Category: Pastors’ Letters

Happy Mission Month! In October, we celebrate that the Mission Ministries of ELPC are central to our life of faith, and lift up some of the many ways in which …

Where did summer go? It seems that with a blink of an eye, June, July, and August whisked by, and planning for the new fall, church season began. It is …

Below this letter, you will see the poem/prayer by the French Jesuit priest, scientist, paleontologist, theologian, philosopher, and teacher, Teilhard de Chardin. It is a prayer I return to time …

In a world where there is so little that is constant, I typically take scales of measurement for granted. A cup of milk is a cup of milk. 10 pounds …

A few years ago, I preached a sermon on liminality—occupying a position at, or on both sides of a boundary, balancing what is with what is to come. In reformed …

I love questions. Questions open us up, cause us to search and look deeper or wider than perhaps we would normally turn our gaze. They turn up the soil, they …

One of the things that has always struck me about the resurrection of Jesus is just how much the Risen Christ had changed. Whenever people encountered Jesus after he had …

During the month of March, Pastors Heather, BJ, and I will be preaching on the theme of “Being Human.” There’s an old saying that says, “To err is human. To …

I’ve never been one of those people whose has a word for the year, but this year, I feel like a word was given to me: WONDER. I’m sensing an …

“What’s new?” We sometimes greet someone we haven’t seen in awhile with this greeting, an open invitation to catch up on life’s details that have marked the passing of recent …