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 like this. Though it is […]
August 10, 2021
From the General Presbyter It has been a joy visiting congregations again in person! Our congregations have done an excellent job with their online presence yet there is something wonderful about being together. This is where the brakes screech! I’m enjoying the last of the Olympics when I hear the mayor of Baltimore requiring masks […]
July 28, 2021
From the General Presbyter “Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in the one Spirit, striving together as one for the faith of the gospel.” Philippians 1:27 […]
June 25, 2021
From the General Presbyter ”…perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; and this hope does not disappoint us, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit.” Romans 5:3b-5 We have to have hope. We join in prayers with our brothers and sisters in Florida as rescue workers […]
February 4, 2021
From the General Presbyter Sometimes other people say it better! “It is a commonplace remark that our lives are surrounded with so much movement, so many pressures, so many demands that our spirits are often crowded into a corner. As soon as we awaken in the morning we are taken over by the ruthlessness of […]
January 21, 2021
From the General Presbyter “I’ve got my shoes on and I’m ready to get to work.” – Senator Raphael Warnock, first African American Senator from Georgia, sworn in by the new Vice President, Kamala Harris. When then Senator Harris was selected as Joe Biden’s running mate, he asked her, “are you ready to get to […]
January 7, 2020
From the General Presbyter What really amazed me about yesterday’s insane, insidious events at the Capitol, stoked by Donald Trump, was that the same Congress members who have enabled Trump and his vitriol, stood up and said “This is not who we are as Americans.” This is exactly who we are as Americans. We are a […]
December 16, 2020
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. If I didn’t think […]
December 3, 2020
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 gets on the internet. Some […]
November 25, 2020
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 the churches, the staff and […]
