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Ash Wednesday at St. Stephen's
Ash Wednesday at St. Stephen's

Ash Wednesday at St. Stephen’s until 4pm.

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Rebecca HarrisFebruary 22, 2023
A Valentine’s Day Query: Dorcas’ Hearts?
A Valentine’s Day Query: Dorcas’ Hearts?

Join our historian Suzanne to puzzle over details in the Magee Dorcas memorial window

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Suzanne Glover LindsayFebruary 16, 2023
Friday Anniversary Thoughts—Connecting in Light 3: Community
Friday Anniversary Thoughts—Connecting in Light 3: Community

Join our historian Suzanne to explore the compelling “duet” of neighboring windows.

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Suzanne Glover LindsayFebruary 10, 2023
Friday Anniversary Thoughts—Connecting in Light 2: Nicodemus!
Friday Anniversary Thoughts—Connecting in Light 2: Nicodemus!

Join our historian Suzanne as she explores a beloved Tiffany window.

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Anniversary ThoughtsSuzanne Glover LindsayJanuary 13, 2023
200th Anniversary Special Feature—It’s a VERY special St. Stephen’s feast day!
200th Anniversary Special Feature—It’s a VERY special St. Stephen’s feast day!

We were honored that the Grace and St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church of Colorado Springs included our earlier post on Saint Stephen in the Seasonal Journal for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany this year.

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NewsSuzanne Glover LindsayDecember 26, 2022
Friday Anniversary Thoughts II—St. Stephen’s: Connecting in Light 1
Friday Anniversary Thoughts II—St. Stephen’s: Connecting in Light 1

Explore, with our historian Suzanne, who we are through what we say with our windows.

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Anniversary ThoughtsSuzanne Glover LindsayDecember 9, 2022
A Friday Special Feature: Re-setting our eyes to St. Stephen’s Gothicness
A Friday Special Feature: Re-setting our eyes to St. Stephen’s Gothicness

As a sidebar to last Friday’s Anniversary Thoughts on the vision of St. Stephen’s made physical, let’s look at St. Stephen’s striking façade…

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Suzanne Glover LindsayNovember 18, 2022
Friday Anniversary Thoughts 1 – St. Stephen’s, A Vision Made Physical by 1823
Friday Anniversary Thoughts 1 – St. Stephen’s, A Vision Made Physical by 1823

Our historian Suzanne reconsiders the vision of St. Stephen’s at its birth that shaped the physical church

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Anniversary ThoughtsSuzanne Glover LindsayNovember 11, 2022
Communing with the Dead AND the Living: Allhallowtide (Halloween)
Communing with the Dead AND the Living: Allhallowtide (Halloween)

Our historian Suzanne explores Allhallowtide’s unsung practice of openness and generosity.

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Suzanne Glover LindsayOctober 30, 2022
WE’RE TWO CENTURIES OLD! Contemplating who we are through our physical church
WE’RE TWO CENTURIES OLD! Contemplating who we are through our physical church

Our historian Suzanne reveals how the new season’s Friday posts found their purpose as foundations for our third century

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Anniversary ThoughtsSuzanne Glover LindsayOctober 28, 2022
AT LAST! Seeing St. Stephen’s east windows
AT LAST! Seeing St. Stephen’s east windows

As St. Stephen’s approaches its 200th anniversary, Suzanne Glover Lindsay—St. Stephen’s historian and curator—explores the stained glass medalions depicting the life of our patron saint, St. Stephen

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Stained-Glass Windows, St. Stephen's HistorySuzanne Glover LindsayOctober 21, 2022Suzanne Glover Lindsay
Re-VIEWING the Season of Seeing—Finding Presence and Purpose
Re-VIEWING the Season of Seeing—Finding Presence and Purpose

Suzanne Glover Lindsay brings us this last Friday Reflection of the season discussing representations of experience and seeing.

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Suzanne Glover LindsayJune 10, 2022
In the Season of Seeing: Pentecost
In the Season of Seeing: Pentecost

St. Stephen’s contributing author Bao Radcliffe contributes this post ahead of Pentecost this Sunday.

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Bao RadcliffeJune 3, 2022
Still In the Season of Seeing
Still In the Season of Seeing

Father Peter discusses social justice, current events, and how the “Season of Seeing” becomes the “Season of Discovery and Experience.”

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Peter KountzMay 27, 2022
In the Season of Seeing—Finding a Path through Trauma
In the Season of Seeing—Finding a Path through Trauma

Our historian and curator Suzanne continues our latest reflection series, Season of Seeing, with this post discussing seeing through art

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Suzanne Glover LindsayMay 20, 2022
In the Season of Seeing: Discovery
In the Season of Seeing: Discovery

Contributing author Bao Radcliffe shares this reflection on Discovery as we continue on our journey to Pentecost.

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Bao RadcliffeMay 13, 2022
In the Season of Seeing
In the Season of Seeing

Father Peter discusses what’s coming next for the Friday Reflection series as we start our 50 day journey to Pentecost.

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Peter KountzMay 6, 2022
EASTER Word from Saint Stephen’s—TRANSITION
EASTER Word from Saint Stephen’s—TRANSITION

Suzanne our historian ponders the momentous transitions in our lives today as parallels to those of the pivotal Easter season.

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Suzanne Glover LindsayApril 29, 2022
Lenten Words from Saint Stephen’s: DARKNESS AND LIGHT
Lenten Words from Saint Stephen’s: DARKNESS AND LIGHT

Father Peter concludes our Lenten Words from Saint Stephen’s with this piece on Darkness and Light.
(Photo from Time article)

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Lenten WordsPeter KountzApril 15, 2022
Lenten Words from Saint Stephen’s: A Prayer of DISCOVERY
Lenten Words from Saint Stephen’s: A Prayer of DISCOVERY

Contributing author Bao Radcliffe shares a prayer of discovery in this week’s Lenten Words from Saint Stephen’s.

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Lenten WordsBao RadcliffeApril 8, 2022
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