Encouraging, challenging and equipping congregations to thrive spiritually and be apostles for reconciliation
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
From the General Presbyter “But I, brothers and sisters, I could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it.” 1 Corinthians 3: 1-2a Guidance on Regathering for the Summer There is so […]
From the General Presbyter “Russia is escalating!” “Another mass shooting!” “Members of Congress embrace Q-Anon.” “Another Black man shot by police!” “Asian hate crimes on the rise.” “When are we going to open our church?” “I don’t want the vaccine.” “Glaciers melting at a rapid rate.” ”New variants arrive in the US.” ”Supreme Court sides […]
From the General Presbyter I was driving behind a truck whose tag line was “growth through extraordinary customer service.” Oh, if it were only that simple. I believe many members of churches feel they are getting good “service” from the pastor, members, fellowship, music, education, etc. On the other hand, we don’t like to look […]
From the General Presbyter “It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” – Henry David Thoreau I could really just stop there. I am sure you have heard about the shootings at the massage parlors in Atlanta, Georgia. A man targeted three businesses and was on his way to Florida to […]
From the General Presbyter “Because in life, the question is not if you will have problems, but how you are going to deal with them. Stop failing backward and start failing forward!” John C. Maxwell Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success – April 1, 2007 I love this term – failing forward. Simply put, it […]
From the General Presbyter “Lest our feet, stray from the places, our God where we met Thee. Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world we forget Thee.” – Lift Every Voice and Sing, James Weldon Johnson Welcome to Lent. It could not come fast enough after these eleven months of trials and […]
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 […]
