Midweek Messages

From the General Presbyter Last week, I did what I always do, and asked myself, “What am I going to do for Lent?” Am I going to give up something, pray more, read a devotional, what? And every year, I look around for inspiration or hope that something will drop ...
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From the General Presbyter “We Is The New Me” (from the movie Khakee: The Bihal Chapter) So how was it? Christmastime worship, I mean. Did folks come back on Christmas Eve? Was the sanctuary fuller? What about Christmas Day? Did your “friends at home” as my yoga teacher would say, ...
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From the General Presbyter The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come Do you remember that ghost from Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol?  Shrouded, mysterious, creepy, silent.  Scrooge was afraid and if we stop for a moment and think, so are we. What will this Advent/Christmas season be like? Will people ...
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From the General Presbyter Enter the Dinosaur I love to watch archaeologists at work, but I get really impatient when I see them slowly brushing off unearthed bones with a paintbrush. I want to yell at the screen: “Hurry up and free the dinosaur!” Our Strategic Planning progress is much ...
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From the General Presbyter “Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary, how does your garden grow?” Old English nursery rhyme My neighbor and I share a wire fence she erected because she is growing vegetables on her side. On my side are Hosta’s and random other things that pop up occasionally. Sometimes these ...
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From the General Presbyter Bad Karaoke On my recent vacation to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, I reserved an oceanfront condo located within a resort. From my balcony, I could hear children playing in the swimming pool, people laughing while dining outdoors and….bad karaoke! Okay, there were a few people with ...
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From the General Presbyter A colleague recently shared something she heard, that went something like this: “COVID has provided an off ramp for church goers.” Yes, yes it has. And many of you are frustrated that attendance is down, sometimes, way down. I have total respect for those who do ...
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From the General Presbyter I want to first address the faithful pastors in this Presbytery of Baltimore. Please hear me; there is no way you can possibly carry the heavy burdens this world has put on us in these violent and terrible times.  Words often fail in the face of today's ...
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