What Your Front Yard Says About You
Our church’s front yard is different now. The rain garden project is basically finished. After the hard winter we had last year, we are making sure that the newly planted …
Our church’s front yard is different now. The rain garden project is basically finished. After the hard winter we had last year, we are making sure that the newly planted …
I was thinking today about the story of Moses and the Burning Bush (found in Exodus 3). At this stage of his life, Moses had fled from the life he’d …
How do Presbyterians make decisions? (I realize that sounds like an opening line to a joke just waiting for a punch line.) It is actually a serious and theological question: …
And so it begins. After a process that has lasted over four years, the long-awaited water reclamation project involving the Penn Avenue yard of our church is finally underway. This …
Our church staff recently met with members of a media group who are helping re-design our church website. The web design firm, located on Penn Avenue, knew a bit about …
“We are affected by our surroundings.” That statement is so simple that it sounds trite and obvious to our ears. But it is something that has deep meaning from a …
I like the phrase “getting the big picture.” It makes me think of the difference between watching a Penguins game on television or in person. While the television version lets …
When I was in seminary, a Korean classmate named Paul Huh and I had the opportunity to travel to Seoul and bring greetings to several large Presbyterian churches there. Soon …
Here’s an old, old story. One day a poor peasant named Gordius arrived in an ox cart in the city of Phrygia. As legend has it, an oracle had predicted …
We have just celebrated the good news of Easter – how Jesus Christ is alive, through the miracle of resurrection and the wonder of heavenly grace and power. That news …