Category: Pastors’ Letters

Break through the wall! Find my dream! Help me to shatter this darkness, To smash this night, To break this shadow Into a thousand lights of sun, Into a thousand …

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me because the Spirit has anointed me to bring good news…”—Luke 4:18 How are you feeling these days? Stressed? Worried? Hopeless? It’s hard to …

“We observed the star at its rising and have come to pay the child homage.”— Matthew 2:2 As we begin a new year together, I find myself returning to the …

People of God, As we enter this holy season of Advent, we are invited to reclaim something sacred and often forgotten: the will to dream. At a time when fear, …

“May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else.” —1 Thessalonians 3:12 Friends, November marks my one-year anniversary here in Pittsburgh as your …

I have yet to experience a Pittsburgh fall season, and many of you promised me it will be magical. As the first leaves begin to turn, I find myself in …

“We know that all things work together for good for those who love God…”—Romans 8:28 This scripture has been my prayer and affirmation throughout this year. Amidst the fear, sadness, …

“See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness…”—Isaiah 43:19 A few weeks ago, I …

Summer is here! These last few weeks, we marched in the Pride Parade, walked in the Juneteenth Parade, and hosted honest conversations about ELPC’s ties to slavery. We also ended …

“When the Day of Pentecost had come…all were filled with the Holy Spirit.”—from Acts 2 When I began journeying with ELPC six months ago, we were too busy in the …