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10/22/2026

Make it a habit...

10/20/2026

10/18/2026

A bit of history of St Stephen’s

10/18/2026

Lovely 170th year celebration of service for St Stephen’s Episcopal Church Warren St Beverly today
Fr. Tinh and Deacon Fred conducted the service using the service from the 1789 prayer book that was used back in 1855 at the first service of the church on Warren St
After the service an array of light refreshments in a “tea” ( coffee too) were enjoyed by all
Our sister church, St Stephen’s Riverside joined us for the celebration!

10/17/2026

Save the Date…. October 18 th St Stephen’s Beverly will be celebrating 170 years of service with a service from The Book of Common Prayer 1789
9 am
Warren St Beverly
Light refreshments to follow in the Parish Hall
Please join us !

10/17/2026

Sorry for the silent treatment.
I only posted a few times this week.
That's not like me.

It's not that I had nothing to say.
I had too much.

When I learned that our government planned to livestream Nidal Hasan's death by firing squad, something in me just sank.

It consumed me.
It was all I could think about all week.

Hasan ended the lives of 13 people and wounded 32 others at Fort Hood. Those lives matter. Their families matter. Justice matters.

But justice and cruelty are not the same thing.

The thought of my own country turning a man's final moments into something people could tune in to watch has stayed with me all week.

When did death become content?

When did making a spectacle of someone's final moments become a show of strength?

And why were some Christians defending it?

We follow a Savior whose suffering was made a public spectacle. Rome used the cross to humiliate people and demonstrate its power.

You would think that would make Christians the LAST people eager to turn another human being's death into something to watch.

Jesus told us to love our enemies (Matthew 5:44).

Not excuse their crimes.
Not abandon justice.
But remember their humanity.

And if we're going to call ourselves pro-life, shouldn't the dignity of human life matter even when the person is someone we don't like?

On Thursday, the livestream was canceled. I'm grateful.

But I'm still heartsick that it was proposed (and approved by the President) in the first place.

That cruelty could be dressed up as strength.

That some would even defend it in the name of God.

That's why I went quiet.

Not because I stopped caring.
Because I care deeply about what we're becoming.

I don't want us to grow so accustomed to cruelty that we stop recognizing it.

Especially those of us who claim to follow Jesus.

Because the cross should have taught us this much:

Human suffering is never entertainment.

10/07/2026

All. Not some.

Bonhoeffer didn’t leave room for loopholes.

Not a “manageable” level of injustice.
Not a “tolerable” level of evil.
Not dishonesty dressed up as strategy.
Not oppression rebranded as necessity.

Because God doesn’t either.

Jesus told a story about a shepherd who left ninety-nine sheep to go after one that was lost (Luke 15:4–7).

Not because the ninety-nine didn’t matter—
but because the one did.

That’s the heart of God.

So when we start negotiating how much injustice we can tolerate…

how much suffering is acceptable…

how much “collateral damage” we’re willing to overlook…

we’re no longer reflecting Jesus.

We’re excusing what He came to confront.

Because a “yes” to God
requires a “no” to the things
that break His heart.

Address

158 Warren Street
Beverly, NJ
08010

Telephone

+16093870169

Website

http://ststephensbeverly.com/

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