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WLSU: Unwelcome Beliefs
posted on Oct 11, 2024 This blog is also available as a podcast
There's a story about when the Dean of my seminary was interviewing for the job. He'd gotten to the point in the process where he was being asked questions in a semi-public forum - interested partie...
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Coat Drive 2024
posted on Oct 9, 2024 Throughout the month of October, Church of the Redeemer will be collecting new and gently used coats for our immigrant and refugee neighbors living right here in Cincinnati, in partnership with Transformations CDC. New and gently used coats ...
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WLSU: Permission to Disagree
posted on Oct 4, 2024 This blog is also available as a podcast
"So are there other Republicans at the church?" he asked me. And I laughed.
I laughed because it was a great question, asked directly, and without a hint of irony or cynicism. My breakfast compan...
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WLSU: Christian American
posted on Sep 27, 2024 This blog is also available as a podcast
Last week I insisted that, as a Christian who is American, I must understand myself as Christian first - that my Christian identity supersedes my Americanness. There are, of course, problems with th...
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CoR App 3.0 Update and Release
posted on Sep 21, 2024 Our CoR App underwent a full redesign and was released this Friday. By now your app may have automatically updated to the new version. **If you do not have your apps set to update automatically, you may have to go to your (App Store or Google Pl...
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WLSU: I Love My Country
posted on Sep 19, 2024 This blog is also available as a podcast The first morning after I returned from my first trip to Italy, I woke up, went out to the front of my house and put up the American flag. I was 20 years old and had spent a semester studying in I...
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Did You Know about Thursday Nights for Family Ministry?
posted on Sep 18, 2024 Last week on Thursday, September 12, 2024, mid-week programming re-launched for the Fall! We have the Redeemer Music Academy offering music programming for preschool up to middle school-age kids from 5:15pm-6pm. We have our CoR Youth group f...
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WLSU: Our Children
posted on Sep 13, 2024 This blog is also available as a podcast What does it look like to value our children? How do we care for them? What is our responsibility to our children? I have been thinking about this a lot. And I want to say this very clearl...
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A letter from our Rector - September 2024
posted on Sep 12, 2024 Dear Church of the Redeemer Family Member, Our community is a center for transformation. The reason for that is simple: We are founded on the belief that nobody can encounter the love of God in Christ Jesus and remain unchanged. If I take serio...
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WLSU: Waiting (Tables) for the Lord
posted on Sep 6, 2024 This blog is also available as a podcast
I used to wait tables for a living. Every so often I miss it. I liked taking care of people. I loved the camaraderie with some of the other waiters. Not all of them. But when you figu...
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