Category: Pastors’ Letters

With the start of a new year comes a wonderful opportunity. The month of January means that a new period in each of our lives has begun. It is true …

One of the most famous lines in E.M. Forster’s novel Howards End is the phrase “only connect.” It is both a diagnosis of a problem and a prescription for a …

Isaac Newton’s Third Law of Motion states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Physicists know this to be true, as do parents, where there is …

What is happiness? I am struck by how seldom we talk about happiness anymore. The media always has a lot to say about national moods of anger and anxiety, and …

September: the month when children go back to school and when church school classes for all ages start again. School teachers know that you do not begin the first day …

A recent issue of Presbyterians Today offered a snapshot of what it means to be a Presbyterian. In the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), there are currently 2.1 million members who belong to 10,700 …

As many of you already are aware, my father passed away in late May after a short battle with lung cancer. For his memorial service, my brother, my sister and …

An occupational hazard of being a pastor is that you rarely get to attend other worship services or hear other minister’s sermons. That is one reason why I enjoy attending …

The month of May is full of commemorative holidays. There is Mother’s Day, on which we give thanks for the “mothering” figures in our lives. There is Memorial Day, the …

Easter Sunday is the highpoint of the church year and of our Christian faith, for it is when we remember the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The language associated with Easter …