Our Blog
Weekly reflections, updates, and news about our St. Stephen’s Community.
A message from Rev. Ashley, Associate Rector
People of God, On the morning after the election, I sat on the floor in the Nave leading Chapel with our students. I wasn’t sure what I would say to them. So we lit our candles, watched its light move and change, and we sang the songs about peace and community we sing...
THE CAT IS COMING!
Sisters and Brothers in Christ, As we mentioned a couple of weeks ago, we will once again be using Holy Cow! Consulting's Congregational Assessment Tool (CAT) to gather your input about abilities and skills we seek in our next Rector. The survey will...
On Community, Church, & Disaster Response
Grace, peace, and electricity to you from God and our recovering power grid, Everyone has been impacted this week, and signs of God’s love shine through you in the midst of it. Here’s what this has looked like within the life of St. Stephen’s. Lots of our people have...
Parish Transition Update
It has been a busy week welcoming our new Interim Rector, Ray Wilson, our new Business Manager, Rochelle Butler, and our new nursery caregiver, Lisa Martinez to St. Stephen's. I want to extend my thanks to our staff and fellow Vestry members who helped in the...
WELCOME MESSAGE FROM REV. RAY WILSON
To the Church and School community of St. Stephen's: What a joy for me to join you at St. Stephen's in our mutual ministry. As the Interim Rector, I look forward to meeting each of you as together we continue the ministry of this parish. Before serving several...
A Message from our Senior Warden
This week has been filled with joy and sadness as we celebrate our 18-year relationship with Lisa and say our goodbyes. Nevertheless, the work of our Parish continues, and, on behalf of the Vestry, I wanted to keep everyone informed about what will be...
Hard Stop
One of the skills I admire in others is the ability to set limits on time. I stand in awe of people who can say clearly at the outset of a conversation, “I have a hard stop in 30 minutes.” Knowing what the ‘hard stop’ is enables the participants in the...
CAN’T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT?
Roz Chast, one of my favorite cartoonists whose work is published in The New Yorker magazine, wrote a memoir of her life with her aging parents as together they dealt with the painful decisions surrounding aging and moving from a cherished home and...
A Prayer of Hope
There are ChristiansWho have hysterical reactionsAs if the world had slipped out of God's hands.They are violentAs if they were risking everything. But we believe in history.The world is not a roll of the diceOn its way toward chaos.A new world has begun to...
Losing and Finding
This year my Lenten discipline took a different turn. I decided that I would feel my feelings and come to name them. This is no small task because I, like many of us, often live noticing only a small band of emotion. Fear, anger, sadness, happiness come readily....