Category: Pastors’ Letters

You’ll wait a long, long time for anything much To happen in heaven beyond the floats of cloud And the Northern Lights that run like tingling nerves. Taken from Robert …

Who wrote one of the most widely read Christian books in the first half of the twentieth century? Some suggest the answer is Evelyn Underhill, who wrote a book entitled …

Who taught you how to drive a car? My father first put me behind the wheel of a pickup truck and had me drive around a field while he put …

Hopefully during this month, you’ll be able to connect with family and friends. This might be part of your vacation plans or simply mailing a postcard. For the electronically-inclined, these …

Consider these two short biographies: 1: Born in 1830, she was the daughter of a strict Calvinist father. Had a shy disposition and frail health, but was a talented writer, …

How should we pray to God? Should we pray humbly (Lord, if it’s not too much, I just want to ask… ) or passionately (Great God, with all my heart …

If you’ll pardon the pun, I’ll begin with a grim tale from the Brothers’ Grimm. Once upon a time, a man and his wife were sitting on their porch with …

The Easter message is clear and unequivocal. Those who saw the empty tomb and were witnesses to the resurrection of Jesus, were told to go and tell others. Matthew 28:10 …

There’s something special on the second floor of the library at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. I never knew it was there, because it is tucked away against a back wall in …

Ten years ago this month, my wife and I were expecting the birth of our first child. In preparation for that event, I composed a long essay as a way …