Telling Our Stories

Several years ago, while traveling to Cleveland to visit relatives, my husband and I visited the church where my parents were married and I was baptized, St. Peter’s in Lakewood, Ohio. At some point during the ...

“Best choir trip ever!” “An ethereal experience.” “Humbling.” “I’m exhausted.” On the evening of August 12, a group of very weary singers, family members and friends arrived back at Christ Church, Glendale, ...

Rose. Thorn. Bud. What is beautiful in your life right now (your rose)? What is your grievance (your thorn)? What do you eagerly anticipate (your bud)? These are the questions that women of St. Stephen’s, Colum...

The Episcopal Church Women (ECW) of St. Andrew’s, Cincinnati, participates in several outreach initiatives yearly. One initiative, the Gloria Turnage “Books Unplugged” Book Fair, is inspired by our commitment t...

Earlier this year, I was invited by the mayor of Oxford, Kate Rousmaniere, to join her for a multi-faith supper at the mosque in Cincinnati. The keynote speaker at this gathering was Alex Kronemer, executive di...

Many of us were raised in families with generations of Christians. We were church leaders, pastors, Bible class teachers, and graduates of Christian colleges. We grew up listening to Christian music and wearing...

King David, considered ruler during the golden age of Israel and the one who helped usher in that time, tried to have dyadic relationships, an ‘in’ vs. ‘out’ group, with God’s people (1 Chronicles 21). It came ...

When first diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, health resilience never occurred to me. I felt shock; I had been told by my pulmonologist who had just completed examining me that my life span might inc...

I lead Bible studies weekly at The Cottages, Episcopal Retirement Services’ long-term care facility on Erie Avenue next to the Deupree Community. I also lead Bible studies at three ERS affordable living communi...

The “Atomic Cross” returns to Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki, Japan The story begins in Nagasaki, Japan, soon after the United States detonated the second of two atomic bombs that destroyed the Urakami Cathedra...