The Rev. Dr. Warner M. Bailey Joel 2:11-14, Psalm 63.1-8, Luke 13.1-9 Acts 5.27-39 The heroic citizens of Ukraine amaze me as they resist vastly

March 2022 Mask Update The session has approved the following changes consistent with our Covid-19 policy, and in consultation with health care professionals now that

The Rev. Dr. Warner M. Bailey 2 Samuel 23:13-17 Song of Songs 8:5-7 2 Corinthians 7:2-4 John 13:1-5, 12-17 If the COVID pandemic has shown

By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch I Corinthians 12: 12-31 Two weeks ago I participated in a week-long class introducing me and other clergy to co-active

By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch December 24, 2021 Once again, as last year, we don’t know if we can go home for Christmas. Or at

By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch November 28, 2021 Baptism of Lochlan Anthony Faron Dauphinot Luke 25: 25-36 It is a bit odd to be using

By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch November 21, 2021 Christ the King Sunday Daniel 7: 9-14 John 18: 33-37 Over the last few decades, and for

By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch November 07, 2021 Ruth 3: 1-5; 4: 13-17 Matthew 5: 1-12 Modern Bethlehem is located on the other side of

By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch October 17, 2021 Job 38: 1-7, Mark 10: 35-45 Our service today, Kirkin’ Sunday, starts with questions. “Whom do you

By Rev. Dr. Warner Bailey October 3, 2021 Micah 6:6-8, Psalm 133-134, Romans 10:5-9, Luke 16:19-31 Our gospel lesson could have been ripped out of

By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch September 12, 2021 Isaiah 50: 4-9 Mark 8: 27-39 On September 11, 2001, our daughter Sara Caitlin was in Fifth

By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch September 5, 2021 Mark 7: 24-37 When I was in my mid-teens, my sister and I were friends with another

By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch August 29, 2021 James 1:17–27 Mark 7:1–8, 14–15, 21–23 SILENT REFLECTION “My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot

By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch August 22, 2021 Joshua 24: 1-2, 14-18 John 6: 56-69 Our guide, Max, had started the day badly. Our tour

By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch Dear Friends in Christ at St. Stephen:    With the recent extreme uptick in COVID-19 cases in Tarrant County, the

By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch John 6: 51-58 Margaret and I decided to become vegetarians about a year and a half ago. A few months

By Rev. Dr. Wayne Menking 2 Samuel 18: 5-9, 15, 31-33 | Ephesians 4:25-32 | John 6:35, 41-51 In his last book, Failure of Nerve,

By Rev. Dr. Fritz RitschII Corinthians 8: 7-15 Have you ever described someone as “a god” or “godlike”? I know we all know better than

By Rev. Dr. Fritz RitschI Samuel 8: 4-15, Mark 4: 26-34 “Smallness is subversive,” Sarah Ruhl writes, “because smallness can creep into smaller places and

By Rev. Dr. Fritz RitschMark 3: 20-35 My wife Margaret teaches college students Strategic Communications—public relations, marketing, so forth. She has students write blog posts

By Rev. Dr. Warner BaileyJohn 3: 1-17 In our Old Testament lesson, God makes a startling announcement. God is ready to begin a new chapter.

By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch Psalm 23, John 10: 1-10 In October of 1993, exactly one week after our first child Sara Caitlin was born,

St. Stephen’s session is pleased to announce that we have increased the number of available seating “pods” in the sanctuary from 37 to 56. We

By Rev. Dr. Warner Bailey Matthew 28: 1-15Jeremiah 29:11-14, 1 John 3:1-7, Luke 24:36-48 Children’s Sabbath I learned a new word recently. Respair. Have you