Midweek Messages

From the General Presbyter And he puzzled and puzzled, 'till his puzzler was sore.Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before!“Maybe Christmas,” he thought, “doesn’t come from a store.Maybe Christmas… perhaps… means a little bit more!”-Dr. Suess, How the Grinch Stole Christmas It is snowing as I write this ...
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From the General Presbyter “I’m trying to free your mind, Neo. But I can only show you the door. You’re the one that has to walk through it.” - Morpheus from the movie The Matrix My daughter is at the impressionable age where she constantly asks me about information she ...
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From the General Presbyter Gratitude is not a platitude! Sometimes we are told to just be grateful and thankful for all the blessings, blah, blah, blah, and yet many of us are not feeling the thankful vibe as much. But I am! I want to take this opportunity to thank ...
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From the General Presbyter It is my honor and privilege to submit a Midweek on Veterans Day. I consider my family “civilian” military. Though my father served in the Army for a short time, he was a career chemist at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC. My mother, also ...
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From the General Presbyter We are waiting. We are waiting and it is driving most of us nuts! Even in my Bollywood class, members said they weren’t sleeping well and felt nervous and edgy. What does the Bible say about waiting? Here are some favorites. Be joyful in hope, patient ...
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From the General Presbyter My favorite marketing expert Seth Godin, in his Blog entitled “Dancing with Belief,” invites the reader to ask these five questions about any belief system we subscribe to: Is it working?Is it helpful?Is it true?Do you need it to be true?What would change your mind? I ...
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From the General Presbyter I love the Mid-Council Wednesday meetings – such good stuff comes from colleagues in the different Presbyteries. We’ve been through a tough few weeks in the life of the Presbytery as pastors are reporting conflict with congregations, vacant pulpits, illnesses and deaths. I wonder how being ...
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From the General Presbyter So how do we adapt? I spoke about the importance of adapting in my address to the Gathering last month. An online dictionary defines adaption as: “Any alteration in the structure or function of an organism or any of its parts that results from natural selection ...
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