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Friday Reflection: The Burd Children’s Memorial, Part I–How One Private Memorial Shapes the Message of the Church
Friday Reflection: The Burd Children’s Memorial, Part I–How One Private Memorial Shapes the Message of the Church

Our historian Suzanne shares her growing insights into how one memorial affects the entire church.

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Friday ReflectionsSuzanne Glover LindsayJune 25, 2021Suzanne Glover Lindsay, Burd
Friday Reflection: On Prayer and the Spiritual Life after the Darkness of COVID-19
Friday Reflection: On Prayer and the Spiritual Life after the Darkness of COVID-19

Father Peter begins his series of reflections on the elements of the Spiritual Life with this discussion of prayer.

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Friday ReflectionsPeter KountzJune 18, 2021Peter Kountz
Friday Reflection: When Long-Dead Artists’ Prayers Participate in Our Worship
Friday Reflection: When Long-Dead Artists’ Prayers Participate in Our Worship

Join our historian Suzanne to consider some startling connections made by our online Service of Healing.

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Friday ReflectionsSuzanne Glover LindsayJune 11, 2021Suzanne Glover Lindsay
What’s that amazing round stained-glass window that we often see before online healing services?
What’s that amazing round stained-glass window that we often see before online healing services?

Learn more about our Tiffany Studios Rose Window! 

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Stained-Glass WindowsSuzanne Glover LindsayJune 10, 2021Suzanne Glover Lindsay, Tiffany, Stained-glass windows, Frank Furness
Friday Reflection: On Jackson Kemper, First Missionary Bishop in the United States – Part Two
Friday Reflection: On Jackson Kemper, First Missionary Bishop in the United States – Part Two

Father Peter concludes his two-part reflection on Bishop Jackson Kemper. Check out Part One of this reflection from last week.

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Friday ReflectionsPeter KountzJune 4, 2021Peter Kountz
Friday Reflection: On Jackson Kemper, First Missionary Bishop in the United States – Part One
Friday Reflection: On Jackson Kemper, First Missionary Bishop in the United States – Part One

Father Peter begins Part 1 of this two-part reflection on Jackson Kemper by introducing this celebrated figure whom the Episcopal Church commemorates on May 24.

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Friday ReflectionsPeter KountzMay 28, 2021Peter Kountz, Kemper
Friday Reflection: Of Superheroes, Psalms, and Soaring Optimism
Friday Reflection: Of Superheroes, Psalms, and Soaring Optimism

Join our historian Suzanne to consider a uniquely soulful Superhero for our times.

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Friday ReflectionsSuzanne Glover LindsayMay 21, 2021Suzanne Glover Lindsay
Friday Reflection: On Frances Perkins, A Public Servant Bearing Witness
Friday Reflection: On Frances Perkins, A Public Servant Bearing Witness

Father Peter discusses the life and legacy of Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor under Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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Friday ReflectionsPeter KountzMay 14, 2021Peter Kountz
Friday Reflection, Dame Julian of Norwich: God the Loving Mother Within All Creation
Friday Reflection, Dame Julian of Norwich: God the Loving Mother Within All Creation

Join our historian Suzanne to consider the joyous Mother’s Day message about the loving God the MOTHER from this medieval mystic.

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Friday ReflectionsSuzanne Glover LindsayMay 7, 2021Suzanne Glover Lindsay
Friday Reflection: On Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington–A Poet of the Soul
Friday Reflection: On Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington–A Poet of the Soul

In this week’s Friday Reflection, Father Peter explores the life of composer and musician Duke Ellington, with special emphasis on his impressive career and enduring spirituality.

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Friday ReflectionsPeter KountzApril 30, 2021Peter Kountz
Friday Reflection: John Muir, Mystic-Prophet of the American Wilderness
Friday Reflection: John Muir, Mystic-Prophet of the American Wilderness

Join our historian Suzanne to explore the vision of this 19th-century self-described “poetico-trampo-geologist-botanist and ornithologist-naturalist etc. etc.” who’s drawn so many to nature.

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Friday ReflectionsSuzanne Glover LindsayApril 23, 2021Suzanne Glover Lindsay
Friday Reflection: The Fifty Days of Easter and the Resurrection…
Friday Reflection: The Fifty Days of Easter and the Resurrection…

Father Peter discusses the 50 days of Easter and how COVID-19 have transformed our experience of faith and spirituality.

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Friday ReflectionsPeter KountzApril 16, 2021Peter Kountz
Friday Reflection: Teilhard de Chardin, The Mystic-Scientist’s Joyous Communion with Matter
Friday Reflection: Teilhard de Chardin, The Mystic-Scientist’s Joyous Communion with Matter

Our historian Suzanne considers the extraordinary impact of this beleaguered modern priest-scholar after his death and his timely message to us.

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Friday ReflectionsSuzanne Glover LindsayApril 9, 2021Suzanne Glover Lindsay
Friday Lenten Reflection for Good Friday: The Place of the Cross
Friday Lenten Reflection for Good Friday: The Place of the Cross

Join Father Peter and St. Stephen’s in welcoming Good Friday with the Virtual Stations of the Cross by Busted Halo.

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Friday ReflectionsPeter KountzApril 2, 2021Peter Kountz
Friday Lenten Reflection, Part V: On Mending Frayed Relationships
Friday Lenten Reflection, Part V: On Mending Frayed Relationships

Our historian Suzanne ponders Lenten petitions about appreciating our place within social bonds

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Friday ReflectionsSuzanne Glover LindsayMarch 26, 2021Suzanne Glover Lindsay
Friday Lenten Reflection: The Litany of Penitence – Part IV
Friday Lenten Reflection: The Litany of Penitence – Part IV

In Part Four of the Friday Lenten Reflections, Father Peter considers Petition 8 and 10 from the Litany of Penitence.

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Friday ReflectionsPeter KountzMarch 19, 2021Peter Kountz
Friday Lenten Reflection: Embracing the Earth and Our Future
Friday Lenten Reflection: Embracing the Earth and Our Future

Suzanne Glover Lindsay contemplates the tenth Petition from the Litany of Penitence in this week’s Friday Lenten Reflection.

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Friday ReflectionsSuzanne Glover LindsayMarch 12, 2021Suzanne Glover Lindsay
Friday Lenten Reflection: Making Sense of Lent as an Opportunity
Friday Lenten Reflection: Making Sense of Lent as an Opportunity

Father Peter discusses the third and fourth petition from the Litany of Penitence in this week’s Friday Lenten Reflection

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Friday ReflectionsPeter KountzMarch 5, 2021Peter Kountz, Lent
Friday Reflection: We Celebrate YOU on St. Stephen’s 198th Lenten Birthday
Friday Reflection: We Celebrate YOU on St. Stephen’s 198th Lenten Birthday

On February 27, 1823, a community working to become a new church in Center City Philadelphia consecrated the result: St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church…

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Friday ReflectionsSuzanne Glover LindsayFebruary 26, 2021Suzanne Glover Lindsay
Friday Reflection: On Lent, A New Kind of Opportunity
Friday Reflection: On Lent, A New Kind of Opportunity

Father Peter welcomes the Lent season by outlining his and Suzanne Glover Lindsay’s plan for these next few Lent reflections.

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Friday ReflectionsPeter KountzFebruary 19, 2021Peter Kountz, Lent
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