Aug 05, 2021 |
Summer Throwback: A Different Level of Compassion
| Anny Stevens-Gleason
Summer Throwback: A Different Level of Compassion
We continue this summer’s throwback episodes featuring monthly looks back at some of our favorites. In this episode (from July 2020), Anny Stevens-Gleason takes a look at Church of the Redeemer's long time relationship with Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN) in conversations with past champion, Hollis Bass and with more recent volunteers, Sarah and Steve Nord. Hollis shares some history of Church of the Redeemer's involvement as well as what has been our standard set-up. Then Sarah and Steve talk about the effect of volunteering with this ministry has had on them as volunteers. Although the current pandemic may require some long term changes to the IHN structure, the involvement will surely remain as fruitful. As Sarah puts it, volunteering with IHN "gives you a different level of compassion."
Jul 01, 2021 |
Summer Throwback: Be Still and Listen
| Anny Stevens-Gleason
Summer Throwback: Be Still and Listen
We continue this summer’s throwback episodes featuring monthly looks back at some of our favorites. In this episode, Parishioner Gale Sheldon joins host Anny Stevens-Gleason for a talk about Gale’s calling as a Lay Eucharistic Visitor (LEV), calling it a “wonderful opportunity to serve God and his people."
Jun 03, 2021 |
Summer Throwback: Mary and Elizabeth
| Anny Stevens-Gleason
Summer Throwback: Mary and Elizabeth
We continue this summer’s throwback episodes featuring monthly looks back at some of our favorites. In this episode, host Anny Stevens-Gleason and the Rev. Philip DeVaul invite us to see the Way of Love as a journey that can expand to include family and friends. Mary said yes to the call to birth Jesus, God's Word, into the world and immediately went in haste to share her good news with her cousin Elizabeth who lived in the Judean Hills, a four-day journey. Isn't that what happens when we hear good news? We are driven to go and tell others. The Way of Love is good news that demands to be shared.
Apr 08, 2021 |
Life Transformed: Episode 7
| Anny Stevens-Gleason
Life Transformed: Episode 7
Life Transformed: The Way of Love in Lent
Go - Cross boundaries, listen deeply, and live like Jesus. As Jesus went to the highways and byways, he sends us beyond our circles and comfort to witness to the love, justice and truth of God with our lips and with our lives. We go to listen with humility and to join God in healing a hurting world. We go to become beloved community, a people reconciled in love with God and one another.
In this episode, Anny Stevens-Gleason and the Rev. Philip DeVaul talk about what the resurrection means to them as well as what it means to be the hands and feet of Jesus in the world.
"There's the faithfulness to the women's action that allows them to be first witnesses of this reality. But it's also a true word to say that if you're the first person to see it, you will not necessarily be believed. And there are people within our culture who, if they say it, they are less likely to be believed. And that's there. It's written right in." ~ The Rev. Philip DeVaul
Go - Cross boundaries, listen deeply, and live like Jesus. As Jesus went to the highways and byways, he sends us beyond our circles and comfort to witness to the love, justice and truth of God with our lips and with our lives. We go to listen with humility and to join God in healing a hurting world. We go to become beloved community, a people reconciled in love with God and one another.
In this episode, Anny Stevens-Gleason and the Rev. Philip DeVaul talk about what the resurrection means to them as well as what it means to be the hands and feet of Jesus in the world.
"There's the faithfulness to the women's action that allows them to be first witnesses of this reality. But it's also a true word to say that if you're the first person to see it, you will not necessarily be believed. And there are people within our culture who, if they say it, they are less likely to be believed. And that's there. It's written right in." ~ The Rev. Philip DeVaul
Mar 26, 2021 |
Life Transformed: Episode 6
| Anny Stevens-Gleason, The Rev. Philip DeVaul
Life Transformed: Episode 6
Life Transformed: The Way of Love in Lent
Worship - Gather in community weekly to thank, praise, and dwell with God. When we worship, we gather with others before God. We hear the good news of Jesus Christ, give thanks, confess, and offer the brokenness of the world to God. As we break bread our eyes are opened to the presence of Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. We are made one body, the body of Christ sent forth to live the way of love.
In this episode, Anny Stevens-Gleason and the Rev. Philip DeVaul discuss the call to worship God and give thanks for all God's blessings. And look at how seeing the glory of God in all things, turns life itself into an act of worship.
"Loving your neighbor is worshiping God." ~ The Rev. Philip DeVaul
Worship - Gather in community weekly to thank, praise, and dwell with God. When we worship, we gather with others before God. We hear the good news of Jesus Christ, give thanks, confess, and offer the brokenness of the world to God. As we break bread our eyes are opened to the presence of Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. We are made one body, the body of Christ sent forth to live the way of love.
In this episode, Anny Stevens-Gleason and the Rev. Philip DeVaul discuss the call to worship God and give thanks for all God's blessings. And look at how seeing the glory of God in all things, turns life itself into an act of worship.
"Loving your neighbor is worshiping God." ~ The Rev. Philip DeVaul
Mar 11, 2021 |
Life Transformed: Episode 4
| Anny Stevens-Gleason, The Rev. Philip DeVaul
Life Transformed: Episode 4
Life Transformed: The Way of Love in Lent
Blessed by God, we can bless others and bear new life in the world. In this episode, Anny and Phil examine the scriptural call to be freed from idols and given a new heart. They explore their ties to modern day “idols” (work, money, power, etc.) to see what practices can be transformed into blessings for the sake of the world.
Blessed by God, we can bless others and bear new life in the world. In this episode, Anny and Phil examine the scriptural call to be freed from idols and given a new heart. They explore their ties to modern day “idols” (work, money, power, etc.) to see what practices can be transformed into blessings for the sake of the world.
Mar 04, 2021 |
Life Transformed: Episode 3
| Anny Stevens-Gleason, The Rev. Philip DeVaul
Life Transformed: Episode 3
Life Transformed: The Way of Love in Lent
In this episode we look at the Way of Love practice, Learn. By reading and reflecting on scripture, especially the life and teachings of Jesus, we draw near to God and God's word dwells in us. When we open our minds and hearts to scripture we learn to see God's story and God's activity in everyday life.
In this episode we look at the Way of Love practice, Learn. By reading and reflecting on scripture, especially the life and teachings of Jesus, we draw near to God and God's word dwells in us. When we open our minds and hearts to scripture we learn to see God's story and God's activity in everyday life.
Feb 26, 2021 |
Life Transformed: Episode 2
| Anny Stevens-Gleason, The Rev. Philip DeVaul
Life Transformed: Episode 2
Life Transformed: The Way of Love in Lent
God's people prayed throughout their exodus from slavery in Egypt. The Israelites cried out to God. Moses cried out on behalf of the people. Miriam gave thanks with tambourines and dance. In this episode we look at the different ways we pray.
God's people prayed throughout their exodus from slavery in Egypt. The Israelites cried out to God. Moses cried out on behalf of the people. Miriam gave thanks with tambourines and dance. In this episode we look at the different ways we pray.
Feb 19, 2021 |
Life Transformed: Episode 1
| Anny Stevens-Gleason, The Rev. Philip DeVaul
Life Transformed: Episode 1
Life Transformed: The Way of Love in Lent
As Christians we are continually called to repent and be renewed in faith. This episode introduces the Way of Love and invites us to reflect on themes of repentance in the new life we have in Christ through baptism.
"In this language sin is something that has a hold over you and the wages of sin, as Paul says elsewhere in Romans, is death, which is to say the cost of your enslavement to sin is death. So, the Christian response, instead of saying, well then let's save you from death, is, well then let's get the death part over with. Let's do the death thing and now you're dead to sin, so the baptism becomes a liberation event rather than a cleansing event." ~ the Rev. Philip DeVaul
As Christians we are continually called to repent and be renewed in faith. This episode introduces the Way of Love and invites us to reflect on themes of repentance in the new life we have in Christ through baptism.
"In this language sin is something that has a hold over you and the wages of sin, as Paul says elsewhere in Romans, is death, which is to say the cost of your enslavement to sin is death. So, the Christian response, instead of saying, well then let's save you from death, is, well then let's get the death part over with. Let's do the death thing and now you're dead to sin, so the baptism becomes a liberation event rather than a cleansing event." ~ the Rev. Philip DeVaul
Dec 21, 2020 |
The Birth of Jesus: Journeying with the World
| Anny Stevens-Gleason, The Rev. Philip DeVaul
The Birth of Jesus: Journeying with the World
In this week's episode, Anny and Phil discuss how the birth of Jesus reveals the Way of Love as a journey into the world. The Angels appear before the shepherds proclaiming the good news of Jesus' birth. Then the shepherds went in haste to see the infant Jesus, journeying into the world to tell others what they had seen. The Way of Love cannot be contained. The Way of Love bursts out into the world crossing boundaries and offering blessings to many. It demands to be told.
Dec 10, 2020 |
The Birth of John the Baptist: Journeying with Community
| Anny Stevens-Gleason, The Rev. Philip DeVaul
The Birth of John the Baptist: Journeying with Community
In this week's episode, Anny and Phil see the Way of Love as a journey with community. The witness of Zechariah and Elizabeth, who bring infant John to the temple to be circumcised, reminds us of the importance of our faith community to sustaining the Way of Love. Just as the community did for John's family, communities provide a place for discernment sometimes challenging us and other times affirming us. Communities celebrate and mark important moments along the journey.
Dec 03, 2020 |
Mary and Elizabeth: Journeying with Family and Friends
| Anny Stevens-Gleason, The Rev. Philip DeVaul
Mary and Elizabeth: Journeying with Family and Friends
In this week's episode, host Anny Stevens-Gleason and the Rev. Philip DeVaul invited to see the Way of Love as a journey that can expand to include family and friends. Mary said yes to the call to birth Jesus, God's Word, into the world and immediately went in haste to share her good news with her cousin Elizabeth who lived in the Judean Hills, a four-day journey. Isn't that what happens when we hear good news? We are driven to go and tell others. The Way of Love is good news that demands to be shared.
Nov 25, 2020 |
Annunciation - Saying Yes to the Journey
| Anny Stevens-Gleason, The Rev. Philip DeVaul
Annunciation - Saying Yes to the Journey
Host Anny Stevens-Gleason and the Rev. Philip DeVaul orient themselves to the Way of Love and see the Way of Love as a journey that begins by saying yes to God, called to birth new life into the world. The call is gentle, yet powerful. A call fully embraced will grow beyond our imagination, spilling out of ourselves for our family, friends, and community and into the world. This episode invites us to join Mary on her encounter with the Angel, who announced that she will conceive and bear a son. The episode is intended to launch us into not just studying but birthing and living the Way of Love.
"Don't Be Afraid," by Ana Hernandez and Fran McKendree is sung at the end of the episode by Anny Stevens-Gleason.
"Don't Be Afraid," by Ana Hernandez and Fran McKendree is sung at the end of the episode by Anny Stevens-Gleason.
Nov 04, 2020 |
The Holy Spirit Calls Us to This Work
| Anny Stevens-Gleason
The Holy Spirit Calls Us to This Work
In this episode we hear the Rev. Philip DeVaul share the story of how Church of the Redeemer was and is being called into the work of Becoming Beloved Community. This story was shared during a Becoming Beloved Community Teach-In held by the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio.
Sep 24, 2020 |
A Chat with Hannah Teetor
| Anny Stevens-Gleason
A Chat with Hannah Teetor
In this episode, our first of this format, Anny Stevens-Gleason sits down with Hannah Teetor, Church of the Redeemer’s new Director of Children's Formation. Hannah shares about the influences of her childhood, her love of The Episcopal Church, and what gives her joy in both life and her work.
“I love that going between worlds, telling really personal stories to then talking about really big ideas or these specific scenarios with all this really intimate imagery to then just talking about how you're liking your day.”
“I love that going between worlds, telling really personal stories to then talking about really big ideas or these specific scenarios with all this really intimate imagery to then just talking about how you're liking your day.”
Jul 28, 2020 |
Be Still and Listen
| Anny Stevens-Gleason
Be Still and Listen
"And God made me aware right then about two things: that she needed to talk about dying and I needed to be still and listen.” – Gale Sheldon
Parishioner Gale Sheldon joins host Anny Stevens-Gleason for a talk about Gale’s calling as a Lay Eucharistic Visitor (LEV), calling it a “wonderful opportunity to serve God and his people."
Parishioner Gale Sheldon joins host Anny Stevens-Gleason for a talk about Gale’s calling as a Lay Eucharistic Visitor (LEV), calling it a “wonderful opportunity to serve God and his people."
Jul 10, 2020 |
A Different Level of Compassion
| Anny Stevens-Gleason
A Different Level of Compassion
In this episode of Interrupting Grace, Anny Stevens-Gleason takes a look at Church of the Redeemer's long time relationship with Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN) in conversations with past champion, Hollis Bass and with more recent volunteers, Sarah and Steve Nord. Hollis shares some history of Church of the Redeemer's involvement as well as what has been our standard set-up. Then Sarah and Steve talk about the effect of volunteering with this ministry has had on them as volunteers. Although the current pandemic may require some long term changes to the IHN structure, the involvement will surely remain as fruitful. As Sarah puts it, volunteering with IHN "gives you a different level of compassion."
Jun 19, 2020 |
Interrupting Grace: Living the Way of Love at Home - Juneteenth
| Anny Stevens-Gleason
Interrupting Grace: Living the Way of Love at Home - Juneteenth
Welcome to Living the Way of Love at Home series, being community in the midst of stay-at-home orders. In this episode, Anny Stevens-Gleason invites us to learn more about Juneteenth with her as she explores the Freedom Center website’s description.
Join us weekly for this podcast series. New episodes are available on Fridays by noon. Subscribe on Apple podcasts, Stitcher, and Spotify or simply ask Alexa, Google or Siri to play the podcast, Interrupting Grace.
Join us weekly for this podcast series. New episodes are available on Fridays by noon. Subscribe on Apple podcasts, Stitcher, and Spotify or simply ask Alexa, Google or Siri to play the podcast, Interrupting Grace.
