spiritual gift, a manifestation of the Holy Spirit, living expressions of God's grace and goodness toward humanity. God gives us each these gifts so that we may in turn, share them with others."
Sometimes I really want not to care so much. I want not to hunger and thirst for righteousness, but that's not who God made me to be. That's not who I am. God made me to be the kind of person who asks for a cup of soup, not one who's content with its contents being left to spoil. For better or for worse, the holy spirit gives us each a spiritual gift, a manifestation of the Holy Spirit, living expressions of God's grace and goodness toward humanity. God gives us each these gifts so that we may in turn, share them with others."
Jan 16, 2022 |
Sunday, January 16, 2022 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, January 16, 2022 Rite II Holy Eucharist
Join us for worship this Sunday, January 16, Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music. The Rev. Melanie Slane, Celebrant and preacher.
Connie Golden on the organ and piano and solo vocalist Léa Nayak.
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 piano and solo vocalist Léa Nayak.
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/
Jan 13, 2022 |
For Our Children and Their Educators
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
For Our Children and Their Educators
"I see our treatment of our children and their educators as something that speaks directly to our larger dysfunction as a people: We want the appearance of caring deeply for something, but we do not want to structure our shared life as if we actually believe it.
What’s more, we don’t want to acknowledge that this pandemic has actually shaped and transformed our shared life, and this bears itself out in our desire to do everything we can to make school “like it was before” at all costs. Our lives are not like they were before, any more than our lives were the same after 9/11, or after JFK’s assassination, or after World War II, or after the Spanish Flu pandemic. We are being transformed. The Corinthians wanted to say Jesus is Lord, but then not allow their daily lives to be transformed by that event. It didn’t work like that then, and it doesn’t work like that now.
What’s more, we don’t want to acknowledge that this pandemic has actually shaped and transformed our shared life, and this bears itself out in our desire to do everything we can to make school “like it was before” at all costs. Our lives are not like they were before, any more than our lives were the same after 9/11, or after JFK’s assassination, or after World War II, or after the Spanish Flu pandemic. We are being transformed. The Corinthians wanted to say Jesus is Lord, but then not allow their daily lives to be transformed by that event. It didn’t work like that then, and it doesn’t work like that now.
I see hope though. I see tremendous hope."
Jan 13, 2022 |
Thursday, January 13, Morning Prayer, Rite II
| The Rev. Joyce Keeshin![The Rev. Joyce Keeshin](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/joyce-keeshin_250_small.jpg)
Thursday, January 13, Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Thursday, January 13, 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
Jan 12, 2022 |
Wednesday, January 12, 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, January 12, A Devotion for Early Evening
Join us today, Wednesday, January 12, for a Devotion for Early Evening, led by the Rev. Gary Lubin with special music.
Music by the Celtic Ensemble, Skye Boat Song.
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."
Jan 11, 2022 |
Tuesday, January 11, Morning Prayer, Rite II
| The Rev. Joyce Keeshin![The Rev. Joyce Keeshin](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/joyce-keeshin_250_small.jpg)
Tuesday, January 11, Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Tuesday, January 11, 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
Jan 09, 2022 |
God's Beloved
| Guest Speaker![Guest Speaker](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/img-4212_935_small.jpg)
God's Beloved
Friends, we have yearnings ourselves, not entirely unlike
those in Jesus' own heart. And I'm here to tell you that we do well to pay
attention to them and to honor them. What Jesus does with those yearnings however
unclear they might have been, can become our way also. Because you see, we are
children of God, also. We are the beloved. Jesus has been these things from
before time and forever. We are God's children by adoption. But no less God's
children, because of that fact. We enter into the household of God explicitly
from the time of our baptism.
Was 30 odd years on into Jesus' life that he went into the murky waters of the Jordan river and there discovered a truth about himself that had been there all along. There was never a moment when he was not God's beloved. But that truth becomes clear in that moment and it shapes his life from that day forward and all the wondrous things that he said and did flowed out of this knowing, this being, this realization. I am God's child, The beloved. You know, it really does help to know who you are.
Baptism makes clear who we are in our own lives. We've always been beloved by God. Baptism simply puts it out publicly. Lays it bare out in the open for us to realize, and for everyone else to see. We are beloved by God. And oh yes, we are also lawyers and doctors and teachers and baseball players. But, first of all, we are beloved by God.
Was 30 odd years on into Jesus' life that he went into the murky waters of the Jordan river and there discovered a truth about himself that had been there all along. There was never a moment when he was not God's beloved. But that truth becomes clear in that moment and it shapes his life from that day forward and all the wondrous things that he said and did flowed out of this knowing, this being, this realization. I am God's child, The beloved. You know, it really does help to know who you are.
Baptism makes clear who we are in our own lives. We've always been beloved by God. Baptism simply puts it out publicly. Lays it bare out in the open for us to realize, and for everyone else to see. We are beloved by God. And oh yes, we are also lawyers and doctors and teachers and baseball players. But, first of all, we are beloved by God.
Jan 09, 2022 |
Sunday, January 9, Bishop's Visit Confirmation + Rite II Holy Eucharist
| Guest Speaker![Guest Speaker](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/img-4212_935_small.jpg)
Sunday, January 9, Bishop's Visit Confirmation + Rite II Holy Eucharist
Join us for worship this Sunday, January 9, Bishop's Visit Confirmation and Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music. The interim Bishop, Provisional Bishop The Rt. Rev. Wayne Smith, Celebrant, and Preacher.
Connie Golden on the organ and piano and cantor, Greg Miller.
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 piano and cantor, Greg Miller.
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/
Jan 07, 2022 |
Throwback Episode - In Service of the Melody
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
Throwback Episode - In Service of the Melody
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 October 7, 2021.
The first time I really noticed this effect was while watching live bluegrass at a little bar in Nashville called the Station Inn. It was the Spring of 2001, and this band I’d never heard of stood in a half circle up on a bare little stage – two guitars, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, and bass – ripping through a beautiful song I’d never heard but felt like I’d known forever. As the song progressed, each musician stepped forward to solo. Everyone was a soulful virtuoso, but I was amazed by the discipline of their offerings – no matter how good each performer was, they confined their solo to the melody, then stepped back into the half-circle and disappeared into the sound of the whole...Each piece mattered, by the way. Every instrument. Every voice. They worked together in service of the song and carried it along while the melody carried them. I’m getting too fanciful about this, and I’m sorry about that but music is one of the things that helps me understand what I believe and feel about life. And this idea of these powerful, brilliant, dynamic musicians bringing their talents together to serve something bigger than themselves continues to speak to me after all these years.
Jan 06, 2022 |
In Praise of Darkness
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
In Praise of Darkness
I'm not saying I want it to always be dark. I'm just saying we have this thing where we think dark is bad and light is good, but dark is an essential part of our lives. It cannot be sunshine all the time. And while we know this in our hearts, we still rebel against the very simple reality of the darkness. We rebel against dark thoughts. We shy away from the things that are anything other than joyful and kind and easy for us to grasp.
Today is the feast of the Epiphany. And as I said at the announcements, Epiphany is another Greek word for revelation. And what we say is being revealed to us. All of us, all of humanity is God's abiding presence with us in Jesus Christ. That God is with us. And whereas on Christmas day we recognize God's presence and a little baby, on Epiphany the symbol of God's abiding presence is a star. And while stars are light. And that ancient cosmology, the stars are not the main things that give light. They point to things. They indicate things they're beautiful to study and to admire, but we would not be able to see the stars unless we were allowed to be in darkness.
The wise folks who find Jesus and who recognize the sovereignty, the royalty, that is found in this child, the presence of the divine; they would not be able to find Jesus had it not been for the darkness. What were they going to follow in the daytime? The darkness was essential for their ability to see God's presence. And while we are able to see God's presence very readily in the warmth and the joy, I think if we're honest, every single one of us has found God and been found by God in the darkness of our lives.
Today is the feast of the Epiphany. And as I said at the announcements, Epiphany is another Greek word for revelation. And what we say is being revealed to us. All of us, all of humanity is God's abiding presence with us in Jesus Christ. That God is with us. And whereas on Christmas day we recognize God's presence and a little baby, on Epiphany the symbol of God's abiding presence is a star. And while stars are light. And that ancient cosmology, the stars are not the main things that give light. They point to things. They indicate things they're beautiful to study and to admire, but we would not be able to see the stars unless we were allowed to be in darkness.
The wise folks who find Jesus and who recognize the sovereignty, the royalty, that is found in this child, the presence of the divine; they would not be able to find Jesus had it not been for the darkness. What were they going to follow in the daytime? The darkness was essential for their ability to see God's presence. And while we are able to see God's presence very readily in the warmth and the joy, I think if we're honest, every single one of us has found God and been found by God in the darkness of our lives.
Jan 06, 2022 |
Thursday, January 6, 2022 Feast of Epiphany with Holy Eucharist
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
Thursday, January 6, 2022 Feast of Epiphany with Holy Eucharist
Join us for worship this Thursday evening, January 6, for the Feast of the Epiphany with Eucharist. The Rev. Gary Lubin, Celebrant and The Rev. Philip DeVaul, Preacher.
Connie Golden on the organ and cantor, Greg Miller.
This worship service is also available and as a video following that at https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/online-worship/
Connie Golden on the organ and cantor, Greg Miller.
This worship service is also available and as a video following that at https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/online-worship/