St. Stephen News

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… Read More »Christmas Eve 2021

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… Read More »Baptism into Preparation

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… Read More »Redeem Our Memories

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… Read More »The Right Question

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… Read More »Will They Ever Learn?

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… Read More »Twenty Years Later

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… Read More »All Too Human Jesus

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… Read More »Inside, Outside

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… Read More »Once Upon a Time in Shechem

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… Read More »COVID Protocols Update: Aug. 18, 2021