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Suzanne
Glover Lindsay
- Dec 27, 2024 Friday Feature—Saying thanks to “our” brilliant young St. Stephen Dec 27, 2024
- Dec 13, 2024 Friday Feature–Reading the “mysterious” Anna Magee Dec 13, 2024
- Nov 1, 2024 All Hallows Feature: Meet the Magees in Death Nov 1, 2024
- Sep 13, 2024 FRIDAY FEATURE—Finding UNITY in the sacred through . . . electric light? Sep 13, 2024
- Aug 9, 2024 FRIDAY FEATURE: Seeking the sacred in . . . electric light? Aug 9, 2024
- Aug 2, 2024 FRIDAY FEATURE—Electricity, modernity and St. Stephen’s Aug 2, 2024
- May 28, 2024 TUESDAY FLASH—Our cornerstone was laid 202 years ago today: Where is it??? May 28, 2024
- May 17, 2024 Historical theatrics for the Post-Easter miracles May 17, 2024
- May 10, 2024 Friday Feature--Experiencing the seismic shift after Easter through our windows May 10, 2024
- May 3, 2024 Friday Feature—Dr. Rudder: A precocious youth from ... South America’s Wild Coast?! May 3, 2024
- Mar 22, 2024 Friday Feature — New perspectives help us imagine Furness’s lost 1878 addition to St. Stephen’s Mar 22, 2024
- Mar 1, 2024 Friday Feature- A clearer history of Furness’s 1878 remodeling emerges from our archives Mar 1, 2024
- Jan 19, 2024 How does the “new” Furness Rudder memorial adapt an ancient Christian symbol? Jan 19, 2024
- Jan 12, 2024 Friday Feature: A newly identified Furness design at St. Stephen’s! Jan 12, 2024
- Dec 1, 2023 Friday Anniversary Perspectives Opened Up Close: A Hidden Church Unveiled Dec 1, 2023
- Nov 30, 2023 Introduction--Advent 2023: Advent as a Journey of Waiting Nov 30, 2023
- Nov 17, 2023 Friday Anniversary Perspectives Opened Up Close: Love Hurts Nov 17, 2023
- Nov 10, 2023 Friday Anniversary Perspectives Opened Up Close: Meditations on a Severed Toe Nov 10, 2023
- Nov 3, 2023 Friday Anniversary Perspectives Opened Up Close: Why Do We Embrace Our Dead? Nov 3, 2023
- Oct 27, 2023 Friday Anniversary Perspectives Opened Up Close: The Power of Soft Oct 27, 2023
- Oct 20, 2023 Friday Anniversary Perspectives Opened Up Close: Worlds Within Our Floor Registers Oct 20, 2023
- Oct 13, 2023 Friday Anniversary Perspectives Opened Up Close: Life Within Our Stone Oct 13, 2023
- Oct 6, 2023 Fall Anniversary Perspectives: An Introduction Oct 6, 2023
- Jun 16, 2023 New Friday Anniversary Thoughts—Finding Humanity amidst Violence Jun 16, 2023
- Jun 2, 2023 New Friday Anniversary Thoughts— PART III of Communing in Performed Sound at St. Stephen’s Jun 2, 2023
- May 26, 2023 New Friday Anniversary Thoughts— PART II of Communing in Performed Sound at St. Stephen’s May 26, 2023
- May 12, 2023 Special Seasonal Feature—Wondrous Witness! May 12, 2023
- Apr 28, 2023 New Friday Anniversary Thoughts—Communing in Performed Sound at St. Stephen’s Part I Apr 28, 2023
- Apr 9, 2023 EASTER FEATURE: The Shock of an Unthinkable Promise Fulfilled Apr 9, 2023
- Apr 7, 2023 GOOD FRIDAY Special Feature: Contemplating the Last Supper Apr 7, 2023
- Mar 24, 2023 New Friday Anniversary Thoughts—Communities Converge for a Forgotten Musical Luminary Mar 24, 2023
- Mar 17, 2023 Foreword: New Friday Anniversary Thoughts Mar 17, 2023
- Mar 3, 2023 Communing through "Speech" Mar 3, 2023
- Feb 16, 2023 A Valentine’s Day Query: Dorcas’ Hearts? Feb 16, 2023
- Feb 10, 2023 Friday Anniversary Thoughts—Connecting in Light 3: Community Feb 10, 2023
- Jan 13, 2023 Friday Anniversary Thoughts—Connecting in Light 2: Nicodemus! Jan 13, 2023
- Dec 26, 2022 200th Anniversary Special Feature—It’s a VERY special St. Stephen’s feast day! Dec 26, 2022
- Dec 9, 2022 Friday Anniversary Thoughts II—St. Stephen’s: Connecting in Light 1 Dec 9, 2022
- Nov 18, 2022 A Friday Special Feature: Re-setting our eyes to St. Stephen’s Gothicness Nov 18, 2022
- Nov 11, 2022 Friday Anniversary Thoughts 1 – St. Stephen’s, A Vision Made Physical by 1823 Nov 11, 2022
- Oct 30, 2022 Communing with the Dead AND the Living: Allhallowtide (Halloween) Oct 30, 2022
- Oct 28, 2022 WE’RE TWO CENTURIES OLD! Contemplating who we are through our physical church Oct 28, 2022
- Oct 21, 2022 AT LAST! Seeing St. Stephen’s east windows Oct 21, 2022
- Jun 10, 2022 Re-VIEWING the Season of Seeing—Finding Presence and Purpose Jun 10, 2022
- May 20, 2022 In the Season of Seeing—Finding a Path through Trauma May 20, 2022
- Apr 29, 2022 EASTER Word from Saint Stephen’s—TRANSITION Apr 29, 2022
- Mar 25, 2022 Lenten Words from Saint Stephen’s: WILDERNESS Mar 25, 2022
- Mar 11, 2022 Lenten Words from Saint Stephen’s: HUMAN Mar 11, 2022
- Feb 26, 2022 Words from Saint Stephen's: BODY Feb 26, 2022
- Feb 11, 2022 Words from Saint Stephen's: TOUCH Feb 11, 2022
- Jan 14, 2022 Words from Saint Stephen's: BREATH Jan 14, 2022
- Dec 26, 2021 St. Stephen’s Feast Day: A Mandate for Generosity Dec 26, 2021
- Nov 26, 2021 A PERSONAL THANKSGIVING REFLECTION: Gratitude for a healing place Nov 26, 2021
- Nov 12, 2021 Personal journeys in spirituality, faith, and Church – Part 4: Godefroy Cavaignac (1800-1845) Nov 12, 2021
- Nov 2, 2021 This Hallowtide, visit our cemetery–virtually! Nov 2, 2021
- Oct 29, 2021 Personal journeys in spirituality, faith, and Church - Part 3: Mary Oliver (1935-2019) Oct 29, 2021
- Oct 15, 2021 Personal journeys in spirituality, faith, and Church 2: Pau Casals, 1876-1973 Oct 15, 2021
- Oct 1, 2021 Personal journeys in spirituality, faith, and Church I—African American contralto Marian Anderson (1897-1993) Oct 1, 2021
- Oct 1, 2021 Foreword: Personal journeys in spirituality, faith and Church Oct 1, 2021
- Sep 17, 2021 Friday Reflection—Back to Dame Julian of Norwich: How to Bring Unity to Our Fractious Now? Sep 17, 2021
- Aug 13, 2021 How does St. Stephen speak for us? Part II Aug 13, 2021
- Aug 6, 2021 How does St. Stephen speak for us? Part I Aug 6, 2021
- Jul 16, 2021 The Burd Children’s Memorial, Part III: How One Memorial Participates in St. Stephen’s Today Jul 16, 2021
- Jul 9, 2021 Friday Reflection: The Burd Children’s Memorial, Part II–How One Memorial Shaped St. Stephen’s RELIGIOUS Experience Jul 9, 2021
- Jun 25, 2021 Friday Reflection: The Burd Children’s Memorial, Part I–How One Private Memorial Shapes the Message of the Church Jun 25, 2021
- Jun 11, 2021 Friday Reflection: When Long-Dead Artists’ Prayers Participate in Our Worship Jun 11, 2021
- Jun 10, 2021 What’s that amazing round stained-glass window that we often see before online healing services? Jun 10, 2021
- May 21, 2021 Friday Reflection: Of Superheroes, Psalms, and Soaring Optimism May 21, 2021
- May 7, 2021 Friday Reflection, Dame Julian of Norwich: God the Loving Mother Within All Creation May 7, 2021
- Apr 23, 2021 Friday Reflection: John Muir, Mystic-Prophet of the American Wilderness Apr 23, 2021
- Apr 9, 2021 Friday Reflection: Teilhard de Chardin, The Mystic-Scientist’s Joyous Communion with Matter Apr 9, 2021
- Mar 26, 2021 Friday Lenten Reflection, Part V: On Mending Frayed Relationships Mar 26, 2021
- Mar 12, 2021 Friday Lenten Reflection: Embracing the Earth and Our Future Mar 12, 2021
- Feb 26, 2021 Friday Reflection: We Celebrate YOU on St. Stephen’s 198th Lenten Birthday Feb 26, 2021
- Feb 12, 2021 Friday Reflection: Eric Liddell II–Humanity Revealed in Internment Feb 12, 2021
- Feb 5, 2021 Friday Reflection: Eric Liddell I–From Pious Traitor to Wartime Saint Feb 5, 2021
- Jan 22, 2021 Friday Reflection: Dorcas, come back: We need you! Jan 22, 2021
- Jan 8, 2021 Friday Reflection: What a QUAIL at my feet brought to mind Jan 8, 2021
- Dec 26, 2020 St. Stephen’s Feast Day: A Mandate for Generosity Dec 26, 2020
- Dec 11, 2020 Friday Reflection: How does St. Stephen speak for us? Part II Dec 11, 2020
- Dec 4, 2020 Friday Reflection: How does St. Stephen speak for us? Part I Dec 4, 2020
- Nov 13, 2020 Friday Reflection: The Power of Music: St. Cecilia Nov 13, 2020
- Nov 6, 2020 Friday Reflection: Living with the Dead in 2020 Nov 6, 2020
- Oct 25, 2020 Our Furness Burial Cloister wins a historic preservation award this year! Oct 25, 2020
- Oct 23, 2020 St. Teresa de Avila, Part III: Teresa Creates a World and a Way to Pray Oct 23, 2020
- Oct 16, 2020 St. Teresa de Avila, Part II: Engaging with the Divine, the Devil, and the Carmelites Oct 16, 2020
- Oct 9, 2020 St. Teresa de Avila, Part I: Engaging with the Divine, the Devil, and the Church Oct 9, 2020
- Oct 4, 2020 A wonderful windfall: An intimate look at the ‘younger sister’ in England of St. Stephen’s mosaic Oct 4, 2020
- Sep 25, 2020 Friday Reflection: Philadelphia’s First Mystics–The Hermits of the Wissahickon Sep 25, 2020
- Sep 4, 2020 Friday Reflection: A Trio of Beloved Peruvian Saints, St. Rosa de Lima, St. Martín de Porres, and St. Toribio de Mogrovejo Sep 4, 2020
- Aug 21, 2020 Friday Reflection: The Shaping of St. Stephen’s Sense of Place II Aug 21, 2020
- Aug 14, 2020 Friday Reflection: The Shaping of St. Stephen’s Sense of Place I Aug 14, 2020
- Jul 31, 2020 Friday Reflection: William Wilberforce Jul 31, 2020
- Jul 17, 2020 Friday Reflection: What An Eminent Scholar-Rector Kept to Himself Until Late Jul 17, 2020
- Jul 3, 2020 Friday Reflection II: The Power of Words–Black abolitionist, journalist, poet Frances Watkins Harper (1825-1911) returns to view Jul 3, 2020
- Jun 26, 2020 Friday Reflection II: The Unfamiliar Poetic Soul of Physician-Writer S. Weir Mitchell Jun 26, 2020
- Jun 19, 2020 Friday Reflection Part II: An Unlikely Pair Committed to Children’s Religious Education Jun 19, 2020
- Jun 12, 2020 Friday Reflection Part II: A Modern Mission for Today’s Tensions Jun 12, 2020
- May 29, 2020 Friday Reflection Part II: Meeting Jeanne d’Arc May 29, 2020
- May 22, 2020 Friday Reflection Part II: Introducing Dr. Carl E. Grammer’s Unsung Work for Civil and Human Rights May 22, 2020
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Peter
Kountz
- May 27, 2022 Still In the Season of Seeing May 27, 2022
- May 6, 2022 In the Season of Seeing May 6, 2022
- Apr 15, 2022 Lenten Words from Saint Stephen’s: DARKNESS AND LIGHT Apr 15, 2022
- Apr 1, 2022 Lenten Words from Saint Stephen’s: LENTEN SPACE Apr 1, 2022
- Mar 18, 2022 Lenten Words from Saint Stephen’s: SACRIFICE Mar 18, 2022
- Mar 4, 2022 Lenten Words from Saint Stephen’s Mar 4, 2022
- Feb 18, 2022 Words from Saint Stephen's: PRESENCE Feb 18, 2022
- Feb 4, 2022 Words from Saint Stephen's: NEWS Feb 4, 2022
- Jan 21, 2022 Words from Saint Stephen's: CARE Jan 21, 2022
- Jan 7, 2022 Words from Saint Stephen's: An Introduction Jan 7, 2022
- Nov 19, 2021 On the Beatitudes and Living in the Here and Now: Part Four—Almost to Advent Nov 19, 2021
- Nov 5, 2021 On the Beatitudes and Living in the Here and Now: Part Three—Continuing on the Way to Advent Nov 5, 2021
- Oct 22, 2021 On the Beatitudes and Living in the Here and Now: Part Two — On the Way to Advent Oct 22, 2021
- Oct 8, 2021 On the Beatitudes and Living Here and Now: An Introduction Oct 8, 2021
- Sep 24, 2021 On Howard Thurman (1899-1981) and a Spirituality of the Here and Now – Part II Sep 24, 2021
- Sep 10, 2021 On Howard Thurman (1899-1981) and a Spirituality of the Here and Now – Part I Sep 10, 2021
- Aug 27, 2021 On Anthony the Great, Father of all the Desert Fathers Aug 27, 2021
- Aug 20, 2021 Mapping the Landscape of Change, Part III Aug 20, 2021
- Jul 30, 2021 On the Spiritual Life after the Darkness of Covid-19, Part Four: on Healing Jul 30, 2021
- Jul 23, 2021 On the Spiritual Life after the Darkness of Covid-19, Part Three: on Ministry Jul 23, 2021
- Jul 2, 2021 On the Spiritual Life after the Darkness of Covid-19, Part Two: on Solitude Jul 2, 2021
- Jun 18, 2021 Friday Reflection: On Prayer and the Spiritual Life after the Darkness of COVID-19 Jun 18, 2021
- Jun 4, 2021 Friday Reflection: On Jackson Kemper, First Missionary Bishop in the United States – Part Two Jun 4, 2021
- May 28, 2021 Friday Reflection: On Jackson Kemper, First Missionary Bishop in the United States – Part One May 28, 2021
- May 14, 2021 Friday Reflection: On Frances Perkins, A Public Servant Bearing Witness May 14, 2021
- Apr 30, 2021 Friday Reflection: On Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington–A Poet of the Soul Apr 30, 2021
- Apr 16, 2021 Friday Reflection: The Fifty Days of Easter and the Resurrection… Apr 16, 2021
- Apr 2, 2021 Friday Lenten Reflection for Good Friday: The Place of the Cross Apr 2, 2021
- Mar 19, 2021 Friday Lenten Reflection: The Litany of Penitence – Part IV Mar 19, 2021
- Mar 5, 2021 Friday Lenten Reflection: Making Sense of Lent as an Opportunity Mar 5, 2021
- Feb 19, 2021 Friday Reflection: On Lent, A New Kind of Opportunity Feb 19, 2021
- Jan 29, 2021 Friday Reflection: The Priest who was Phillips Brooks Jan 29, 2021
- Jan 15, 2021 Friday Reflection: On Anthony the Great, Father of all the Desert Fathers Jan 15, 2021
- Dec 18, 2020 Friday Reflection: Mapping the Landscape of Change, Part III Dec 18, 2020
- Nov 27, 2020 Friday Reflection: Mapping the Landscape of Change, Part II Nov 27, 2020
- Nov 20, 2020 Friday Reflection: On Seeking Peace Nov 20, 2020
- Oct 30, 2020 Friday Reflection: Mapping the Landscape of Change, Part I Oct 30, 2020
- Oct 2, 2020 Friday Reflection: Remembering Renée Claire Fox (1928 – 2020) Oct 2, 2020
- Sep 18, 2020 Friday Reflection: To be a Priest–Revisiting Alexander Crummell (1819-1898), Part II Sep 18, 2020
- Sep 11, 2020 Friday Reflection: To be a Priest–Revisiting Alexander Crummell (1819-1898), Part I Sep 11, 2020
- Aug 28, 2020 Friday Reflection: On Bernard of Clairvaux (1090 – 1153) Aug 28, 2020
- Aug 7, 2020 Friday Reflection: On William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963) and Alexander Crummell (1819-1898) Aug 7, 2020
- Jul 24, 2020 Friday Reflection: On James the Apostle and the Letter of James Jul 24, 2020
- Jul 10, 2020 Friday Reflection: On Benedict of Nursia – To Work and to Pray as a Rule of Life Jul 10, 2020
- Jul 3, 2020 Friday Reflection Part I: On Harriet Beecher Stowe–The Nobility of the Everyday Jul 3, 2020
- Jun 26, 2020 Friday Reflection Part I: On James Weldon Johnson, 1871-1938 Jun 26, 2020
- Jun 19, 2020 Friday Reflection Part I: On Adelaide Teague Case: A Singular Geography of Faith and Witness Jun 19, 2020
- Jun 12, 2020 Friday Reflection Part I: On Columba, Abbot of Iona: Monk, Teacher, CEO and Pilgrim Jun 12, 2020
- Jun 5, 2020 Friday Reflection: On the Authenticity of Leadership Jun 5, 2020
- May 29, 2020 Friday Reflection Part I: On Jeanne d’Arc – The Power of Imagination May 29, 2020
- May 22, 2020 Friday Reflection Part I: Remembering Thurgood Marshall–A Declaration of Service May 22, 2020
- May 8, 2020 Friday Reflection: The Company of Women May 8, 2020
- May 1, 2020 Friday Reflection Part I: What Makes a Modern-Day Saint? May 1, 2020
- Apr 24, 2020 Friday Reflection Part I: Gaining Some Perspective Apr 24, 2020
- Apr 17, 2020 Friday Reflection: Now What? Apr 17, 2020
- Apr 10, 2020 Friday Reflection Part I: The Arc of Suffering Apr 10, 2020
- Apr 3, 2020 Friday Reflection Part I: Frederick Denison Maurice and Martin Luther King, Jr. Apr 3, 2020
- Mar 29, 2020 Peter's Corner: Something personal and some big changes at Saint Stephen’s Mar 29, 2020
- Mar 27, 2020 Friday Reflection Part I: Commemorating Oscar Romero in the 4th week of Lent Mar 27, 2020
- Mar 26, 2020 Where Do We Find God In This Time? Mar 26, 2020
- Mar 21, 2020 On Martin Luther and Frederick Douglass Mar 21, 2020
- Aug 21, 2019 Peter's Corner: Ship of Fools and the daily Eucharist at Saint Stephen’s Aug 21, 2019
- Jul 15, 2019 Peter’s Corner: After Pentecost and some media surprises Jul 15, 2019
- Jun 9, 2019 Peter’s Corner: Eastertide, Grace and the Holy Spirit, and Mr. Rogers on Holy Ground Jun 9, 2019
- May 4, 2019 Peter's Corner: Journey to St. Stephen's, Part II May 4, 2019
- Mar 5, 2019 Peter’s Corner: Father Peter reflects on his path to St. Stephen’s Mar 5, 2019
- Feb 28, 2019 A Special Note from Father Peter about Ash Wednesday at St. Stephen's Feb 28, 2019
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Rebecca
Harris
- Feb 27, 2023 Happy 200th Anniversary St. Stephen's! Feb 27, 2023
- Feb 22, 2023 Ash Wednesday at St. Stephen's Feb 22, 2023
- Nov 7, 2021 Update to our Sunday Hours Nov 7, 2021
- Sep 3, 2021 The Friday Reflections will return NEXT Friday, September 10 . . . Stay Tuned! Sep 3, 2021
- Aug 5, 2021 Reflection on the special Friday Reflections of this August Aug 5, 2021
- Feb 22, 2020 Join us for Ash Wednesday on February 26 Feb 22, 2020
- Feb 20, 2020 Celebrating spontaneous acts of kindness in everyday life! Feb 20, 2020
- Feb 19, 2020 This graffiti-removal company is keeping Philadelphia beautiful with a team of homeless and formerly incarcerated workers Feb 19, 2020
- Dec 2, 2019 Announcing our Advent Prayer Schedule! Dec 2, 2019
- Nov 19, 2019 Join us for a pre-Thanksgiving Day service on Weds, Nov. 27 Nov 19, 2019
- Aug 29, 2019 The church will be closed on Labor Day Aug 29, 2019
- Jul 29, 2019 Epic Church holds community outreach at St. Stephen's Jul 29, 2019
- Jul 1, 2019 Thursday is the new Sunday (and so is Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday) Jul 1, 2019
- Jun 17, 2019 Philly Life & Culture reviews Micah Thomas concert Jun 17, 2019
- Jun 12, 2019 The "Mystery Worshipper" Visits St. Stephen's Jun 12, 2019
- May 28, 2019 Philadelphia Inquirer Spotlights St. Stephen’s May 28, 2019
- May 23, 2019 Acclaimed musician Arnie Tanimoto performs at St. Stephen's May 23, 2019
- Mar 8, 2019 Lenten Reflection Circles Book Giveaway Mar 8, 2019
- Feb 14, 2019 The church will be closed all day today Feb 14, 2019
- Feb 11, 2019 Philly Life and Culture Raves about Sullivan Fortner Concert Feb 11, 2019
- Feb 3, 2019 Coming up this week: Sullivan Fortner Feb 3, 2019
- Dec 26, 2018 Holiday Schedule: December 27-January 2 Dec 26, 2018
- Nov 15, 2018 Philly Life and Culture reviews Glenn Zaleski Nov 15, 2018
- Oct 12, 2018 St. Stephen's expands weekly worship schedule Oct 12, 2018
- Oct 1, 2018 Philly Life & Culture Reviews Fred Hersch Oct 1, 2018
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St. Stephen's
Staff
- Feb 27, 2025 Happy 202nd Birthday, St. Stephen's!! Feb 27, 2025
- Mar 31, 2024 A Virtual Site for Contemplation on Easter Sunday: Women at the Tomb, stained-glass window, 1903 Mar 31, 2024
- Mar 29, 2024 A Virtual Site for Good Friday Contemplation: St. Stephen’s mosaic Last Supper Mar 29, 2024
- Feb 27, 2024 Happy 201st Birthday St. Stephen's! Feb 27, 2024
- Dec 26, 2023 In the steps of St. Stephen.... at St. Stephen’s today Dec 26, 2023
- Mar 12, 2023 Life as a Downtown Church, 1823-2023 Mar 12, 2023
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Bao
Radcliffe
- Jun 3, 2022 In the Season of Seeing: Pentecost Jun 3, 2022
- May 13, 2022 In the Season of Seeing: Discovery May 13, 2022
- Apr 8, 2022 Lenten Words from Saint Stephen’s: A Prayer of DISCOVERY Apr 8, 2022
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Mike
Giansiracusa
- Jan 28, 2022 Words from Saint Stephen's: INTERBEING Jan 28, 2022