All Recordings from The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer
Mar 05, 2024 |
Tuesday, March 5, 2024 Morning Prayer, Rite II
| The Rev. Dr. Herschel WadeTuesday, March 5, 2024 Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Tuesday, March 5, 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
Mar 04, 2024 |
Price Gouging
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulPrice Gouging
When Jesus gets angry, it's because someone is getting in the way of someone else experiencing God's love. In the case of the temple, the people that are there, are selling oxen and livestock and things like that which are meant for sacrifice according to the commandments, and that's part of how people atone, and keep their relationship with God.
And the people who are there selling those things and exchanging money, it's clear that they're doing something, most likely price gouging. They're praying on the people's need for confession and absolution and they're profiting from that. And instead of helping people connect with God, they're actually getting in the way of people's connection with God.
And friends, our goal as Christians always is to help people connect with the God who loves them. Our goal is to love and to help others to love and be loved.
And the people who are there selling those things and exchanging money, it's clear that they're doing something, most likely price gouging. They're praying on the people's need for confession and absolution and they're profiting from that. And instead of helping people connect with God, they're actually getting in the way of people's connection with God.
And friends, our goal as Christians always is to help people connect with the God who loves them. Our goal is to love and to help others to love and be loved.
Mar 03, 2024 |
Sunday, March 3, 2024 Rite II Holy Eucharist (Instructed)
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulSunday, March 3, 2024 Rite II Holy Eucharist (Instructed)
Join us for worship this Sunday, March 3, for this special instructed Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music. with The Rev. Joanna Leiserson, Celebrant and The Rev. Philip DeVaul, 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/
Mar 01, 2024 |
WLSU, Cancelled
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulWLSU, Cancelled
This canceling business is not uncontroversial. It’s also not new, even if the lingo is.
I remember back in 2003 when the Country music trio then-named The Dixie Chicks responded to the US invasion of Iraq by telling a London audience, they were ashamed that our President was from their home state of Texas. The backlash was intense and immediate – with radio stations refusing to play their music and their music sales dropping dramatically. They even received death threats.
So did the Beatles, of course, back in 1966, when during an interview John Lennon remarked that his band was currently more popular than Jesus. Aside from the death threats, some Christian groups organized public bonfires of Beatles records and paraphernalia. The Beatles considered ending their US tour early for their own safety.
And then there was St. Paul, and even Jesus. Jesus, in describing conflict resolution at one point instructs his followers that if someone inside the community sins egregiously and is unwilling to apologize and atone, they should be treated like “a Gentile or a tax collector”. Which is to say they should be treated as outsiders.
Maybe Jesus was an early proponent of cancel culture.
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Feb 29, 2024 |
Thursday, February 29, 2024, Morning Prayer, Rite II
| Tym HouseThursday, February 29, 2024, Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Tuesday, February 29, 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
Feb 28, 2024 |
Wednesday, February 28, 2024, A Devotion for Early Evening
| The Rev. Gary LubinWednesday, February 28, 2024, A Devotion for Early Evening
Join us today, Wednesday, February 28, 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."
Feb 27, 2024 |
Tuesday, February 27, 2024, Morning Prayer, Rite II
| Tym HouseTuesday, February 27, 2024, Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Tuesday, February 27, 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
Feb 26, 2024 |
When the Self is at the Center
| The Rev. Dr. Herschel WadeWhen the Self is at the Center
He had on multiple occasions, masterfully bested fierce
opposition for the most respected religious authorities. He astounded the crowds with his teachings
and actions. And he demonstrated both
the power and authority expected of a Messiah.
However, such an expectation comes up short. It distorts one's vision and makes one see
with the human eyes on one level, Peter's eyes did not cause him to
miscalculate Jesus's power. Peter was
able to see all of Jesus's wondrous feats.
However, he was not understanding what Jesus was aiming to
accomplish. He and the other disciples
seem to be more preoccupied where Jesus’ messianic power and title are rather
than his life-giving mission.
Of course, the title Messiah is important for establishing an authority bestowed by God. But what good is a title when detached from Jesus’ counter cultural mission to seek and save the lost, the broken and outcast? No. Peter's mind wasn't capable of envisioning all the possibilities accessible to God, especially not a God who came to serve and not be served.
Not when the stakes are so high, when doing what is accomplished by the human eye and mind would not accomplish what God accomplished through Jesus Christ for humanity. So, maybe Peter doesn't deserve any partial credit at all. Maybe placing limits on God because of human desires is something exactly from the devil.
Because there is just too much at stake. To announce Jesus as the Messiah before his true glorification would be inadequate and incomplete. For the Son of Man must undergo suffering, rejection, and death. It is precisely for this reason that his followers, including Peter, would eventually take up their crosses and lose their lives.
Of course, the title Messiah is important for establishing an authority bestowed by God. But what good is a title when detached from Jesus’ counter cultural mission to seek and save the lost, the broken and outcast? No. Peter's mind wasn't capable of envisioning all the possibilities accessible to God, especially not a God who came to serve and not be served.
Not when the stakes are so high, when doing what is accomplished by the human eye and mind would not accomplish what God accomplished through Jesus Christ for humanity. So, maybe Peter doesn't deserve any partial credit at all. Maybe placing limits on God because of human desires is something exactly from the devil.
Because there is just too much at stake. To announce Jesus as the Messiah before his true glorification would be inadequate and incomplete. For the Son of Man must undergo suffering, rejection, and death. It is precisely for this reason that his followers, including Peter, would eventually take up their crosses and lose their lives.
Feb 25, 2024 |
Sunday, February 25, 2024 Rite II Holy Eucharist
| The Rev. Dr. Herschel WadeSunday, February 25, 2024 Rite II Holy Eucharist
Join us for worship this Sunday, February 25, for Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music. with The Rev. Philip DeVaul, Celebrant and The Rev. Dr. Herschel Wade, 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/
Feb 23, 2024 |
WLSU, Prosperity and Adversity
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulWLSU, Prosperity and Adversity
My preference would be to see evidence of God’s presence when things are going my way, and evidence of God’s absence when things are not. And I know I am not alone in this: Many people find themselves questioning the existence (or at least the efficacy) of God specifically when they see the mess we are in as a planet. The reasoning seems to go, “What kind of a God would allow all of this?” And when things are going right? “Oh, God is blessing me.”
It's worth remembering that all of Jesus’ disciples died horrible deaths; that St. Paul was jailed repeatedly, stoned, and executed; that Job, who is most famous for his faithfulness, lost every one of his children, his home, and all his livestock in one day; that Moses died in the wilderness, never setting foot in the Promised Land. It’s also worth remembering that none of these stories are told as tragedies: Every life is described as part of a larger redemptive reality at work in the world, played out in both the prosperity and the adversity of the faithful.
The truth is that pretty much every single book of the Bible was written for, by, and about people who were in tough situations – living in exile, surviving under oppressive rule, being persecuted, their lives threatened, their religion made illegal, their lifespans brief and rife with danger, famine, and pestilence.
Sometimes – especially when I’m in my head - I see things going wrong as evidence that there is no God; or that if there is a God, maybe they’re impotent, or uncaring. Yet the words of hope that have most shaped my life come from people whose lives were objectively much worse, much more difficult than mine has ever been. Faith, it seems, may be more fertile in suffering than prosperity.
It's worth remembering that all of Jesus’ disciples died horrible deaths; that St. Paul was jailed repeatedly, stoned, and executed; that Job, who is most famous for his faithfulness, lost every one of his children, his home, and all his livestock in one day; that Moses died in the wilderness, never setting foot in the Promised Land. It’s also worth remembering that none of these stories are told as tragedies: Every life is described as part of a larger redemptive reality at work in the world, played out in both the prosperity and the adversity of the faithful.
The truth is that pretty much every single book of the Bible was written for, by, and about people who were in tough situations – living in exile, surviving under oppressive rule, being persecuted, their lives threatened, their religion made illegal, their lifespans brief and rife with danger, famine, and pestilence.
Sometimes – especially when I’m in my head - I see things going wrong as evidence that there is no God; or that if there is a God, maybe they’re impotent, or uncaring. Yet the words of hope that have most shaped my life come from people whose lives were objectively much worse, much more difficult than mine has ever been. Faith, it seems, may be more fertile in suffering than prosperity.
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Feb 22, 2024 |
Thursday, February 22, 2024, Morning Prayer, Rite II
| The Rev. Melanie W. J. SlaneThursday, February 22, 2024, Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Tuesday, February 22, 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
Feb 21, 2024 |
Wednesday, February 21, 2024, A Devotion for Early Evening
| The Rev. Gary LubinWednesday, February 21, 2024, A Devotion for Early Evening
Join us today, Wednesday, February 21, 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."
Feb 21, 2024 |
My Beloved
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulMy Beloved
You are a daughter of God, in you, God is well
pleased. You are a son of God, in you, God is well pleased. And I have heard
this and I have come to believe it and it has changed the way I understand my
whole relationship with God, to understand that I'm not trying to become a
beloved child of God. I am beloved.
I am God's son. And this is a part of my core identity and is meant to be a part of all of our core identities. This has been the end, the climax of a lot of the sermons that I've preached, not just here but throughout my, preaching career, to remind you all, to remind us all of our belovedness.
Because I've always thought I need to remember it, first of all. But secondly, I'm kind of a restless person. And I keep thinking, well, if I just believe in my belovedness, it'll give me some peace.
If I can just find a home in my belovedness and God's loving me unconditionally, then I will maybe be a little bit less restless. Maybe I'll be a little bit more peaceful and calm and things will get easier for me. That's my hope for me. And that's my hope for you.
But then I read the text today and you'll notice that Jesus is baptized. And he comes out of the water, and the sky cracks open, and the Holy Spirit lights upon him like a dove, and God says, this is my son, you are my son, my beloved, and in you, I am well pleased. And then it says, and immediately, the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness. Well, crap.
I am God's son. And this is a part of my core identity and is meant to be a part of all of our core identities. This has been the end, the climax of a lot of the sermons that I've preached, not just here but throughout my, preaching career, to remind you all, to remind us all of our belovedness.
Because I've always thought I need to remember it, first of all. But secondly, I'm kind of a restless person. And I keep thinking, well, if I just believe in my belovedness, it'll give me some peace.
If I can just find a home in my belovedness and God's loving me unconditionally, then I will maybe be a little bit less restless. Maybe I'll be a little bit more peaceful and calm and things will get easier for me. That's my hope for me. And that's my hope for you.
But then I read the text today and you'll notice that Jesus is baptized. And he comes out of the water, and the sky cracks open, and the Holy Spirit lights upon him like a dove, and God says, this is my son, you are my son, my beloved, and in you, I am well pleased. And then it says, and immediately, the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness. Well, crap.
Feb 20, 2024 |
Tuesday, February 20, 2024, Morning Prayer, Rite II
| The Rev. Melanie W. J. SlaneTuesday, February 20, 2024, Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Tuesday, February 20, 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
Feb 18, 2024 |
Sunday, February 18, 2024 Rite II Holy Eucharist
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulSunday, February 18, 2024 Rite II Holy Eucharist
Join us for worship this Sunday, February 18, for Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music. with The Rev. Joyce Keeshin, Celebrant and The Rev. Philip DeVaul, 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/
Feb 16, 2024 |
WLSU, Love and Death
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulWLSU, Love and Death
We Christians believe in eternal life. Yet we still manage so often to think and speak of those who have died in the past tense. But Jim is a poet. And though he wasn’t reading a poem here, it takes a poet’s heart to lay bare the beautiful forgotten truth in such simple terms. A man standing mere feet from the ashes of his friend’s body and speaking of him in the present tense.
The words for what I came to understand that day did now show up immediately. But now I have them. When someone dies we do not stop loving them. Our love is not past tense. And it’s not just grief or nostalgia or sentimental memories. It is love in the present tense. It is love that still manages to shape us. We continue to be transformed by love after their death. And I believe I know why. Our loved ones who died are still loving us. They are in eternal life. Right now. They are alive in Christ – not as a metaphor, but as a bare fact. They are in the present tense. Their love is in the present tense. And so is ours.
Our love remains. And when I say our love remains, I am not saying it remains as a stubborn insistence to hold onto what was. No, our love remains because it is alive and active and we continue to share it with the dead who live in the present tense.
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Feb 15, 2024 |
Thursday, February 15, 2024, Morning Prayer, Rite II
| The Rev. Melanie W. J. SlaneThursday, February 15, 2024, Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Tuesday, February 15, 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
Feb 14, 2024 |
Wednesday, February 14, 2024, A Devotion for Early Evening
| The Rev. Gary LubinWednesday, February 14, 2024, A Devotion for Early Evening
Join us today, Wednesday, February 14, 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."
Feb 13, 2024 |
The Hill of Your Transfiguration
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulThe Hill of Your Transfiguration
"Maybe your mother would be up on that hill or an aunt that helped you or a grandfather that mentored you. Would it be someone who has shaped the way you see the world like Moses and Elijah did? Would it be James Baldwin up on that hill or Ayn Rand or something like that? Moses and Elijah both had a sort of national reality.
Would it be Thomas Jefferson or George Washington on that hill or the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King? Would you find Ronald Reagan on that hill or FDR? Who would be on that hill for you as you go up? Who are the people that shape you? Who are the people that have made you see the world a specific way? Because that is what happens with Jesus.
It's not just this symbolic reality that he embodies the law and the prophets. It is that he faces those who have shaped him and influenced him. And this is a moment of great importance because we realize when we hear this story that we are never actually alone in our lives. Jesus is a singular figure, we know this, but Jesus is shaped and accompanied by those who have gone before.
And as the story says, he is watched over even by God who loves him, sees him as beloved."
Feb 13, 2024 |
Tuesday, February 13, 2024, Morning Prayer, Rite II
| The Rev. Melanie W. J. SlaneTuesday, February 13, 2024, Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Tuesday, February 13, 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