Category: Pastors’ Letters

The fourth commandment is one of the longer ones. It says this: “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work; …

As the summer fast approaches, people are busy considering vacations and travel plans. There are lots of logistics involved in picking up from one place and visiting another: Who will …

If we spent March and early April in the season of Lent, thinking about how our broken lives were part of the reason Christ went to the cross, the goal …

In reading through the Easter stories in the gospels, I was struck by how much movement is associated with this special day: The women made their way to the cemetery …

Science fiction writer William Gibson is credited with making the following comment: “The future is already here. It’s just not evenly distributed yet.” I find this to be a fascinating …

In grammar, an ellipsis is the intentional omission of a word or sentence, done either for emphasis or because the repetition of the word(s) would be redundant. A witty example …

A visitor to the United States wrote the following words: “In America I saw the freest and most enlightened [people] placed in the happiest circumstances that the world affords; yet it …

On March 4, 1861, the newly-elected Abraham Lincoln delivered his First Inaugural Address. It was a difficult time for the nation, as only two weeks prior, Jefferson Davis had been …

November is a month dominated by the holiday of Thanksgiving. (In truth, I should concede that November is overrun by the encroachment of the holiday of Christmas, thanks to merchants …

Few words are as beloved in church vocabulary as the word “mission,” yet few words are as routinely, theologically misused as the word “mission.” If asked to give a simple …