Connecting
STAFF WELCOMES NEW EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE CANONS
Sherri Martin has joined the diocesan staff as the Executive Assistant to the Canons. Sheri has 20+ years in the administrative and human resources fields i...
Public art in sacred spaces
The first funeral held in the chapel of St. Matthew's Pray.Think.Love. House in Uptown Westerville was for Jacob Marley. Complete with moans, rattling chains and small audiences of 15 people who collectively be...
Connecting with the immigrant community
Transformations CDC is a non-profit organization created by Church of Our Saviour/ Iglesia de Nuestro Salvador, Cincinnati. Its mission is to build bridges to recovery, restoration and self-reliance for persons...
Just what is addiction, anyway?
I’m not an addict!
Of course you’re not…. What self-respecting person would have that “issue?” Or are you?
(Didn’t that priest write about addictions in the LAST issue of Connections? Why yes, as a matter...
Procter Summer Camp 2017
Summer camp is approaching! Imagine afternoons of fishing with a group of fellow campers, working on an art project with your family, and singing at campfire as the sky puts on a beautiful sunset display. Proct...
Listening to the Whos
Sometime shortly after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, Theodor Geisel, better known by his pen-name, Dr. Seuss, made some extremely disparaging remarks about the Japanese people. The normally open-minded ...
Becoming instruments of peace
God, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where ...
UNHOLY TRINITY: The Intersection of Racism, Poverty and Gun Violence
Registration is now open for “Unholy Trinity: the Intersection of Racism, Poverty and Gun Violence” a conference sponsored by Bishops United Against Gun Violence on April 20-22, 2017 at the Lutheran School of T...
The violence of neglect
Any given day I walk in Franklinton, I hear at least one of the two following things – someone might have a loud argument or a neighborhood visitor could remark about how run-down everything is and sort of laug...
Jerusalem: I don’t love you and I always will
In this excerpt from Fierce: Women of the Bible and their Stories of Violence, Mercy, Bravery, Wisdom, Sex, and Salvation, author Alice Connor reflects on two chapters of Ezekiel – Chapter 16, the allegory of a...