All Recordings from The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer
May 10, 2024 |
WLSU, 14 Kinds of Ketchup
| Guest Speaker
WLSU, 14 Kinds of Ketchup
How hard can that be? Get some ketchup from the grocery store.
Problem was, there in front of me, staring at me like a Martian in a nightmare of inundation, were exactly fourteen different types of ketchup: classic, sugar free, spicy jalapeno, carrot ketchup, no-mato, restaurant style, chili-pepper ketchup, ketchup with a blend of veggies, curry ketchup, Tapatio, habanero, rainbow ketchup for kids, some fancy pants organic stuff in a glass jar, and the ever present Heinz 57.
I stood there looking at each one. The list just said “ketchup.” So, which one do I choose?
I started reading nutrition labels and checking prices. I felt my heart rate increase steadily as I broke into a cold sweat.
May 09, 2024 |
Thursday, May 9, 2024 Morning Prayer, Rite II
| Tym House
Thursday, May 9, 2024 Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Tuesday, May 9, for online Morning Prayer led by Tym House.
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 08, 2024 |
Wednesday, May 8, 2024, A Devotion for Early Evening
| The Rev. Gary Lubin
Wednesday, May 8, 2024, A Devotion for Early Evening
Join us today, Wednesday, May 8, 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."
May 07, 2024 |
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 Morning Prayer, Rite II
| Tym House
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Tuesday, May 7, for online Morning Prayer led by Tym House.
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 06, 2024 |
The Bigger Picture
| The Rev. Joyce Keeshin
The Bigger Picture
I don't know about you all, but I feel like I've had more than the usual number of encounters with geese this spring. Maybe you've had that experience too. Frequently as they're crossing a road... And if I don't see them immediately when I'm behind other cars, I will find that I'm experiencing considerable frustration.
'Why are these people not moving?' I tend to cut my timing short and, 'why is this car stopped?' And then feeling very sheepish to realize that this car has stopped to allow some geese to waddle past. And frustration turns to appreciation at the other driver's respect for these geese and for tending to God's creation, including the waddling ones.
It is the same phenomenon though, that anytime we are so tunnel-focused, we miss the larger picture. It's very easy to miss the larger picture and when something calls us to that larger picture, it is really a gift to change our perception and our engagement with the world.
May 05, 2024 |
Sunday, May 5, 2024 Rite II Holy Eucharist
| The Rev. Joyce Keeshin
Sunday, May 5, 2024 Rite II Holy Eucharist
Join us for worship this Sunday,May 5, for Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music. with The Rev. Joanna Leiserson, Celebrant and The Rev. Joyce Keeshin, Preacher.
Michael Delfin 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/
Michael Delfin 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 03, 2024 |
WLSU, New Orleans
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul
WLSU, New Orleans
Seven years later I returned to New Orleans. This time I was officiating the wedding. At the rehearsal dinner, the father of the bride found out I’d never had raw oysters. He told me tonight I’d be eating ten of them. So, I did. After the rehearsal dinner, I accompanied the wedding party down filthy funky Bourbon St. It was a Friday night, and I was in my clericals. Revelers and strippers threw beads at me and cheered the priest simply for being in their midst. What is this place and what am I doing here? As the gathering was winding down, I stopped by a nearby cigar shop and a group of guys from New Jersey celebrating their buddy’s birthday told me I was their priest now and I was coming with them. I became their sober religious mascot for the rest of the evening. I still talk with some of them on Facebook. That wedding was one of my all-time favorites. The couple were natives to New Orleans, and their love and affection for each other, for their families, for their friends, for their city just poured out of them.
The third time I went to New Orleans I had a steak so good I didn’t eat red meat again for a month. That is not hyperbole. It was the literal best meal I have ever had, and like visiting the grave of Jesus, I don’t like saying much about it because I don’t want to sully something so meaningful with my pitiful words.
New Orleans. It is both otherworldly and perfectly grounded. Magical and real. Gorgeous and grimy. Warm and scary. Joyous and dangerous. Poverty and wealth and theft and murder and marriage and joy and death and life and, dear God above, food and music and food and music!
For all I’ve said here, I don’t feel like I have a right to talk about New Orleans. It doesn’t belong to me. The people I’ve since met who are from there, maybe it doesn’t even belong to them so much as they belong to it. In some ways, my experience of New Orleans was not unlike my trip to the Holy Land of Palestine and Israel. Before I went, I had no experience and knew exactly what I thought. After going, I knew so much less and loved so much more. These places and these people – they don’t need my opinions and they don’t need me. There is so much life to be lived if I can love without judgment, if I can just go and see.
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May 02, 2024 |
The Vine and the Backyard
| The Rev. Joanna Leiserson
The Vine and the Backyard
A few years ago, when traveling anywhere was out of the question because of you-know-what, many homeowners thought of turning their own yards into destinations worthy of traveling to—and the staycation was born.
My backyard was a blank slate full of weeds. I wanted a place outside that was worth traveling to, a yard that reminded me of places I’d been to and loved—Clear Lake, the working-class resort of my early childhood with its woods and hammock; Olympic National Forest; Glacier National Park; the Japanese Garden in San Francisco and Spokane; and finally, Children’s Fairyland in Oakland and anything Alice in Wonderland.
I’m too scrawny to dig a hole deeper than three inches, so I hired a landscaper to plant the trees I bought. In my usual getting-carried-away habit, I eventually ended up, in a medium sized backyard, with 2 redbud trees, 3 magnolias, 7 dogwoods, and 13 Japanese maples, all different.
After they were planted, I told the trees, “You’re on your own.” I didn’t want to have to actually work in my yard. I’m all for no-maintenance gardening here. The trees had to take care of themselves. It was a transactional relationship between me and my trees. I give them dirt; they give me beauty, shade, and supplemental oxygen. I wasn’t going to fuss over them, water them, hug them—or prune them. I’m not a gardener. I’m a stay-at-home tourist.
My backyard was a blank slate full of weeds. I wanted a place outside that was worth traveling to, a yard that reminded me of places I’d been to and loved—Clear Lake, the working-class resort of my early childhood with its woods and hammock; Olympic National Forest; Glacier National Park; the Japanese Garden in San Francisco and Spokane; and finally, Children’s Fairyland in Oakland and anything Alice in Wonderland.
I’m too scrawny to dig a hole deeper than three inches, so I hired a landscaper to plant the trees I bought. In my usual getting-carried-away habit, I eventually ended up, in a medium sized backyard, with 2 redbud trees, 3 magnolias, 7 dogwoods, and 13 Japanese maples, all different.
After they were planted, I told the trees, “You’re on your own.” I didn’t want to have to actually work in my yard. I’m all for no-maintenance gardening here. The trees had to take care of themselves. It was a transactional relationship between me and my trees. I give them dirt; they give me beauty, shade, and supplemental oxygen. I wasn’t going to fuss over them, water them, hug them—or prune them. I’m not a gardener. I’m a stay-at-home tourist.
May 02, 2024 |
A Spectrum between Selfless and Selfish
| The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane
A Spectrum between Selfless and Selfish
While coming down the hill into Hyde Park on Ridge, I noticed a car stopped in the middle of the intersection, and a man standing at the back of his car. Without thinking it through, I pulled off to the side, saying to my sister, hold on, a guy is stuck in the intersection. I'll call you right back. And as I jumped out of my car to see what was going on, I heard her yell through the speakerphone of my car, It's not safe! Don't be a martyr, Melanie! The intersection was filled with honking cars.
One guy flew around us full speed and then only one other man, a guy driving a semi-truck, got out to help me push this other guy's vehicle to the curb so that everyone else could get back to what they were doing before someone's bad luck completely inconvenienced them.
When was it lord that we saw you in need and did not come to your aid? And Jesus answered, just as you did not do it for one of your fellow humans in small things, you did not do it for me. The voice of our shepherd showing up, even in small things.
I got back in the car, and as promised, I called my sister. What happened? I'm glad you're alive. I laughed too. A guy just needed a little push. It wasn't until then that I realized how silly I might have looked pushing a car in my collar, or how annoyed I was that only one other guy got up to help us.
One guy flew around us full speed and then only one other man, a guy driving a semi-truck, got out to help me push this other guy's vehicle to the curb so that everyone else could get back to what they were doing before someone's bad luck completely inconvenienced them.
When was it lord that we saw you in need and did not come to your aid? And Jesus answered, just as you did not do it for one of your fellow humans in small things, you did not do it for me. The voice of our shepherd showing up, even in small things.
I got back in the car, and as promised, I called my sister. What happened? I'm glad you're alive. I laughed too. A guy just needed a little push. It wasn't until then that I realized how silly I might have looked pushing a car in my collar, or how annoyed I was that only one other guy got up to help us.
May 02, 2024 |
Thursday, May 2, 2024 Morning Prayer, Rite II
| Anny Stevens-Gleason
Thursday, May 2, 2024 Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Thursday, May 2, 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
May 01, 2024 |
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 A Devotion for Early Evening
| The Rev. Gary Lubin
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 A Devotion for Early Evening
Join us today, Wednesday, May 1, 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."
Apr 30, 2024 |
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 Morning Prayer, Rite II
| Anny Stevens-Gleason
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Tuesday, April 30, 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
Apr 28, 2024 |
Sunday, April 28, 2024 Rite II Holy Eucharist
| The Rev. Joanna Leiserson
Sunday, April 28, 2024 Rite II Holy Eucharist
Join us for worship this Sunday, April 28, for Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music. with The Rev. Melanie Slane, Celebrant and The Rev. Joanna Leiserson Preacher.
Michael Delfin 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/
Michael Delfin 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/
Apr 26, 2024 |
WLSU, Conversations with Nancy
| Guest Speaker
WLSU, Conversations with Nancy
My guest today is the Reverend Dr. Herschel Wade. Herschel is the Associate for Discipleship here at the Church of the Redeemer, and I am so grateful for him. He has been with us for just a few short months in this job and he's still relatively new to the priesthood, but he brings so much to the table, so much passion, so much energy, so much joy and laughter, and so much thoughtfulness.
While growing up, my life at home was never peaceful or stable. My father ran the streets and slept around with other women. He spent little time at home. When he was at home, he physically, emotionally, and psychologically abused my mother and beat us regularly at the drop of a dime. My mother turned full-alcoholic and gave up on everything except trying to keep my father from leaving for good. The long fight to keep him and endure the abuse would effectively break her spirit and strip her of her remaining dignity. She never seemed to recover.
Somehow through the beatings, I hit a breaking point. I grew tired of watching him beat my mother while courting and pampering other women, who could not have loved my father as much as my mother did. One night stands out in my mind. Like a crazy fool, I attempted to stop one of my father’s attacks on my mother. He was beating her on our front porch for the world to see, again. “Leave my mama alone Goddammit. Leave my mother alone!” My father chased me down the street. You damn right to assume he did not catch me. Had he caught me, the chance of me being able to retell this story would be less zero! The effects were no less devastating. My father kicked me out of the house; my mother packed my bags. Sadly, my actions that night would have long lasting effects on my younger sister. She, too, caught the “I don’t give a damn bug” and cussed my father out minutes after my departure. She would depart in the same way I did that night. She was twelve and would not return for years—yes, years.
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When he opens his mouth you are going to laugh and you're going to think that is going to happen. I'm so grateful for that. His sermons remind me daily. Every time I hear him preach, I am reminded of the importance of prayer. Obedience to Christ following Jesus no matter what. And he's lived that in his own life.
He's lived out and he continues to live out the desire to follow Jesus. No matter what this position associate for discipleship is new at church of the Redeemer, but it's important for us. To focus as we move forward into the next chapter of our church's life, to focus on our following our discipleship, our decision to pick up our crosses and follow Jesus for our entire lives.
And I believe Herschel is just the person to help us understand how to do that. I'm so grateful for him and grateful for him contributing to the podcast today. I hope you'll enjoy it.
Somehow through the beatings, I hit a breaking point. I grew tired of watching him beat my mother while courting and pampering other women, who could not have loved my father as much as my mother did. One night stands out in my mind. Like a crazy fool, I attempted to stop one of my father’s attacks on my mother. He was beating her on our front porch for the world to see, again. “Leave my mama alone Goddammit. Leave my mother alone!” My father chased me down the street. You damn right to assume he did not catch me. Had he caught me, the chance of me being able to retell this story would be less zero! The effects were no less devastating. My father kicked me out of the house; my mother packed my bags. Sadly, my actions that night would have long lasting effects on my younger sister. She, too, caught the “I don’t give a damn bug” and cussed my father out minutes after my departure. She would depart in the same way I did that night. She was twelve and would not return for years—yes, years.
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Apr 25, 2024 |
Thursday, April 25, 2024 Morning Prayer, Rite II
| The Rev. Dr. Herschel Wade
Thursday, April 25, 2024 Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Thursday, April 25, for online Morning Prayer led by the Rev. Dr. Herschel Wade.
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
Apr 24, 2024 |
Wednesday, April 24, 2024, A Devotion for Early Evening
| The Rev. Gary Lubin
Wednesday, April 24, 2024, A Devotion for Early Evening
Join us today, Wednesday, April 24, 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."
Apr 23, 2024 |
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 Morning Prayer, Rite II
| The Rev. Dr. Herschel Wade
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Tuesday, April 23, for online Morning Prayer led by the Rev. Dr. Herschel Wade.
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
Apr 21, 2024 |
Sunday, April 21, 2024 Rite II Holy Eucharist
| The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane
Sunday, April 21, 2024 Rite II Holy Eucharist
Join us for worship this Sunday, April 21 for Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music. with The Rev. Joanna Leiserson, Celebrant and The Rev. Melanie Slane, Preacher.
Michael Delfin 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/
Michael Delfin 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/
Apr 19, 2024 |
WLSU, Silent Conversion
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul
WLSU, Silent Conversion
My relationship with silence is complicated. I know silence is important. I know it’s healthy. I know silence is conducive to prayer and meditation, to peace and reflection. I also just really like noise of all kinds. I like the sound of things happening, I like hearing people talking. Even when they’re not talking to me: I like to go places where people are talking to each other and just hear different voices and snippets of different conversations. I love all accents – even the ones you think are ugly.
Mostly I love music. It is playing most of the time I am awake, and even when at bedtime I often play music very quietly. My entire sophomore year of college my roommate and I fell asleep to the same album every night. It was Bob Dylan’s World Gone Wrong.
I would not say I’m afraid of silence – at least I don’t think I am. I even enjoy it sometimes. But I forget about it. I forget silence is an option.
I think I’m about to remember. As you are reading this I am on sabbatical. Don’t worry: I’m not working. I wrote this before I left. But the very first thing I’m doing during this sabbatical is going on a 4-day silent retreat. Four whole days without talking to anyone or listening to anyone. No kids around. No spouse. No work. No music. I will be at a monastery and retreat center in Kentucky called The Abbey of Gethsemani. It is run by Cistercian monks who are apparently very serious about their silence. It’s going to be very quiet.
Maybe I am actually a little afraid.
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Apr 18, 2024 |
Thursday, April 18, 2024 Morning Prayer, Rite II
| The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane
Thursday, April 18, 2024 Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Thursday, April 18 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
