St. Stephen News

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

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… Read More »You Are What You Eat

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,… Read More »A Way Out of No Way

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… Read More »Who God Is and Who We Are